CBSE Class 12 Sociology Sample Paper 2018 Set A

1 Define Syncretism. 

2 What is meant by Ethnic Cleansing? 

3 What is meant by Cultural Diversity? 

4 What is meant by Secularization of Caste? 

5 Define a Nation-State. 

6 What do you understand by Integration? 

7 What according to sociologists is Discrimination? 

8 What is Assimilation? 

9 What is a Vi1tual Market? 

10 Who launched the pre-independence struggle for upliftment of Dalits? 

11 What is Surplus Value? 

12 Colonialism led to considerable movement of people. Give examples. 

13 Define Jajmani system. 

14 Who wrote 'Stree-Purush Tulana'? What does it explain? 

15 What is meant by the Age-Structure of Indian's Population? Why is it relevant for economic development and growth?

16 Discuss briefly the Rights of Minorities in Nation-Building 

17 What changes did Colonialism bring about in Caste System? 

Or 

Discuss Caste in the present in India.

18 Define Communalism. Trace its history as a source of tension & violence to India. 

19 Discuss the relevance of Civil Society Organization today? 

Or

What is Community Identity & how it is formed?

20 What are the major issues of concerns to Adivasis today? 

21 Discuss the struggles of Differently-Abled & efforts by the government to redress their problems.

22 Compare & Contrast The concepts of Sansk.ritisation & \Vestemisation. 

23 Explain the meaning of Commoditization or Commodification with the help of examples. 

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Why did the family planning programme suffer a setback during the years of National Emergency? What was the role of New Government after the emergency period?

24 How have Tribes been classified? 

25 Read the given Passage and answer the following

PASSAGE:-

This is not to say that the Nakarattar banking systems resembles the Western Banking system. They loan and deposit mone} with one another in caste-defined social relationships: based on business territory, residential location, descent, marriage and common cult membership. Unlike in modem western banking systems, it is the reputation, decisions, and reserved deposit shared among exchange spheres defined according to principles. In other words the Nakarattar banking system is a caste-based banking system, and they organize their lives around participation and management of various communal institutions adapted to the task of accumulating and distributing reserves of capital.

PASSAGE QUESTIONS:-

(a). What are the significant differences between the Nakaratta.r banking system and the modern Western banking system?

(b) What are the different ways in which Nakarattar trading and banking activities are linked to other social structures?

(c). Can you think of examples within the modem capitalist economy where economic activities are similarly embedded in the Social Structures?

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