CBSE Board Exam 2024

XII SOCIOLOGY

Mock Test 1

1.Which of the following is an example of Social movement?

a) Sanskritisation
b) Westernisation
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above

Ans. d

2. Which of the following is not a features of social movements?

a) Sustained collective action
b) Aims to bring about changes on a public issue
c) Shared objectives and ideologies
d) Does not need leadership or structure

Ans. d

3.Assertion( A): The inequalities in the literacy rate are especially important because
they tend to reproduce inequality across generations.
Reason(R): Literacy rate also vary by social group, historically disadvantaged
communities like the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes have lower rates of
literacy.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true

Ans a

4. The numerical characteristics that refer to large collectively consisting of millions of

people are known as-
a) Census
b) Formal Demography
c) Statistics
d) Aggregate Statistics
Ans. d

5. In which of the following is related to the Sachar Committee?

a) Tribal community
b) Muslim community
c) Women
d) Disable

Ans. b

6. Which of the following session of Indian National Congress issued a declaration on

the Fundamental Rights of Citizenship in India, whereby it committed itself to women's
equality?
a) Calcutta session 1920
b) Lahore session of 1929
c)Lucknow session of 1916
d) Karachi session of 1931

Ans.d

7. Which of the following identity based work is considered useless in the industrial era?
a) Knowledge forms of medicine and Ecology
b) Animal husbandry and Agriculture
c) Crafts and artisanal abilities.
d) All of the above

Ans. d

8.Which of the following sociologists described three impacts of urbanisation upon rural
India?
a) Satish Sabharwal
b) M N Srinivas
c) M S A Rao
d) Max Weber

Ans. c

9. The word 'Caste' has been derived from which language?

a) Greek
b) Latin
c) Spanish
d) Portuguese

Ans d

10. Which term is applicable to foreigners, slaves and conquered people?

a) Brahman
b) Panchama
c) Varna
d) Jati

Ans. b

11. Assertion (A): The everydayness of social inequality and exclusion often make them
appear inevitable, almost natural.
Reason( R): The common- sense understanding is that the poor and marginalised are
where they are because they are laking in ability, or haven't tried hard enough to
improve their situation.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false and R is true.

Ans. a

12. The ways in which individuals may become cut off from full involvement in the wider
society is known as-
a) Social inclusion
b) Social Inequality
c) Social exclusion
d) Social Stratification

Ans c

13. The term diversity stands for

a) Inequalities rather than equality
b) Differences rather than inequalities
c) Differences and inequalities both
d) None of the above
Ans. b

14. Which of the following is/are characteristics of ascriptive identity?

i) Accidental
ii) Unconditional
iii) Universal
a) i and ii only
b) ii and iii only
c) i and iii only
d) i, ii and iii

Ans. c

15. Assertion(A): In a strike management do not go to work.

Reason(R): To call a strike is a difficult decision as managers may try to use substitute
labour.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false and R is true

Ans. d

16. Major difference between developing and developed countries is in the number of
people in salaried employment?
a) Daily wages
b) Regular
c) Irregular
d) Both b and c

Ans. b