CBSE 12th Sociology Question Paper 2022 (Set 1) with Answers

CBSE 12th Sociology Question Paper 2022 (Set 1)

21 questions from this Grade 12 Sociology paper. The first 5 questions are solved free; log in as a Grade 12 student to view all solutions.

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Urban luxury manufactures like the high quality silks and cottons of Dacca or Murshidabad must have been hit first by the almost simultaneous collapse of indigeneous court demand and the external market on which these had largely depended. Village crafts in the interior and particularly, in regions other than eastern India where British penetration was earliest and deepest, probably survived much longer, coming to be seriously affected only with the spread of railways. (Sarkar : 1983 : 29)

Q1 short answer 1 mark

When British took over states and towns of India, some of them lost their courts, artisans and court gentry. Give any one reason.

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One reason was that with the coming of British rule, the old rulers lost their political power and patronage. As a result, courts were dissolved and artisans and court gentry who depended on royal support lost their livelihood.

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Ways of thinking ..... John Stuart Mill soon after its publication became a text in Indian colleges. Indians came to know about Magna Carta, and the struggle for liberty and equality in Europe and America.

Q2 short answer 1 mark

Mention the kind of Westernization being referred to in the given source.

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The source refers to intellectual or ideological Westernization, in which Indians adopted Western ideas such as liberty, equality, and constitutionalism.

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Q2 short answer 1 mark

Read the source and answer the question: Ways of thinking ..... John Stuart Mill soon after its publication became a text in Indian colleges. Indians came to know about Magna Carta, and the struggle for liberty and equality in Europe and America. Mention the kind of Westernization being referred to in the given source.

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The kind of Westernization referred to is intellectual or ideological Westernization. Indians learned Western political and social ideas such as liberty, equality, Magna Carta, and democratic thought through texts like John Stuart Mill.

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Q4 short answer 1 mark

Many of our cultural practices and patterns can be traced to our agrarian backgrounds. Structural and cultural changes are closely inter-related. Most of the New Year festivals in different regions of India celebrate the main harvest season. There is a close relationship between agriculture and culture. Give one reason to support the given statement.

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Agriculture and culture are closely related because many festivals, customs, and rituals are based on the agricultural cycle. For example, harvest festivals are celebrated to mark the gathering of crops and to express gratitude for a good harvest.

Q5 short answer 1 mark

Name any two agriculture related festivals.

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Any two agriculture-related festivals are: 1. Pongal 2. Baisakhi

Q5 short answer 2 marks

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A social movement requires sustained collective action over time. Such action is often directed against the state and takes the form of demanding changes in state policy or practice. Spontaneous and disorganised protest cannot be called a social movement.

Q6 short answer 1 mark

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Sanskritisation seems to justify a model that rests on inequality and exclusion. Give two reasons to support this statement.

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Q7 short answer 1 mark

Give an example of a Dalit Movement.

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Q7 short answer 2 marks

The varied social reform movements did have common themes. Yet there were also significant differences. State any two differences.

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the issue of economic exploitation under colonial rule was a central issue.

Q9 short answer 2 marks

the issue of economic exploitation under colonial rule was a central issue. How did Indian nationalists promote industrialisation in the early years of independence?

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Q10 long answer 4 marks

How did commercialisation of agriculture lead to circulation of labour?

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Q11 short answer 2 marks

What are Redemptive or Transformatory social movements? Give one example.

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Q12 short answer 2 marks

What is meant by Reformist social movements? Give one example.

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Q12 short answer 4 marks

Mention the positive and negative aspects of contract farming

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Q14 long answer

Are ecological movements new or old social

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Q14 long answer 6 marks

Are ecological movements new or old social movements ? Explain the above using the Chipko Movement as an example.

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Q15 long answer 4 marks

Job recruitment as a factory worker takes a different pattern. Explain this pattern.

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Q16 long answer 4 marks

nt system. What shift from Scientific Management took place in the 1980s?

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Q18 long answer 6 marks

What is the difference between a strike and a lockout? Discuss the famous strike of Bombay Textile Mills of 1982.

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Q19 long answer 6 marks

Home based work is an important part of the economy. Explain by giving an example.

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