CBSE Class 12 Sociology Question Paper 2009 Code 62/1

CBSE CLASS XII Questions

• 1.

  “In our current information age, social movements around the globe are able to join together in huge regional and international networks.”
  
  Give suitable examples to support the statement.
  

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• 2.

  “In India, over 90% of the work, whether it is in agriculture, industry or services is in the unorganised or informal sector.”
  
  What are the social implications of this small size of the organised sector?
  

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• 3.

  “Home-based work is an important part of the economy.” Elaborate on the functioning of any one 'Home-based' Industry.
  

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• 4.

  “A considerable part of ritual in India has a direct reference to the pursuit of secular ends. Rituals have secular dimensions as distinct from secular goals.”
  
  Justify with the help of suitable examples.
  

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• 5.

  The urban population has been increasing its share steadily, from about 11% at the beginning of the twentieth century to about 28% at the beginning of the twenty-first century, an increase of about two-and-a-half times. It is not a question of numbers alone; processes of modern development ensure that the economic and social significance of the agrarian-rural way of life declines relative to the significance of the industrial urban way of life. This has been broadly true all over the world, and it is true in India as well.
  Based on the above passage, answer the following questions. 

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• 6.

  “The post-independent Indian state inherited and reflected the contradictions of the pre-independent period.”
  
  Comment on the given statement with respect to the role of caste in the public sphere.
  

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