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Key Facts: BSEH SS Sociology Exam

3 hours

Typical BSEH Senior Secondary Sociology theory exam duration

BSEH date-sheet logistics (code 585)

33%

Common Senior Secondary subject pass floor for BSEH theory electives

BSEH Senior Secondary notification practice

Code 585

Sociology subject code on BSEH Senior Secondary date sheet

BSEH Class 12 Sociology syllabus (2025-26)

80 + 20

Theory marks plus internal assessment in the BSEH Sociology scheme

BSEH Class 12 Sociology syllabus (2025-26)

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BSEH Senior Secondary Sociology is a Class 12 public-exam theory elective of about 3 hours (date-sheet code 585; 80 theory + 20 internal) with a 33% pass floor, covering Indian Society and Social Change and Development in India — not a pure MCQ board paper. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation for NCERT/BSEH-aligned Class 12 Sociology concepts and applications.

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1In Indian Census practice, the sex ratio is conventionally expressed as:
A.Percentage of females in the total population
B.Number of females per 1,000 males
C.Number of female births per 100 male births only
D.Number of males per 1,000 females
Explanation: The Indian Census defines the sex ratio as the number of females per 1,000 males in the population—the standard measure used when discussing India’s demographic structure.
2Thomas Robert Malthus argued that population tends to grow in a geometric progression while means of subsistence grow in an:
A.Exponential progression at the same rate
B.Arithmetic progression
C.Logarithmic decline
D.Cyclical boom-and-bust only
Explanation: Malthus contrasted geometric (exponential) population growth with arithmetic growth of food/subsistence—a classic demographic theory reference in NCERT Class 12 Sociology.
3The dependency ratio in demography primarily compares:
A.Urban workers to rural workers
B.Dependent age groups (young and/or old) to the working-age population
C.Literate adults to illiterate adults only
D.Migrants to non-migrants in a city
Explanation: Dependency ratios relate people in dependent age groups (typically children and/or elderly) to those of working age—key for discussing age structure and demographic dividend.
4A favourable ‘demographic dividend’ is most likely when a country has a relatively large share of:
A.Dependants relative to workers for a prolonged period
B.Working-age people relative to young and old dependants
C.Only elderly people with few workers
D.Infants with almost no adult population
Explanation: Demographic dividend refers to potential economic gains when a large working-age share coincides with fewer dependants—provided education, health and jobs exist to realise it.
5Which stage of the classical demographic transition model is most associated with a rapid fall in death rates while birth rates remain high, producing rapid natural increase?
A.Stage of very high birth and death rates in balance
B.Early transition stage with falling mortality and still-high fertility
C.Late stage of very low birth and death rates near replacement
D.Stage of negative population growth only
Explanation: In the classical transition, mortality falls first (public health, food, medicine) while fertility stays high for a time, producing a population explosion phase of high natural increase.
6Infant mortality rate (IMR) measures deaths of infants under one year of age per:
A.1,000 live births in a year
B.100,000 total population only
C.1,000 marriages in a year
D.100 school enrolments
Explanation: IMR is conventionally expressed as infant deaths (under age one) per 1,000 live births in a given year—a key health and development indicator in demographic chapters.
7Amartya Sen’s discussion of ‘failure of entitlements’ is used in the demography chapter mainly to explain:
A.Why birth rates always rise during festivals
B.How famine and starvation can occur even when food is available in aggregate
C.Why literacy is measured only for men
D.Why sex ratio equals the fertility rate
Explanation: Sen’s entitlements approach shows that people may starve because they lack command over food (purchasing power, rights, access), not only because total food stocks are zero—linking poverty, rights and demography.
8Life expectancy at birth is best defined as:
A.The legal minimum age of marriage
B.The average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality patterns persist
C.The age at which retirement becomes mandatory
D.The median age of the population only
Explanation: Life expectancy at birth summarises current age-specific mortality into the average years a newborn would live if those rates continued—a core vital statistic.
9In sociological discussions of India’s population, literacy is usually treated as:
A.Irrelevant to development outcomes
B.An important social indicator linked to health, fertility and empowerment outcomes
C.Identical to the sex ratio
D.A measure used only for urban males
Explanation: Literacy is a key social and development indicator; textbooks link rising literacy (especially female literacy) to changes in fertility, health behaviour and social participation.
10Natural increase of population is most accurately described as:
A.Immigration minus emigration only
B.Births minus deaths (excluding net migration)
C.Urban population minus rural population
D.Literate population minus illiterate population
Explanation: Natural increase is the excess of births over deaths. Net migration is a separate component of total population change.

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