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Key Facts: PSEB SS Sociology Exam
80 + 20
PSEB Senior Secondary Sociology Theory + INA mark split
PSEB Class 12 Scheme of Studies / Sociology subject logistics
3 hours
Typical PSEB Senior Secondary Sociology theory exam duration
Common Class 12 theory logistics / confirm on pseb.ac.in
33%
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PSEB Senior Secondary pass rules (confirm current circular)
Code 032
Sociology subject code on PSEB Senior Secondary materials
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English MCQ adaptation
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PSEB Senior Secondary Sociology is a Class 12 public-exam subject with Theory 80 + INA 20 (about 3 hours theory; code 032) covering Indian society units on tribal/rural/urban life, inequalities, change, and social problems. Pass about 33% in Theory, INA, and aggregate. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation only.
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1Which of the following best describes a core sociological feature often associated with tribal communities in India?
A.A relatively simple division of labour with strong kinship-based social organisation
B.Complete absence of any shared culture or customs
C.A fully industrial factory system as the main livelihood for all members
D.A legal ban on all religious rituals in tribal areas
Explanation: Tribal societies in Indian sociology are commonly characterised by kinship-centred organisation, relatively simple technology and division of labour, and community-based cultural practices—though tribes are diverse and changing.
2In Indian sociology, the term ‘tribe’ is most usefully treated as:
A.Any temporary tourist group visiting a city for one day
B.A socially recognised community with distinctive cultural identity, often historically linked to hills, forests, or marginal regions
C.Only a political party registered with the Election Commission
D.A synonym for nuclear family with exactly two children
Explanation: ‘Tribe’ refers to communities recognised in anthropological and official discourse as having distinctive identity, social organisation, and often historical association with particular ecological zones—not a tourist group, party, or family type.
3Which economic activity has historically been important for many forest-based tribal communities in India?
A.Exclusive ownership of multinational software companies only
B.Deep-sea commercial fishing as the sole occupation of all tribes
C.Collection of minor forest produce and shifting or mixed cultivation patterns in some regions
D.Only full-time stock-market trading with no land use
Explanation: Many tribal groups have historically depended on forest resources (minor forest produce), hunting-gathering in some cases, and various forms of cultivation including shifting cultivation in parts of India, alongside other livelihoods that are changing with markets and policy.
4A major challenge faced by many tribal communities in modern India is:
A.Mandatory daily international air travel for every household
B.A legal requirement that tribes cannot attend school
C.Complete prohibition on using any modern medicine
D.Land alienation, displacement by development projects, and pressure on traditional livelihoods
Explanation: Sociological discussion of tribal problems often highlights land alienation, displacement due to dams/mines/industries, forest rights conflicts, poverty, and cultural marginalisation—while also noting education and political mobilisation.
5Which statement best reflects the idea of ‘tribal integration’ in Indian social policy discourse?
A.Bringing tribal communities into the mainstream of national life while seeking to protect their cultural identity and rights
B.Forcing every tribe to abandon all language and culture overnight by law
C.Separating all tribal people permanently from citizenship
D.Replacing all tribal panchayats with private corporations only
Explanation: Integration debates in India often stress balanced inclusion—education, rights, development—while protecting distinctive culture, rather than forced cultural erasure or exclusion from citizenship.
6Among the following, which is most characteristic of tribal social organisation in classic anthropological accounts?
A.Complete absence of any marriage rules
B.Importance of clan and lineage in regulating marriage and identity
C.Mandatory urban apartment living for all members
D.Exclusive use of English as the only allowed language
Explanation: Clan and lineage systems often structure kinship, exogamy/endogamy rules, and identity in many tribal societies, though specific rules vary widely across communities.
7‘Scheduled Tribes’ in the Indian constitutional context refer to:
A.Any group that lives only in foreign countries
B.Only temporary festival organisers without community identity
C.Communities listed under the Constitution for special protective and developmental measures
D.A private club restricted to city millionaires
Explanation: Scheduled Tribes are constitutionally scheduled communities for which the Constitution and laws provide protective, political, and developmental safeguards. Listing is official, not informal or purely private.
8Which feature is commonly used to contrast tribal society with caste-organised village society in textbooks?
A.Total ban on any form of community festival
B.Universal factory ownership by every household
C.Identical social structure to modern stock exchanges
D.Relative absence of the elaborate hierarchical varna–jati purity system found in caste society (with variation and change)
Explanation: Classical contrasts emphasise that many tribal communities historically lacked the full hierarchical caste purity-pollution organisation of village Hindu society—though tribes interact with and may be absorbed into wider caste society over time.
9The Indian village as a sociological unit is often described as:
A.A multi-caste settlement historically organised around agriculture, kinship, and local institutions
B.A place where only one family is ever allowed to live permanently
C.An exclusively industrial mega-city with skyscrapers only
D.A temporary refugee camp without any social structure
Explanation: Rural sociology treats the village as a multi-caste agricultural settlement with local institutions (e.g., panchayat), kinship networks, and customary relations—though villages are diverse and changing under markets and migration.
10The traditional jajmani system in rural India primarily refers to:
A.A modern income-tax software used only in metro banks
B.Hereditary reciprocal service relationships between castes involving goods and services
C.A constitutional amendment that abolished all villages
D.A sports league organised only for urban youth
Explanation: The jajmani system describes customary inter-caste economic and ritual service ties in villages—service castes providing services to landowning/client castes for grain or other payments—now weakened by markets and change.
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