ASSEB Class 12 Sociology Question Paper 2025
(For New Course Students)
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 24
Time: 3 hours
Figures in the margin indicate full marks.
1. Answer any eight questions. (1×8=8)
(a) Primary goal of British Colonialism in India
(b) Meaning of Demography
(c) One factor of population growth
(d) One method of family planning promoted by Government of India
(e) Writer of “Essay on Population”
(f) One Tribal Movement in India
(g) One positive impact of Globalization
(h) One challenge faced by farmers
(i) Four varnas of Hindu caste system
(j) Definition of Patriarchy
(k) Objective of “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”
(l) Person who first used the term ‘Harijan’
(m) One Environment Movement in India
2. Answer any six questions. (2×6=12)
(a) Two demerits of population growth
(b) Two features of caste system
(c) Meaning of Sanskritization
(d) Definition of Social Inequality
(e) Two challenges of cultural diversity
(f) Two characteristics of Capitalism
(g) Two Regional Political Parties of Assam
(h) Two organisations of women’s movement in post-independence India
(i) Two characteristics of Joint Family System
3. Answer any four questions. (3×4=12)
(a) Three impacts of industrialization on environment
(b) Three impacts of industrialization on family system
(c) Three features of Green Revolution
(d) Three effects of modernization on Rural Agrarian Communities
(e) Role of political parties in communalism
(f) Concept of Secularism
(g) Role of Religion in social cohesion
(h) Characteristics of tribe
4. Answer any four questions. (6×4=24)
(a) Social and cultural changes due to British Colonialism
(b) Demographic Theory of Malthus
(c) Definition of Peasant Movement and example
(d) Main functions of family as a social institution
(e) Positive and negative impacts of Globalization on developing countries
(f) Meaning of Feminism and role of feminist movements
(g) Meaning of Westernization and its impact in India
5. Answer any three questions. (8×3=24)
(a) Main characteristics of Indian Rural Society
(b) Causes of change in Indian Tribal Society
(c) Meaning of Other Backward Classes and measures for development
(d) Essay on Unity in Diversity
(e) Meaning of Regionalism and factors responsible for its rise
(f) Definition of Urbanization and its effects on traditional social structure
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