HBSE Class 12 Sociology MCQ Important Question Answer 2024 PDF

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HBSE Class 12 Sociology Important MCQ Question Answer 2024 


Class 12 Sociology Book – Indian Society Important MCQ Question Answer 2024


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 1 Introducing Indian Society MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. “Sociology helps in exposing the relation between the Personal- troubles and Social-issues” – The statement is :
(A) C. Wright Mills
(B) Michael
(C) Coole
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) C. Wright Mills


2. To look into self is called:
(A) Self reflexivity
(B) Reflexivity
(C) Both (a ) and (B)
(D) None

Answer

Ans -(C) Both (a ) and (B)


3. Which among the following youngest age group knows about ‘Social Relations’?
(A) 6 years
(B) 10 years
(C) 18 years
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(A) 6 years


4. Which among the following is the ‘Coastal City’ ?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Chennai
(C) Kolkata
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 2 The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. Sex-ratio is:
(A)Number of females behind every ten males
(B) Number of females behind every hundred males
(C) Number of females behind every one thousand males
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Number of females behind every one thousand males


2. The society which considers man and woman equal is considered _________
(A) Gender bias
(B) Sexual Division of Labour
(C) Gender Equality
(D) None of the above

Answer

Ans -(C) Gender Equality


3. What is the sex ratio in India according to 2001 census?
(A) 934
(B) 927
(C) 940
(D) 933

Answer

Ans -(D) 933


4. The election of members of Local- bodies Administration occur _________
(A) Every year
(B) For two years
(C) For four years
(D) For five years

Answer

Ans -(D) For five years


5. According to 2001 Census what was literacy percent of women?
(A) 52.2%
(B) 54.2%
(C) 55.4%
(D) 75.9%

Answer

Ans -(B) 54.2%


6. The percentage of literacy among men according to 2001 Census was :
(A) 70%
(B) 80%
(C) 75.9%
(D) 54.2%

Answer

Ans -(C) 75.9%


7. Difference between ‘Birth-rate’ and ‘Death-rate’ is called:
(A) The Natural Growth-rate
(B) Population increase-rate
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) The Natural Growth-rate


8. The 1st Census in independent India was done in : Most Important
(A) 1948
(B) 1951
(C) 1952
(D) 1960

Answer

Ans -(B) 1951


9. Which among the following country got the modern ‘Census’ done in 1790 ?
(A) India
(B) China
(C) America
(D) Britain

Answer

Ans -(C) America


10. What was the important aspect of Government efforts by the means of population to collect information on ‘census’?
(A) Tribes
(B) Other Backward Classes
(C) Caste
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Caste


11. How many census have been done in India till 2011 after independence?
(A) Seven
(B) Six
(C) Five
(D) Eight

Answer

Ans -(B) Six


12. What is the percentage of rural population according to Census 2011 of India ?
(A) 68.84
(B) 67.84
(C) 72.21
(D) 69.84

Answer

Ans -(A) 68.84


13. The Census of 1901 took place under the direction of:
(A) Herbert Risley
(B) Lord William
(C) Herbert Spencer
(D) Lord Bentic

Answer

Ans -(A) Herbert Risley


14. Which of the following Political Economist is associated with the Principle of “Demography linked with Growth in Population” ?
(A) Thomas Robert Malthus
(B) Marx
(C) Weber
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -a) Thomas Robert Malthus


15. Who is known as the father of demography? Most Important
(A) Achille Gulliard
(B) John Graunt
(C) Adam Smith
(D) George Bernard

Answer

Ans -(B) John Graunt


16. Man is born to live in poverty forever. Whose statement, is it?
(A) Herbert Spencer
(B) Adam Smith
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Robert Malthus

Answer

Ans -(D) Robert Malthus


17. By whom does the influenza pandemic spread?
(A) by fungus
(B) by virus
(C) by bacteria
(D) by all

Answer

Ans -(B) by virus


18. Which among the following countries will soon get the first position in terms of ‘population’ ?
(A) China
(B) America
(C) India
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) India


19. Which age group members of the social group are called the Younger Generation’?
(A) 15th or 16 years
(B) 17th or 18 years
(C) 19th or 20 years
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


20. Who among the following gave principle of geometry of population?
(A) Malthus
(B) Darwin
(C) Spencer
(D) Lamarck

Answer

Ans -(A) Malthus


21. What is the female literacy rate in India according to census 2001 ?
(A) 65.16%
(B) 54.2%
(C) 65.46%
(D) 65.26%

Answer

Ans -(B) 54.2%


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 3 Social Institutions: Continuity and Change MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. According to 2001 census the number of “Tribal people in India were:
(A) 8.4 Crore
(B) 7.4 Crore
(C) 8.2 Crore
(D) 6.8 Crore

Answer

Ans -(A) 8.4 Crore


2. Write the correct statement:
(A) Caste is based on birth
(B) Caste can be changed
(C) There is no rigidity in casteism
(D) Expulsion can be done in casteism

Answer

Ans -(A) Caste is based on birth


3. The diversities of work/occupations in rural India is reflected in
(A) Class System
(B) Caste System
(C) Both Caste and Class System
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Both Caste and Class System


4. Write the correct statement:
(A) Caste is not based on birth
(B) Caste can be changed
(C) There is rigidity in caste system
(D) Expulsion can be done from caste

Answer

Ans -(C) There is rigidity in caste system


5. The membership of the caste is _________
(A) Earned
(B) Hereditary
(C) Legal
(D) None of the above

Answer

Ans -(B) Hereditary


6. Sanskritization means that _________ caste becomes upper caste.
(A) Poor
(B) Middle
(C) Upper
(D) None of the above

Answer

Ans -(B) Middle


7. Who wrote the book ‘Caste in India’ ?
(A) Mazumdar
(B) Dr. Dhurye
(C) Hutton
(D) M. N. Shrinivas

Answer

Ans -(C) Hutton


8. In the process of Sanskritization’ the low ‘Caste’ follow which caste ?
(A) Equal to its caste
(B) Lower to its caste
(C) Upper class
(D) All

Answer

Ans -(C) Upper class


9. Which of the following scholars gave the notion of Sanskritization?
(A) David Harvey
(B) Arnold Toynbee
(C) M. N. Srinivas
(D) Lerner

Answer

Ans -(C) M. N. Srinivas


10. Who gave the concept of ‘Sanskritization’ ? Most Important
(A) M.N. Srinivas
(B) G. S. Ghurye
(C) Charles Cooley
(D) Malthus

Answer

Ans -(A) M.N. Srinivas


11. The classification of ‘Society into four classes is known as:
(A) Caste
(B) Class
(C) Varna
(D) Community

Answer

Ans -(C) Varna


12. The classification of four Varnas is almost how many years old?
(A) 2000
(B) 3000
(C) 4000
(D) 5000

Answer

Ans -(B) 3000


13. Which among the following ‘Varna’ in Indian society depict the importance of business and businessman ?
(A) Brahmins
(B) Kshatriya
(C) Vaishya
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Vaishya


14. Which among the following is not included. in the Varna System’ ?
(A) Shudras
(B) Pancham
(C) Vaishya
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(B) Pancham


15. Who among the following founded ‘Satya Shodhak Samaj’ ?
(A) Ranade
(B) Rammohan
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Jyotiba Phule


16. Who ran the Satyashodhak movement?
(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Raja Ram Mahan Rai
(C) Jyotirao Phule
(D) Arundhati Roy

Answer

Ans -(C) Jyotirao Phule


17. Who represented ‘Satya Shodhak Movement’ ?
(A) Jyotirao Phule
(B) Dr. Ambedkar
(C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(D) Narayan Guru

Answer

Ans -(A) Jyotirao Phule


18. Which among the following class is not in the category of depressed class?
(A) Scheduled Caste
(B) Scheduled Tribe
(C) Other Backward Classes
(D) General Category

Answer

Ans -(D) General Category


19. What was the reason of creating patriotism in the country?
(A) Casteism
(B) Linguism
(C) Regionalism
(D) Colonialism

Answer

Ans -(D) Colonialism


20. ‘Exclusion, Humiliation and Exploitation’ are the dimension of :
(A) Caste
(B) Schedule Tribe
(C) Untouchability
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(D) All of these


21. In which century of modern era the relation between ‘Caste’ and ‘Profession’ became loose ?
(A) 18th
(B) 19th
(C) 20th
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(B) 19th


22. Which among the following ‘challenge’ has been in India due to ‘Diversity’ ? Most Important
(A) Regionalism
(B) Casteism
(C) Communalism
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


23. Which speciality of Indian Sub-continent attracted the learned people ?
(A) Joint Family
(B) Caste
(C) Nuclear family
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


24. Doing of torture by some castes against other castes, is called?
(A) Communalism
(B) Regionalism
(C) Casteism
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(C) Casteism


25. Which among the following is not only a part of our past but an integral part of our present also ?
(A) Family
(B) Society
(C) Caste
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Caste


26. Which class of the society is associated with the discrimination protection policy ?
(A) Upper class
(B) Middle class
(C) Dominant castes
(D) Scheduled castes

Answer

Ans -(D) Scheduled castes


27. What percentage of ‘Scheduled-Tribe population reside in Eastern States ?
(A) 2.5%
(B) 4.5%
(C) 11%
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) 11%


28. Which is the largest tribe in India? Most Important
(A) Bhil
(B) Gaund
(C) Santhal
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


29. The following is not a feature of the urban society.
(A) Individualism
(B) Agribusiness
(C) Unstable family
(D) Social mobility

Answer

Ans -(B) Agribusiness


30. Which among the following was the first modern industry in independent India?
(A) Cotton
(B) Jute
(C) Coal-mines
(D) All

Answer

Ans -(B) Jute


31. What percentage of Tribal population live in Central India?
(A) 50%
(B) 65%
(C) 85%
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) 85%


32. Who was the first female teacher of India?
(A) Savitribai fule
(B) Tarabai Shinde
(C) Vijayalakshmi pandit
(D) Pandita Raabai

Answer

Ans -(A) Savitribai fule


33. Who started ‘Lower Caste Movement’ ?
(A) Shri Narayan Guru
(B) Dr. Ambedkar
(C) Jyotirao Phule
(D) Periyar E. V. Ramasami

Answer

Ans -(D) Periyar E. V. Ramasami


34. How many levels of Panchayati Raj System in India?
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Two
(D) One

Answer

Ans -(A) Three


35. Which of the following is the ‘characteristic of Caste’ ?
(A) Strict Marriage Rules
(B) Mutual Subdivision
(C) Traditional Occupation
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


36. Which of the following can be seen as Social-change?
(A) Sanskritization
(B) Westernization
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Both (A) and (B)


37. In which decade the ‘Census’ was conducted under the direction of Herbert Risley ?
(A) 1881
(B) 1891
(C) 1901
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) 1901


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 4 The Market as a Social Institution MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. Karl Marx is mainly known as Critic for:
(A) Communism
(B) Capitalism
(C) Communalism
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(B) Capitalism


2. When was the policy of liberalization adopted in India?
(A) in the 1990s
(B) in the 1980s
(C) in the 1970s
(D) in the 2000s

Answer

Ans -(B) in the 1980s


3. Which among the following political economist tried to understand the concept of ‘Bazaar Economy’ ?
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Marx
(C) Weber
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) Adam Smith


4. Karl Marx is mainly known as critic for :
(A) Casteism
(B) Communism
(C) Capitalism
(D) Communalism.

Answer

Ans -(C) Capitalism


5. In which of the following Structure and System the colonialism brought new/latest changes ?
(A) Political
(B) Economic
(C) Social
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(D) All of these


6. Which integrated achievement, India had achieved during ‘colonialism’ by paying a heavy price ?
(A) Economic
(B) Political
(C) Administrative
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


7. Who is the author of the book ‘The Wealth of Nation’?
(A) M.N. Srinivas
(B) Adam Smith
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Robert Malthus

Answer

Ans -(B) Adam Smith


8. Who gave the term invisible hand’-
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Karl Mark’s
(C) Durkheim
(D) MN Srinivas

Answer

Ans -(A) Adam Smith


9. The term ‘Status Symbol’ was coined by:
(A) Max weber
(B) Karl Marks
(C) David Ricardo
(D) None of the above

Answer

Ans -(A) Max weber


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 5 Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. The important mean of becoming powerful among following is:
(A) Literacy
(B) Politics
(C) Economically
(D) Socially

Answer

Ans -(C) Economically


2. Pre Conceived opinions or attitude held by members of one group towards another is called?
(A) Prejudice
(B) Stratification
(C) Exclusion
(D) Dasta

Answer

Ans -(A) Prejudice


3. Which among the following is the manifestation of Social- discrimination ?
(A) Women
(B) OBCs
(C) Untouchability
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


4. Which one of the following is not one of the three dimensions of untouchability?
(A) exclusion or exclusion
(B) exploitation
(C) disrespect and subordination
(D) equality

Answer

Ans -(D) equality


5. Which among the following was included in Karachi Congress Resolution of 1931′?
(A) Freedom of Religion
(B) Religious Neutrality of State
(C) Adult-suffrage
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


6. Which among the following was included in the ‘Karachi Congress Resolution’
(A) Adult Suffrage
(B) Freedom of religion
(C) Capital punishment to be abolished
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


7. ‘Stri-Purush Tulana’ was written in:
(A) 1782
(B) 1882
(C) 1982
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(B) 1882


8. Who among the following have been the victim of ‘Social inequality’ and ‘Exclusion’?
(A) Dalit
(B) Adivasi
(C) Women
(D) All

Answer

Ans -(D) All


9. In how many types the social-resources have been divided ?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5

Answer

Ans -(B) 3


10. The unequal distribution of ‘Social-resources’ is called :
(A) Social inequality
(B) Economic inequality
(C) Political inequality
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) Social inequality


11. Unequal access to ‘Social Resources’ is called: Most Important
(A) Economic disparity
(B) Political dissimilarity
(C) Social disparity
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Social disparity


12. Social resources cannot be divided into which forms of capital?
(A) economic capital
(B) Cultural capital
(C) religious capital
(D) social capital

Answer

Ans -(C) religious capital


13. ‘Social Inequality’ and ‘Social Exclusion’ is social, because :
(A) it is related to man.
(B) it is related to group.
(C) it is Social not economical.
(D) Both (B) and (C).

Answer

Ans -(D) Both (B) and (C).


14. Which of the following has been the subject of worry in our social speciality?
(A) Unlimited inequality
(B) Exclusion
(C) Boycott
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(D) All of these


15. Which of the following religions is the National religion of India?
(A) Hinduism
(B) Sanatan Dharma
(C) Arya Dharma
(D) No religion

Answer

Ans -(D) No religion


16. What is the category of social units which are neither defined has male nor female ?
(A) Trans gender
(B) Third gender
(C) Fourth gender
(D) zero gender

Answer

Ans -(B) Third gender


17. Which is the reason behind inequality between Men and Women? Most Important
(A) Natural
(B) Social
(C) Biological
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(B) Social


18. Which among the following was included in Karachi Congress Resolution ?
(A) Adult Suffrage
(B) Freedom of Religion
(C) Capital punishment to be abolished
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


19. “Female Male Comparison” was written in :
(A) 1782
(B) 1882
(C) 1982
(D) None of the above.

Answer

Ans -(B) 1882


20. In which year ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was established ?
(A) 1825
(B) 1828
(C) 1820
(D) 1819

Answer

Ans -(B) 1828


21. Which of the following works is done by poor people?
(A) Breaking stones
(B) Digging
(C) Lifting heavy weight
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


22. Under whose Chairmanship the first ‘Backward Class’ Commission was appointed ?
(A) Kaka Kalelkar
(B) V. P. Mandal
(C) Pandit Nehru
(D) None of the above

Answer

Ans -(A) Kaka Kalelkar


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 6 The Challenges of Cultural Diversity MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. The hatered of one sect towards another sect is known as:
(A) Secularism
(B) Casteism
(C) Regionalism
(D) Communalism

Answer

Ans -(D) Communalism


2. What is the nearest criterion that distinguishes the ‘Nation’ ?
(A) Community
(B) State
(C) Nation
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(B) State


3. Which among the following is a factor of doing work for the ‘Unity and Integrity’ of the Nation ?
(A) Communal riots
(B) Caste battle fights
(C) Social harmony
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Social harmony


4. The Supreme Court accepted the ‘right to information’ in
(A) 1990
(B) 1993
(C) 1995
(D) 2005

Answer

Ans -(D) 2005


5. Which of the following does not belong to land reform laws?
(A) Zamindari System
(B) Lease System
(C) Hadbandi Law
(D) Right to Information Act

Answer

Ans -(D) Right to Information Act


6. When was the ‘Right to information Act’ passed?
(A) In 2005
(B) In 2006
(C) In 2007
(D) In 2008

Answer

Ans -(A) In 2005


7. Even after independence, India was divided into large provinces called Presidencies, which of the following was not a Presidency?
(A) Calcutta
(B) Bombay
(C) Madras
(D) Delhi

Answer

Ans -(D) Delhi


8. Who controls, a particular geographical area and the people living in it?
(A) Community
(B) State
(C) Nation
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


9. Chhattisgarh got the status of separate state in:
(A) 1999
(B) 2000
(C) 2002
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(B) 2000


10. In what language ‘Laissez-Faire is known as economic philosophy ?
(A) French
(B) German
(C) English
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) French


11. State is such a body which successfully claims a legal monopoly in a particular area, whose statement is this?
(A) Max Weber
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Karl Marx
(D) August Comte

Answer

Ans -(A) Max Weber


12. The form of regionalism is :
(A) Linguistic Regionalism
(B) Defender Regionalism
(C) Separatist Regionalism
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


13. Which among the following country has the second largest ‘Population’ ?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Bangladesh
(D) America

Answer

Ans -(B) India


14. What is the percentage of “Jainism’ in India ?
(A) 1.9%
(B) 0.8%
(C) 2.3%
(D) 0.4%

Answer

Ans -(D) 0.4%


15. Which among the following gives/provide us ‘Language and Cultural Values ?
(A) Society
(B) Community
(C) Nation
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(B) Community


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 7 Suggestions for Project Work MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. For ‘Research work by which method we can ask the question directly to the students? Most Important
(A) Observation
(B) Survey
(C) Interview
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


2. By which method we can ask questions from 1000, 2000 or even more people?
(A) Interview
(B) survey
(C) observation
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(B) survey


3. Which of the following is a method of social research?
(A) Interview
(B) Survey
(C) Observation
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(B) Survey


4. What is the method of studying an event by observing it called?
(A) Questionnaire
(B) individual study
(C) observation
(D) survey

Answer

Ans -(C) observation


5. Under which system, generally set questions are asked to a relatively large number of people? Most Important
(A) interview
(B) survey
(C) schedule
(D) observation

Answer

Ans -(B) survey


6. Which of the following is not a mode of public transport?
(A) Metro
(B) local bus
(C) train
(D) motorcycle

Answer

Ans -(D) motorcycle


7. The method of asking questions to a large number of people is :
(A) Survey
(B) Observation
(C) Interview
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(A) Survey


Class 12 Sociology Book – Social Change and Development in India 


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 1 Structural Change MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. Which enemy did colonialism give rise to?
(A) Nationalism
(B) linguistics
(C) Casteism
(D) industrialization

Answer

Ans -(A) Nationalism


2. ‘British Colonialism’ was based on which system?
(A) Capitalism
(B) Commercialism
(C) Practicable
(D) All

Answer

Ans -(A) Capitalism


3. Which among the following society’ became rural to ‘urban country’ by the virtue of Industrialization ?
(A) Japan
(B) America
(C) Britain
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Britain


4. Any such economy where ownership of means of production have in the hands of important people is called:
(A) Capitalism
(B) Communalism
(C) Materialism
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) Capitalism


5. In the year 1690, which English businessman took three villages. Kolkata, Govindpur, Sutanuti on lease on the banks of River Hooghly?
(A) Job Charnock
(B) George Ford
(C) William Ford
(D) Weber

Answer

Ans -(A) Job Charnock


6. Which of these articles was exported to ‘Britain from Kolkata’ ?
(A) Sugar
(B) Indigo
(C) Jute
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(B) Indigo


7. Which of these ‘cities’ was considered suitable for the economy of the British Empire ?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Kolkata
(C) Chennai
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


8. Which is the largest megacity (metropolitan) at present in India?
(A) Delhi
(B) Kolkata
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai

Answer

Ans -(C) Mumbai


9. From which of the following States does people came to Assam during Colonial period to work as labourers in tea gardens ?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Jharkhand
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Jharkhand


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 2  Cultural Change MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. Which of the following concept does not belong to MN Srinivas?
(A) Westernization
(B) Sanskritisation
(C) Secularization
(D) Dominant Caste

Answer

Ans -(C) Secularization


2. Which of the following social change process in not a process of cultural change?
(A) Urbanization.
(B) Sanskritisation
(C) Modernization
(D) Secularization

Answer

Ans -(D) Secularization


3. Who is the author of the book The Source of Knowledge?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Ranade
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) Kandukiri Virasalingam

Answer

Ans -(D) Kandukiri Virasalingam


4. ‘Anjuman-e-Khawateen-e-Islam’ was established in _________
(A) 1814
(B) 1914
(C) 2004
(D) 2014

Answer

Ans -(B) 1914


5. Which of the following classes led the social reform movement in India?
(A) Capitalist Class
(B) Enlightened Class
(C) Farmer Class
(D) Labour Class

Answer

Ans -(B) Enlightened Class


6. Which of the following social reformer led the ‘social reform movement’ in India during British Colonialism?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Rai
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak & Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer

Ans -(A) Raja Ram Mohan Rai


7. The efforts made by the Social-reformers of which of the following century to bring change in the Society can be seen as a Social Movement ?
(A) Seventeenth
(B) Eighteenth
(C) Nineteenth
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Nineteenth


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 3 The Constitution and Social Change MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. What is the basis of ‘Indian Democracy’ ?
(A) Political parties
(B) Indian Constitution
(C) Parliament
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(D) All of these


2. Which of the following the basis of formation of political parties in India?
(A) Religion
(B) Language
(C) Regionality
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


3. The ‘Preamble of Indian Constitution’ tries to ensure which of the following ?
(A) Religious Justice
(B) Social Justice
(C) Political Justice
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


4. Which among the following is included in the basic objectives of ‘Constitution’ ?
(A) To remove poverty
(B) To eliminate casteism
(C) Equality to all
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(C) Equality to all


5. Which of the following tries to ensure ‘Preamble of the Indian Constitution’?
(A) Social Justice
(B) Economics Justice
(C) Political justice
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


6. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment related to Panchayati Raj came into force:
(A) 24 March, 1992
(B) 24 April, 1993
(C) 24 April, 1992
(D) 24 March, 1993

Answer

Ans – (B) 24 April, 1993


7. Which section of the Constitution has been notified to Scheduled Castes ?
(A) Section 339
(B) Section 340
(C) Section 342
(D) Section 341

Answer

Ans -(D) Section 341


8. Who was the President of the Constitutional Assembly?
(A) Dr BR Ambedkar
(B) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(C) Dr S Radhakrishnan
(D) Dr Zakir Hussain

Answer

Ans -(B) Dr Rajendra Prasad


9. Which Article of the Constitution directs the states to constitute Panchayats ?
(A) Article 42
(B) Article 41
(C) Article 45
(D) Article 40

Answer

Ans -(D) Article 40


10. Who was the chairperson of the drafting committee of the constitutional assembly?
(A) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer

Ans -(A) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar


11. Which of these parties plays the main role in the democratic form of government?
(A) Political party
(B) Social organization
(C) Economic Organization
(D) None of the above

Answer

Ans -(A) Political party


12. The meaning of ‘Democracy’ is:  Most Important
(A) Social Justice
(B) Political Freedom
(C) Economic Freedom
(D) All

Answer

Ans -(D) All


13. ‘Rule by the people, of the people, for the people’, is called :
(A) Democracy
(B) Direct Democracy
(C) Indirect Democracy
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) Democracy


14. Gram Panchayat is the unit of local self-government of:
(A) Town
(B) City
(C) District
(D) Village

Answer

Ans -(D) Village


15. Which of these is region based political party?
(A) Bhartiya Janata Party
(B) Bhartiya Communist Party
(C) Bahujan Samajwadi Party
(D) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Answer

Ans -(D) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha


16. Which of the following is not a National Party?
(A) Bharatiya Janata Party
(B) Indian National Congress
(C) Jannayak Janata Party
(D) Communist Party of India

Answer

Ans -(C) Jannayak Janata Party


17. Constitution of India passed in:
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949
(D) 1950

Answer

Ans -(C) 1949


18. Which among the following processes took place prior to ‘Colonialism’ ?
(A) Sanskritization
(B) Westernization
(C) Modernization
(D) None of the above

Answer

Ans -(A) Sanskritization


19. Which of the following is a serious question-mark on the meaning of ‘Democracy’ ?
(A) Poverty
(B) Social discrimination
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans – (C) Both (A) and (B)


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 4 Change and Development in Rural Society MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. What is the meaning of ‘W.T.O’ ?
(A) World Trade Organization
(B) World Teacher Organization
(C) World Labour Organization
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) World Trade Organization


2. When did the second phase of Green Revolution start?
(A) in the 1960s
(B) in the 1970s
(C) in the 1980s
(D) in the 1990s

Answer

Ans -(C) in the 1980s


3. Which of the following revolutions led to a huge increase in production?
(A) Green revolution
(B) White revolution
(C) Yellow revolution
(D) Blue revolution

Answer

Ans -(A) Green revolution


4. Which among the following concept is a contribution of Shri M. N. Srinivas ?
(A) Sanskritization
(B) Westernization
(C) Dominating Caste
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


5. Which section of population by and large depend on agriculture for their livelihood?
(A) Villagers
(B) Urban
(C) Both Villagers and Urban
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) Villagers


6. Which of the following ‘Contract Farming’ holds the sociological importance?
(A) Association of all the people in process of production
(B) Majority of people are isolated in the process of production
(C) Spoil the Local Agriculture knowledge
(D) Both (B) and (C)

Answer

Ans -(A) Association of all the people in process of production


7. Which of the following ‘Industrial’ cities developed after Independence?
(A) Durgapur
(B) Bhilai
(C) Bokaro
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(D) All of these


8. What type of people are generally included in the Dominant Landowning groups ?
(A) Middle class
(B) High class
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Both (A) and (B)


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 5 Change and Development in Industrial Society MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. Who among the following is the Chairman of 2nd Backward Class Commission ?
(A) B. P Mandal
(B) Kaka Kalelkar
(C) Kothari
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(B) Kaka Kalelkar


2. Selling shares of public companies to private companies is called?
(A) Money investment
(B) Globalisation
(C) Disinvestment
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(C) Disinvestment


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 6 Globalisation and Social Change MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. The population of the country at the time of independence was about _________.
(A) 30 Crore
(B) 35 Crore
(C) 45 Crore
(D) 50 Crore

Answer

Ans -(B) 35 Crore


2. The centers of the consumer culture are: Most Important
(A) Town
(B) Village
(C) State
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) Town


3. What are the causes of secularism in India?
(A) Westernization
(B) Social & religious movement
(C) Urbanization
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 7 Mass Media and Communications MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. The 1st modern mass media institution began from :
(A) Print Media or Press
(B) Electronic Media
(C) Audio-Visual Media
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(A) Print Media or Press


2. Which among the following is not a kind of ‘printing’ material ?
(A) Books
(B) Radio
(C) Magazine
(D) None of the above

Answer

Ans -(B) Radio


3. Which among the following is a kind of ‘printing material?
(A) Radio
(B) Television
(C) Newspaper
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) Newspaper


4. How many radio stations were there in India at the time of independence?
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 10

Answer

Ans -(B) 6


5. Which was the first long running soap opera of India?
(A) buniyaad
(B) hum log
(C) Ramayana
(D) Mahabharata

Answer

Ans -(B) hum log


HBSE Class 12 Chapter 8 Social Movements MCQ Important Questions 2024


1. Jharkhand got the status of separate state in:
(A) 1999
(B) 2001
(C) 2002
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(B) 2001


2. When did women and men get the ‘right to vote’ without any discrimination ?
(A) 1939
(B) 1945
(C) 1947
(D) 1950

Answer

Ans -(D) 1950


3. The writer of Division of Labour in Society’ is _________.
(A) Durkheim
(B) Weber
(C) Dube
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) Durkheim


4. By whom the ‘right to vote’ to every adult was given by _________.
(A) Indian Constitution
(B) Indian Parliament
(C) Election Commission
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(A) Indian Constitution


5. Which among the following ‘article’ reflect the worry of Durkheim ?
(A) Suicide
(B) Division of Labour
(C) Kinds of Religious Life
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


6. Which among the following ‘Social Movement’ is a type of classification ?
(A) Reformatory
(B) Redemptive
(C) Revolutionary
(D) All of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All of the above


7. What are the new methods involved in social movements?
(A) carrying candle light
(B) torch bearing
(C) skit
(D) all of the above

Answer

Ans -(D) all of the above


8. The Reform Movements of 19th century emphasise to stop which social evils?
(A) Sati Pratha
(B) Child-marriage
(C) Misbehaviour with widows
(D) All of these

Answer

Ans -(D) All of these


9. _________ made significant efforts to stop the practice of Sati Pratha.
(A) Dr. Ambedkar
(B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) Sri Narayan Guru
(D) Jyotirao Phule

Answer

Ans -(B) Raja Rammohan Roy


10. On which of the following grounds did Raja Ram Mohan Roy opposed the practice of Sati Pratha ?
(A) Humanitarian Theory Plaintiff
(B) Natural Rights
(C) Hindu scriptures
(D) All the above

Answer

Ans -(D) All the above


11. Who tried to get declared the Sati Pratha’ as illegal ?
(A) Dr. Ambedkar
(B) Jyotirao Phule
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Rai
(D) Dayanand Saraswati

Answer

Ans – (C) Raja Ram Mohan Rai


12. Who is the father of Chipko movement? Most Important
(A) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
(B) Sundarlal Bahuguna
(C) Megha Patekar
(D) Dr. Ambedkar

Answer

Ans -(B) Sundarlal Bahuguna


13. Gufialo, a woman from northern hills became famous by participating in which movement?
(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Chipko Movement
(D) Champaran movement

Answer

Ans – (B) Civil Disobedience Movement


14. Which was the first war of independence for Indian nationalists?
(A) War of 1857
(B) Quit India Movement of 1942
(C) War of 1957
(D) War of 1842

Answer

Ans – (A) War of 1857


15. In which ‘movement a continuous and collective activities are required for a long time ?
(A) Social
(B) Political
(C) Cultural
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans – (A) Social


16. Who is the author of the book ‘Unquiet Woods”
(A) Mancar Olson
(B) MeCarthy and Zald
(C) Ramchandra Guha
(D) MN Srinivas

Answer

Ans – (C) Ramchandra Guha


17. Which of the following feature is not related with Social Movement?
(A) Structure
(B) Ideology
(C) Organisation
(D) Miraculous leadership

Answer

Ans – (D) Miraculous leadership


18. How many organizations are working for Backward Classes from 1954 ?
(A) 68
(B) 78
(C) 88
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(C) 88


19. Social Movement wants to bring change about :
(A) Social
(B) Economic
(C) Political
(D) None of these

Answer

Ans -(A) Social


20. Who founded the first ‘Trade Union’ ?
(A) B. P. Wadia
(B) S. A. Dange
(C) M. N. Roy
(D) None of the above

Answer

Ans -(A) B. P. Wadia


 

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