ISC 2025 Sociology Improvement Examination Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Sociology paper from the 2025 Improvement Examination set by CISCE (marked 1225-854-IE). It carries 70 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has 12 compulsory questions in three sections. Section A is a single question of 14 one-mark parts with multiple-choice, assertion–reason and very short answers, some based on scenarios such as the film Parivar (1956). Section B has seven four-mark short answers, with internal choices in Questions 7 and 8; Question 2 asks students to identify a rule of marriage from two tables of caste preferences. Section C has four seven-mark long answers, with an internal choice in Question 9, including an image-based question on gender issues and two case studies on theories of religion.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Sociology

Year

2025

Paper code

854

Maximum marks

70

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

12

Pages

7

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  14 marks

  Question 1 with 14 one-mark parts: multiple-choice, assertion–reason, picture-based and very short answers

• Section B

  28 marks

  Questions 2–8, short answers of four marks each, including a table-based question; internal choice in Questions 7 and 8

• Section C

  28 marks

  Questions 9–12, long answers of seven marks each; internal choice in Question 9; image-based and case-based questions

Topics covered

• Family and its types
• Rules of marriage, polygyny and endogamy
• Kinship usages and avoidance
• Caste and social mobility
• Tribal problems and dormitories
• Religion, morality and theories of religion
• Social movements
• 73rd Constitution Amendment Act
• Gender issues
• Mass media and the Right to Information Act

Questions from this paper

1. With the help of suitable examples, explore any four reasons for the usage of avoidance.
2. Discuss any four causes that are responsible for social movements.
3. Morality can exist without religion, but religion cannot survive without morality. Comment on the statement, highlighting the relation between religion and morality.
4. Outline any four causes that led to changes in the dormitory system in tribal societies.
5. Discuss any seven features of polygyny.
6. Explain any five negative impacts of mass media on the youth.