Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education or CGBSE is the board of school education of Chhattisgarh and is responsible for conducting the annual examination of the board classes up to senior secondary school examination or class 12. The term Sociology is basically the study of society i.e. to know about the social life in which we are living.. To study sociology, one must know about some basic concepts such as social structures (e.g.: family, education system, social divisions etc), Social systems (e.g. social cultures, agents of social control etc), social issues (e.g., unlawful activities of the society and its affects etc). Therefore it’s important to have a sound knowledge of sociology to know our social lives better.

Sectional Division in the Paper

There are basically three sections in this paper and all the questions are aligned serially.

Pattern of the Question Paper

The paper carries three sections. The first section consists of ten questions which are very short answer questions and the candidates are required to answer all of them. The second section consists of fourteen short answer questions and the marks division of the last two questions in this section differs from the other questions in this section. The third section contains six long answer questions and all the questions are to be attempted.

Marks Allocation

The total marks in this paper is one hundred. The first section is of twenty five marks and consisting of very short answer questions. The second section contains forty four marks where each question in this section except the last two questions are of three marks each i.e. a total of thirty six marks and the last two questions are of four marks instead of three marks, thereby summing up to a total of forty four marks. Section C is of thirty six marks, carrying six questions in all and each question carries six marks each. Thus all the three sections make up a total of hundred marks.

Time Duration

The time allocated for this paper is three hours.