Q1 · Difficulty 1/3
Behaviour that breaks the law is called:
- crime
- deviance
- a norm
- a value
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✓ Answer: A — crime
Crime breaks the law.
AQA · GCSE · Sociology
Free AQA GCSE Sociology
Practice Paper
8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real AQA GCSE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.
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Paper 1
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification.
Paper 2
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification.
Paper 3
Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions.
Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.
Mini practice paper: 8 questions
Mixed-difficulty questions from across the Sociology syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3
Sociology is the study of human society and social:
- geology
- weather
- behaviour
- chemistry
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✓ Answer: C — behaviour
Sociology studies society and social behaviour.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3
Newspapers, TV and the internet are all forms of the:
- economy
- mass media
- census
- climate
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✓ Answer: B — mass media
These are mass media.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3
Conforming to society's rules is the opposite of:
- socialisation
- identity
- culture
- deviance
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✓ Answer: D — deviance
Conformity is the opposite of deviance.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3
A family with one parent raising children is a ____ family.
- joint
- lone-parent
- nuclear
- extended
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✓ Answer: B — lone-parent
Lone-parent families have one parent.
Q6 · Difficulty 2/3
Professionals such as doctors are usually described as ____ class.
- middle
- under
- working
- lower
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✓ Answer: A — middle
Professionals are typically middle class.
Q7 · Difficulty 2/3
A small group selected to represent a larger population is a:
- sample
- census
- tally
- letter
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✓ Answer: A — sample
A sample represents the population.
Q8 · Difficulty 2/3
Behaviour that breaks social norms but may not be illegal is:
- crime
- deviance
- conformity
- socialisation
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✓ Answer: B — deviance
Deviance breaks norms, not always laws.
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AQA GCSE Sociology FAQ
What does the AQA GCSE Sociology exam look like?
The AQA GCSE Sociology exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification. Paper 2: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification. Paper 3: Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions. Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Can I download a free AQA GCSE Sociology past paper?
Real AQA past papers are published directly by AQA on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is AQA GCSE Sociology graded?
Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.