Sociology paper 1995: Marks=150 time=3hours.

Note: Answer any FIVE Questions.All Questions carry equal marks.

Q1)What is Scientific method? To what extent is Scientific Method applicable to sociology to call it a Science?

Q2) Give at least three definitions of Culture. How is cultural lag an impediment to change in society like Pakistan?

Q3) Make a comparison of Competition and Conflict as a processes of Social Interaction. How is co-operation a crucial element in each of the above two?

Q4) ""All problems are not Social Problems". Justify by giving examples. Write note on "Low adoption rate of agricultural technology" as a Social Problem.

Q5) How is Social Change defined. Discuss the factors facilitating and impeding it.

Q6) Define Norms and their types. How changing in our normative structure at the moment? Discuss its merits and demerits.

Q7) What are the major common techniques of data collection for social aspects of society? What are the good and weak points of each?

Q8)Write short notes on any FOUR of the following:
a) Social stratification
b) Social Solidarity
c) Cultural Ethnocentrism
d) Social Institutions
e) Social Conflicts.