BALOCHISTAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Samungli Road, Quetta Cantt
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF BCS(EB) OFFICERS/ SECTION OFFICERS B-17 IN THE S&GAD GOVT. OF BALOCHISTAN
SOCIOLOGY
Time Allowed: 03 Hours Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Total Marks: 150
Note:
Attempt any Five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q-1. What do your understand by “Institutional Evasion” of institutional roles? Analyse the current situation of deviancy in different fields of life in Pakistan in terms of institutionalized evasion.
Q-2. Distinguish between Power and Authority. Discuss Weber’s Typology of Authority with suitable illustrations.
Q-3. What do you understand by “Bureaucracy”? Discuss the role of intellectuals in Public Bureaucracy.
Q-4. Describe the structural aspects of Social System. What are the quasi structural aspects of social system?
Q-5. How public opinion forms in modern society? Discuss some of the important organs of public opinion with special reference to press.
Q-6. “Law is a formal social norm and ruler for the guidance of human behaviour”. Discuss.
Q-7. Discuss comprehensively the view of evolutionary development of sociology as social science.
Q-8. Critically examine the evolutionary theory of social change and define the relationship between social change and progress.
Q-9. Give sociological interpretation with suitable examples (Any two)
(i) Authoritarian and Equalitarian Socialization.
(ii) Role of Conflict in Modern Society.
(iii) Forms of Collective Behaviour.
Q-10. Differntiate between (Any two):
(i) Horizontal Mobility and Vertical Mobility.
(ii) Assimilation and Acculturation.
(iii) Folkways and Mores.