BALOCHISTAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PCS COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF SECTION OFFICERS B-17 IN THE S&GAD GOVT. OF

BALOCHISTAN

SOCIOLOGY

Time Allowed: 03 Hours May 24, 2003 Total Marks: 150

Note: Attempt any Two from every Unit. All questions carry equal marks. Question No.1 is compulsory.

Q-1.
(A) Write the correct answer from the multiple choices:
1. Cultural lag.
a) It is a lag existing between technological development and the growth of ideas.
b) Makes social problems understandable.
c) It is a lag between ideas, objects and practices with maintained only by faith.

2. Social stratification means:
a) Differences in political structure of families.
b) Differences in class structure.
c) Differences in cast structure.

3. Formation of Social groups depends on:
a) Geographical proximity of people.
b) Common interest of people.
c) The rational decision of two or more persons.

4. Observational studies are:
a) Experimental.
b) Impressionistic.
c) Informal descriptive.

5. Folkways are:
a) Customary ways a group does things.
b) Strong ideas of right and wrong.
c) Laws of folk society.

(B) Write True or False:
1. Sociology explores the varieties of group structure.
2. Social system is located at group level.
3. The direction of social change is determined by the change in
physical environment.
4. The Migration is conditioning factor in creating social
problems.
5. The term “Anomic Suicide” is used by Herbert Spencer.
6. Gesellschaft is used by Ferdinand Tonnies.
7. Social mobility means formal attitude of people.
8. Status is a position where a person stands in the group
structure.
9. Diffusion is the spread of culture traits from group to group.
10. Social Order is a comprehensive social system.

(C) Fill in the blanks with appropriate answer:
1. The amount of reproduction among women of child bearing
age is called . (fertility, birth rate, birth ratio).
2. Any group or category to which people fell they belon is called.
(in group, group in)
3. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behaviour
is called. (socio-biology, sociology, ecology)
4. A negative attitude towards an entire category or people such
as racial or ethnic minority is called. (prejudice, bias, grouping)
5. A theory of social change which holds that society is moving in
definite direction is called. (evolutionary theory, revolution
theory, evolution)

(D) Distinguish between the following pairs:
1. Cultural uniformities and cultural variables.
2. Family of orientation and family of procreation.
3. Stationary population and stable population.
4. Stratified sampling and cluster sampling.
5. Ocassional criminals and professional criminals.

Q-2. What is personality? Discuss the role of family and culture in the development of personality.

Q-3. What changes do you visualize in the structure and functions of Pakistani family?

Q-4. What is social movement; explain the origin and consequences of any one social movement with specific reference to Balochistan.

Q-5. Who was the founding father of Sociology? Ibn-e-Khaldun or August Comte. Give the arguments in favour of your answer.

Q-6. Discuss the relation of educational development and social change in Balochistan.

Q-7. What is collective behaviour? Also discuss the conditions of collective behaviour.

Q-8. Define social class; also discuss the leading elements of determining the social class.

Q-9. What is social control. Discuss the formal means of the social control in detail.