Sociology Paper 2013
 

1. Sociolization is
(a) Instinctive process
(b) Personal social learning
(c) Building up of norms and values in the personality by groups
(d) None of these

2. Who can be taken as early pure sociologist among the social thinkers?
(a) Auguste Comte
(b) Ibn e Khuldoon
(c) Durkheim
(d) None of these

3. Ascribed social status of a person is determined by
(a) Biological inheritance
(b) What he achieves
(c) Contacts abroad
(d) None of these

4. In Cultural Lag the part that moves slowly is called
(a) Material culture
(b) Symbolic culture
(c) Sub-culture
(d) None of these

5. The spread of cultural traits and patterns in space is called:
(a) Assimilation
(b) Acculturation
(c) Diffusion
(d) None of these

6. A Stimulus-Response Condition between two persons is called:
(a) Exchange
(b) Dialogue
(c) Interaction
(d) None of these

7. Polyandry is a form of marriage in which
(a) Many women marry one man
(b) Many men are husbands of one woman
(c) One man marries a woman
(d) None of these

8. A verified and verifiable proposition is
(a) Hypothesis
(b) Design
(c) Fact
(d) None of these

9. Urbanism is
(a) A process of migration
(b) An attitude
(c) Equal to Urbanization
(d) Nome of these

10. An operational definition of a concept is
(a) Mediating variable
(b) Guideline for the researcher in the field
(c) A formal or lexiographic
(d) None of these

11. Culture is
(a) What has been given to us by our forefathers
(b) Man-made part of the environment
(c) Music, drama, dance etc
(d) None of these

12. Innovation is
(a) Invention
(b) Discovery
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

13. Emphasis in quantitative data is on
(a) Validity
(b) Reliability
(c) Formal procedure
(d) none

14. A sample is
(a) A process of selecting items
(b) A smaller part representing the universe
(c) Giving a few examples from population
(d) None of these

15. When two or more persons interact with each other, they form
(a) Community
(b) Group
(c) Society
(d) None of these

16. A social caste is always
(a) Exogamous and open
(b) Endogamous and closed
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

17. A cricket match is an example
(a) Truce
(b) Accomodation
(c) Competition
(d) None of these

18. A socially expected and approved behaviour is called
(a) Folkway
(b) Social norm
(c) More
(d) None of these

19. A push factor in migration means
(a) People attracted by urban facilities
(b) People forced by circumstances leaving
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

20. An Interview Guide is
(a) The person who guides the interview
(b) A booklet that explains the dynamics of an interview
(c) a list of topics to be covered in an interview
(d) None of these

Q:2 Heredity versus group influence has given birth to controversy in explaining socialisation process. Where do you locate yourself in the theoretical debate?

Q:3 Is Max Weber more relevant than Durkheim in today's globalising world? Discuss with reference to their theoretical contributions.

Q: 4 What is hypothesis? Develop a hypothesis and identify:
(a) independent variables
(b) dependant variable and
(c) mediating variable (if any)

Q: 5 Define and differentiate between caste and class. Discuss the dynamics of classes in the existing feudal system.

Q: 6 Discuss as to how the process of social and cultural change in Pakistan can be accelerated? Your answer must include theoretically relevant factors in the rate of change.

Q: 7 Discuss the nature and genesis of institutions along with the change taking place in Pakistani family.

Q: 8 Write comprehensive notes on any two of the following:
(a) Marxist influence on sociological theory
(b) Determinants of social mobility
(c) Institutional evasions
(d) Social Planning

[QUOTE=J Hussain;564377]Q:2 Heredity versus group influence has given birth to controversy in explaining socialisation process. Where do you locate yourself in the theoretical debate?

Q:3 Is Max Weber more relevant than Durkheim in today's globalising world? Discuss with reference to their theoretical contributions.

Q: 4 What is hypothesis? Develop a hypothesis and identify:
(a) independent variables
(b) dependant variable and
(c) mediating variable (if any)

Q: 5 Define and differentiate between caste and class. Discuss the dynamics of classes in the existing feudal system.

Q: 6 Discuss as to how the process of social and cultural change in Pakistan can be accelerated? Your answer must include theoretically relevant factors in the rate of change.

Q: 7 Discuss the nature and genesis of institutions along with the change taking place in Pakistani family.

Q: 8 Write comprehensive notes on any two of the following:
(a) Marxist influence on sociological theory
(b) Determinants of social mobility
(c) Institutional evasions
(d) Social Planning[/QUOTE]

Paper-setter would be a doctor of sociology :P I do not know it is tough ,i have seen it easier then PA ....

FPSC is in pursuit of becoming unique and un-predicatble. But in this quest they have gone too far from their scope of selecting good officers.

This year papers are being set as unique as possible.

1.c
2.c
3.a
4.d
5.c
6.c
7.b
8.b
9.b
10.c
11.a
12.c
13.b
14.b
15.b
16.b
17.c
18.b
19.b
20.c

aspirations
 

conceptual,relational with pakistani cultural and social determinants,bit easy bt interesting,truely based on sound argumentation and analytic justification...see what will happen...

[QUOTE=mahmood409;564425]1.c
2.c
3.a
4.d
5.c
6.c
7.b
8.b
9.b
10.c
11.a
12.c
13.b
14.b
15.b
16.b
17.c
18.b
19.b
20.c[/QUOTE]

20. b
8. a
9. a
12. a

This was the best paper of sociology I ve ever seen. V:D
Correct answers of Objective Q. are:
1. c
2. a
3. a
4. c uncertain
5. c
6. b
7. b
8. a
9. b
10. b
11. b uncertain
12. c
13. b
14. b
15. b
16. b
17. c
18. b
19. b
20. c uncertain

Correct Answers According to me
1. Sociolization is
(a) Instinctive process
(b) Personal social learning
(c)[B] Building up of norms and values in the personality by groups[/B]
(d) None of these

2. Who can be taken as early pure sociologist among the social thinkers?
(a) Auguste Comte
(b) [B]Ibn e Khuldoon[/B]
(c) Durkheim
(d) None of these

3. Ascribed social status of a person is determined by
(a) Biological inheritance
(b) [B]What he achieves[/B]
(c) Contacts abroad
(d) None of these

4. In Cultural Lag the part that moves slowly is called
(a) Material culture
(b) Symbolic culture
(c) [B]Sub-culture[/B]
(d) None of these

5. The spread of cultural traits and patterns in space is called:
(a) Assimilation
(b) Acculturation
(c)[B] Diffusion[/B]
(d) None of these

6. A Stimulus-Response Condition between two persons is called:
(a) Exchange
(b) Dialogue
(c) [B]Interaction[/B]
(d) None of these

7. Polyandry is a form of marriage in which
(a) Many women marry one man
(b[B]) Many men are husbands of one woman[/B]
(c) One man marries a woman
(d) None of these

8. A verified and verifiable proposition is
(a) Hypothesis
(b) Design
(c)[B] Fact [/B]
(d) None of these

9. Urbanism is
(a) A process of migration
(b) An attitude
(c)[B] Equal to Urbanization [/B]
(d) Nome of these

10. An operational definition of a concept is
(a) Mediating variable
(b) Guideline for the researcher in the field
(c) A formal or lexiographic
(d) [B]None of these[/B]

11. Culture is
(a) What has been given to us by our forefathers
(b) [B]Man-made part of the environment [/B]
(c) Music, drama, dance etc
(d) None of these

12. Innovation is
(a) Invention
(b) Discovery
(c) [B]Both a and b[/B]
(d) None of these

13. Emphasis in quantitative data is on
(a) Validity
(b) [B]Reliability[/B]
(c) Formal procedure
(d) none

14. A sample is
(a) [B]A process of selecting items[/B]
(b) A smaller part representing the universe
(c) Giving a few examples from population
(d) None of these

15. When two or more persons interact with each other, they form
(a) Community
(b) [B]Group[/B]
(c) Society
(d) None of these

16. A social caste is always
(a) Exogamous and open
(b) [B]Endogamous and closed [/B]
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

17. A cricket match is an example
(a) Truce
(b) Accomodation
(c) [B]Competition[/B]
(d) None of these

18. A socially expected and approved behaviour is called
(a) Folkway
(b)[B] Social norm[/B]
(c) More
(d) None of these

19. A push factor in migration means
(a) People attracted by urban facilities
(b)[B] People forced by circumstances leaving[/B]
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

20. An Interview Guide is
(a) The person who guides the interview
(b) A booklet that explains the dynamics of an interview
(c) [B]a list of topics to be covered in an interview[/B]
(d) None of these

it was very tough ... :(

tell me one thing guys in objective number 5 , can culture be diffused or assimilated "in space" ?? whats this ??? i have marked on d option . lets see

The paper required analytical skills. It was very conceptual. Glad I prepared well.
I just hope the checker agrees with what I wrote!!!

9. Urbanism is an attitude.

[QUOTE=Roha Mustafa;564540]tell me one thing guys in objective number 5 , can culture be diffused or assimilated "in space" ?? whats this ??? i have marked on d option . lets see[/QUOTE]

Due to space I have marked D too

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Answered the questions totally according to my own concepts and understanding. Hope the examiner likes them. :( I did the same last year as well. :p If the paper checker is the same as last year, he will like my paper :) as he had liked it last year and made me qualify :) despite the fact that I was expecting to flunk in sociology. :P

c
b
a
c
c
c
b
c
c
c
b
c
c
c
b
b
c
c
b
c

correction will be appreciated :P

1. Socialization is
(c) Building up of norms and values in the personality by groups

2. Who can be taken as early pure sociologist among the social thinkers?
(Pure sociologists are Ernest Burgess, Robert E. Park, Herbert Spencer, Albion Small. Not sure about Auguste Comte but Khuldoon and Durkheim were definitely not pure sociologists.)

3. Ascribed social status of a person is determined by
(d) None of these (I dont know how it can be "a" because Ascribed status is the social status a person is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life. It is not something we get biologically.)

4. In Cultural Lag the part that moves slowly is called
(d) None of these (non-material culture)

5. The spread of cultural traits and patterns in space is called:
(c) Diffusion

6. A Stimulus-Response Condition between two persons is called:
(b) Dialogue

7. Polyandry is a form of marriage in which
(b) Many men are husbands of one woman

8. A verified and verifiable proposition is
(a) Hypothesis

9. Urbanism is
(c) Equal to Urbanization

10. An operational definition of a concept is
(c) A formal or lexiographic

11. Culture is
(b) Man-made part of the environment

12. Innovation is
(c) Both a and b

13. Emphasis in quantitative data is on
(b) Reliability

14. A sample is
(a) A process of selecting items

15. When two or more persons interact with each other, they form
(b) Group

16. A social caste is always
(b) Endogamous and closed (personally I dont consider it true)

17. A cricket match is an example
(c) Competition

18. A socially expected and approved behaviour is called
(b) Social norm

19. A push factor in migration means
(b) People forced by circumstances leaving

20. An Interview Guide is
(c) a list of topics to be covered in an interview

[QUOTE=Last Island;564645]
2. Who can be taken as early pure sociologist among the social thinkers?
(Pure sociologists are Ernest Burgess, Robert E. Park, Herbert Spencer, Albion Small. Not sure about Auguste Comte but Khuldoon and Durkheim were definitely not pure sociologists.)
[/QUOTE]
2.b

Sociology 2014
 

Dear aspirants its not too difficult paper.Those candidates who had preffered the book of sociology by Abdullah khurram Niazi had attempted atleast four questions rightly including objective type.The question paper is totally conceptual. wish you all best of luck.:closedeye

Wow, People have got different opinion regarding the nature of paper like if it was tough or easy,but to me, i would say for those who prepared well for sociology, it might have sounded tough, but for the people who didn't prepare, they got it easy, same is the case with me, here i belong to the second group of people :pp but i decided to think like sociologist for three hours and attempted the paper, now i don't know what i have done with the paper, and what the examiner is going to do with it :blush:

Socialization question was from Nature vs Nurture :D psychology

[QUOTE=Last Island;564645]

14. A sample is
(a) A process of selecting items

[/QUOTE]
14.A sample is a smaller part representing the universe so the correct answer is b

Urbanism is an attitude.Its a character of urban life

8. c
12. d
20 .a

12.innovation
answer is d.non of these

No, d was not write for innovation, because in dictionary I found the meaning of innovation as ejaad, ikhtraah, jiddat, biddat, whereas that of invention is ejaad, ikhtraah, so I guess option A was correct, that was Invention.

[QUOTE=Last Island;564645]1. Socialization is
(c) Building up of norms and values in the personality by groups

2. Who can be taken as early pure sociologist among the social thinkers?
(Pure sociologists are Ernest Burgess, Robert E. Park, Herbert Spencer, Albion Small. Not sure about Auguste Comte but Khuldoon and Durkheim were definitely not pure sociologists.)

3. Ascribed social status of a person is determined by
(d) None of these (I dont know how it can be "a" because Ascribed status is the social status a person is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life. It is not something we get biologically.)

4. In Cultural Lag the part that moves slowly is called
(d) None of these (non-material culture)

5. The spread of cultural traits and patterns in space is called:
(c) Diffusion

6. A Stimulus-Response Condition between two persons is called:
(b) Dialogue

7. Polyandry is a form of marriage in which
(b) Many men are husbands of one woman

8. A verified and verifiable proposition is
(a) Hypothesis

9. Urbanism is
(c) Equal to Urbanization

10. An operational definition of a concept is
(c) A formal or lexiographic

11. Culture is
(b) Man-made part of the environment

12. Innovation is
(c) Both a and b

13. Emphasis in quantitative data is on
(b) Reliability

14. A sample is
(a) A process of selecting items

15. When two or more persons interact with each other, they form
(b) Group

16. A social caste is always
(b) Endogamous and closed (personally I dont consider it true)

17. A cricket match is an example
(c) Competition

18. A socially expected and approved behaviour is called
(b) Social norm

19. A push factor in migration means
(b) People forced by circumstances leaving

20. An Interview Guide is
(c) a list of topics to be covered in an interview[/QUOTE]

6. A Stimulus-Response Condition between two persons is called:
(c) Interaction (Dialogue is the conversation between two or more people. Interaction is the reciprocal action between two or more people)

8. A verified and verifiable proposition is
(c) Fact (Hypothesis is a verifiable proposition only, once verified, it becomes a fact)

9. Urbanism is
(b) An attitude (Urbanization is the process of becoming urbanized, whereas, Urbanism is the characteristic way of life of the urbanites)

12. Innovation is
(d) None of these. (Innovation is not a discovery, invention, discovery+invention. It is a complicated lengthy process of implementation of something new in the society)

13. Emphasis in quantitative data is on
(c) Reliability and validity

14. A sample is
(c) Giving a few examples from population. (The process of selecting items is 'Sampling'. 'Sample' is the term used fr the selected items.
A part can't represent the whole Universe, a few different parts can do so)

16. A social caste is always
(d) None of these. (A social caste is always closed, but MOSTLY endogamous. It is not always endogamous)

18. A socially expected and approved behaviour is called
Isn't it Folkway? Norms are rules, enforced behaviour whereas Folkway is the way of common people.

Corrections would be appreciated!

13 is (d) None of these

[QUOTE=Hamid S;564908]6. A Stimulus-Response Condition between two persons is called:
(c) Interaction (Dialogue is the conversation between two or more people. Interaction is the reciprocal action between two or more people)

8. A verified and verifiable proposition is
(c) Fact (Hypothesis is a verifiable proposition only, once verified, it becomes a fact)

9. Urbanism is
(b) An attitude (Urbanization is the process of becoming urbanized, whereas, Urbanism is the characteristic way of life of the urbanites)

12. Innovation is
(d) None of these. (Innovation is not a discovery, invention, discovery+invention. It is a complicated lengthy process of implementation of something new in the society)

13. Emphasis in quantitative data is on
(c) Reliability and validity

14. A sample is
(c) Giving a few examples from population. (The process of selecting items is 'Sampling'. 'Sample' is the term used fr the selected items.
A part can't represent the whole Universe, a few different parts can do so)

16. A social caste is always
(d) None of these. (A social caste is always closed, but MOSTLY endogamous. It is not always endogamous)

18. A socially expected and approved behaviour is called
Isn't it Folkway? Norms are rules, enforced behaviour whereas Folkway is the way of common people.

Corrections would be appreciated![/QUOTE]
Your corrections are illogical,please open sociology book then present your so-called justifications as your corrections are based on general terminologies not socio-centric.With due respect

[QUOTE=Hamid S;564908]6. A Stimulus-Response Condition between two persons is called:
(c) Interaction (Dialogue is the conversation between two or more people. Interaction is the reciprocal action between two or more people)

8. A verified and verifiable proposition is
(c) Fact (Hypothesis is a verifiable proposition only, once verified, it becomes a fact)

9. Urbanism is
(b) An attitude (Urbanization is the process of becoming urbanized, whereas, Urbanism is the characteristic way of life of the urbanites)

12. Innovation is
(d) None of these. (Innovation is not a discovery, invention, discovery+invention. It is a complicated lengthy process of implementation of something new in the society)

13. Emphasis in quantitative data is on
(c) Reliability and validity

14. A sample is
(c) Giving a few examples from population. (The process of selecting items is 'Sampling'. 'Sample' is the term used fr the selected items.
A part can't represent the whole Universe, a few different parts can do so)

16. A social caste is always
(d) None of these. (A social caste is always closed, but MOSTLY endogamous. It is not always endogamous)

18. A socially expected and approved behaviour is called
Isn't it Folkway? Norms are rules, enforced behaviour whereas Folkway is the way of common people.

Corrections would be appreciated![/QUOTE]



Thanks brother. Your corrections are valid. I am just doubtful about 12 and 13.
For those who don't agree with these answers, I will post reasons and logical explanations with reference from books to remove any confusions after the papers end.

[QUOTE=Maaz Ahmed COT;564965]Your corrections are illogical,please open sociology book then present your so-called justifications as your corrections are based on general terminologies not socio-centric.With due respect[/QUOTE]

Brother, I'm waiting for your logical socio-centric corrections with reference to your Sociology book. I hope you'd read the last sentence of my message, "Corrections would be appreciated"?

If giving new theories and ideas makes you a sociologist, you can call me the latest in this chain. I can't comment on the toughness of paper yet it was interesting.

[QUOTE=Farhad Aslam;565071]If giving new theories and ideas makes you a sociologist, you can call me the latest in this chain. I can't comment on the toughness of paper yet it was interesting.[/QUOTE]

same is the case with me ,I was thinking I have become sociologist and presented my recipe of ideas .Which theory is relevant .I took the stance both are relevant and point areas and institutions and world demography as well .

If examiner would be happy ,then I am in luckiest ,other wise.......

[QUOTE=SADIA SHAFIQ;565087]same is the case with me ,I was thinking I have become sociologist and presented my recipe of ideas .Which theory is relevant .I took the stance both are relevant and point areas and institutions and world demography as well .

If examiner would be happy ,then I am in luckiest ,other wise.......[/QUOTE]

I don't understand why some questions are asked in black and white manner, when a moderate and impartial view seems more practical. Lets hope that examiners do not operate in binary mode.

[QUOTE=Farhad Aslam;565136]I don't understand why some questions are asked in black and white manner, when a moderate and impartial view seems more practical. Lets hope that examiners do not operate in binary mode.[/QUOTE]

have you attempted it ,what was your answer ?

No i didn't attempt this question because I thought it would be tough to draw a clear line as state of globalizing is not uniform and both have relevance to different areas.

by ''space'' it is meant, the unfilled area, when a cultural unit gets removed, it is supposed to be replaced with another, which will said to fill the unfilled space..

3.Ascribed status is by birth ,for example daughter is ascribed status or prince is also ; the status is by birth or inheritance .

4. Cultural lag is due to conflict between between real and ideal culture ; the material or non material / symbolic culture .

5. August comete is father of sociology

[QUOTE=SADIA SHAFIQ;565773]3.Ascribed status is by birth ,for example daughter is ascribed status or prince is also ; the status is by birth or inheritance .

4. Cultural lag is due to conflict between between real and ideal culture ; the material or non material / symbolic culture .

5. August comete is father of sociology[/QUOTE]
In cultural lag material culture changes quickly but non material culture takes time

[QUOTE=Hamid S;564908]6. A Stimulus-Response Condition between two persons is called:
(c) Interaction (Dialogue is the conversation between two or more people. Interaction is the reciprocal action between two or more people)

8. A verified and verifiable proposition is
(c) Fact (Hypothesis is a verifiable proposition only, once verified, it becomes a fact)

9. Urbanism is
(b) An attitude (Urbanization is the process of becoming urbanized, whereas, Urbanism is the characteristic way of life of the urbanites)

12. Innovation is
(d) None of these. (Innovation is not a discovery, invention, discovery+invention. It is a complicated lengthy process of implementation of something new in the society)

13. Emphasis in quantitative data is on
(c) Reliability and validity

14. A sample is
(c) Giving a few examples from population. (The process of selecting items is 'Sampling'. 'Sample' is the term used fr the selected items.
A part can't represent the whole Universe, a few different parts can do so)

16. A social caste is always
(d) None of these. (A social caste is always closed, but MOSTLY endogamous. It is not always endogamous)

18. A socially expected and approved behaviour is called
Isn't it Folkway? Norms are rules, enforced behaviour whereas Folkway is the way of common people.

Corrections would be appreciated![/QUOTE]


I have attempted my MCQs the same way, with the same mental reasoning. And I am sure that the last one was "Folkways". There are two kinds of norms: mores; folkways. The questions was regarding socially "expected" and approved behaviour, because mores are not just "expected" but enforceable, as well.

[QUOTE=Maaz Ahmed COT;565846]In cultural lag material culture changes quickly but non material culture takes time[/QUOTE]

Read between lines .I have said alike .That`s why I said symbolic culture .

plz help me seniorz
 

WORST PAPER EVER . . .
1 )actually my mistake was that in v first question i have given more preference to emile durkheim as i hav gone thru abt him . i think examiner would not find my answer relevant or appropriate .
2) if examiner would not find my first ans relevant he would not check my whole paper or he would further check my paper as i have done well rest of the papers ...

[QUOTE=ashiq e hussain;567473]WORST PAPER EVER . . .
1 )actually my mistake was that in v first question i have given more preference to emile durkheim as i hav gone thru abt him . i think examiner would not find my answer relevant or appropriate .
2) if examiner would not find my first ans relevant he would not check my whole paper or he would further check my paper as i have done well rest of the papers ...[/QUOTE]

Don't worry each of your questions will be treated separately. It does not matter if you could not do well in one question.