Sociology paper 1992: Marks=150 time=3hours.

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

Q1) What methods of investigation are most commonly used for the study of social phenomena? How valid are they to provide SOCIOLOGY the status of SCIENCE?

Q2) What factors have led to change the structure of FAMILY from JOINT to the NUCLEAR type in Pakistan?

Q3) Highlight the occurrence of such crimes as resulted from the use of modern weapons? Is this because of lack of enforcement of law or due to socio economic needs of individuals?

Q4) Define the concept of "AL-ASABIYA" or social solidarity used by Ibn-e-Khaldun. How does the concept explain the rise and fall of nations?

Q5) What are the causes of failure to control population growth in Pakistan effect the economic well- being of a common man.

Q6) What are the major determining factors in SOCIAL STRATIFICATION?
Give a comparative view of the pattern of STRATIFICATION in the Rural and Urban regments of society.

Q7)What are the varios attributes of CULTURE? What is the role of CULTURAL ETHNOCENTRISM is promoting factional rivalries and how can these be overcome?

Q8) What is the role of TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP in COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION for the solution of local level problems faced by the rural people.