For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: Sociology (Paper-1)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Attempt FIVE questions in all. Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q No. 1 How Structure-Functional Perspective clarifies the significant functions of family institution in the complex and changing societies? Explain by taking examples from Pakistani society. (20 Marks)
Q No. 2 Write short notes on: (a) Patriarchy and Sexism (b) Gender in Global Perspective (20 Marks)
Q No. 3 Discuss how the pattern of health and illness have gender dimensions and how can the difference in the lives of men and women account for their different experience of ill-health. (20 Marks)
Q No. 4 Discuss the relationship between mass media and mass culture. Critically evaluate the Marxist view of mass culture in corporate economy. (20 Marks)
Q No. 5 Explain how symbolic interactionist theorists like C. H. Cooley and Herbert Mead thought about self-development in the formation of personality in the school children. (20 Marks)
Q No. 6 Discuss how Feminism as a social movement provoked the changes in the role of women in both modern and traditional societies. (20 Marks)
Q No. 7 According to Emile Durkheim, “In what ways can religion be a social force for both social stability and social cohesion in the society?” Discuss in the scenario of Pakistani society. (20 Marks)
Q No. 8 “The more wealth the worker produces, the poorer he becomes.” Discuss this statement in light of Karl Marx’s theory of Alienation. (20 Marks)
SUBJECT: Sociology (Paper-II)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Attempt FIVE questions in all. Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q.No.1 Researchers choose the primary and secondary data sources according to the need of the research. Discuss the main factors behind their choice of either primary or secondary data sources. (20 Marks)
Q.No.2 Choose a theory of your choice and develop a practical implication of this theory in Pakistani society. (20 Marks)
Q.No.3 What are the key factors that have contributed to the process of globalization, and how have these factors impacted the economic, political, and cultural landscapes of different countries around the world? (20 Marks)
Q.No.4 What is cultural lag and how does it relate to the process of social change? (20 Marks)
Q.No.5 The world population is growing day by day. How can we control the world population growth and how can we relate the “Malthusian Theory of Population” to the current scenario of growing Asian countries, especially Pakistan? (20 Marks)
Q.No.6 What are some of the key differences in the quality of life between people living in wealthy countries versus those in poorer countries, and what factors contribute to these disparities? (20 Marks)
Q.No.7 What is the integrationist theory in criminology, and how does it explain the role of social integration in reducing criminal behavior? (20 Marks)
Q.No.8 Define and differentiate white-collar and organized crime with reference to Pakistani society. How these types of crimes can be controlled? (20 Marks)
