SINDH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, HYDERABAD.
Combined Competitive Examination, 2020
Sociology
Wednesday the 25th November, 2020.
Time: 02:00 pm to 05: 00 pm Maximum marks. 100
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Note:- Attempt any Five Questions. All questions carry equal marks.
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Question No.
01 Discuss the role of Social Media in Social and Cultural change in Pakistan. What type of social planning / policy is needed to direct this change in the context of our own social and cultural values? Discuss with examples.
02 What is drug addiction? Analyze the factors that contribute to drug addiction in Pakistani society.
03 What are the Sociological and Economic consequences of a Covid-19 pandemic? Discuss with reference to our society.
04 Discuss suicide as a social problem and its underlying social and cultural factors among youth in Pakistani context.
05 Define urban sprawling. Explain in detail the socioeconomic impacts of peripheral areas on crime rate of urban society of Pakistan.
06 What is the rule of institutions in society? Do they perform positive functions, or simply work in the interests of the powerful and against the powerless? Discuss it with reference to Pakistan.
07 What key characteristics distinguish capitalism from socialism? Compare these two systems in terms of productivity, economic inequality and personal freedom.
08 Write short notes on the following:
(i) Beggary as an organized Crime in Pakistan. (ii) Caste and Class Dynamics in Pakistan. (iii) White-Collar Crime. (iv) Education as a factor of development.
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