PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination for Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service, ETC. – 2009
Subject: Sociology Paper I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100
NOTE: Attempt any FIVE questions. Attempt in English or Urdu language. All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1: ‘Working women are increasingly facing role conflict in Pakistani Society’. Discuss and also explain the concept of Role strain. 20
Q.2 Discuss the characteristics of Pakistani urban family. What functions it has lost to other institutions? Explain. 20
Q.3 Explain the concepts of health, illness and disease from sociological point of view. 20.
Q.4 Discuss the role of media witkreference to crime and deviancy. 20
Q.5 Explain the difference between Collective Behaviour and Normative Behaviour and enumerate the characteristics of crowd. 20
Q.6 Why are Sociologists interested in environmental issues? Explain with specific reference to Water, Air and Noise pollution. 20
Q.7 Differentiate between Power and Authority and explain Weber’s classification of Authority. 20
Q.8 Write short notes on any TWO of the following:- (10+10)
(a) Malthusian Theory of Population. (b) Gender and Politics (c) Inequality among Schools. (d) Cultural Relativism.