Sociology Punjab PMS Paper II 2012

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination for Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service, ETC. – 2012
Subject: Sociology Paper II
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: Differentiate among the three and explain how Validity, Reliability and Ethics are the key issues in Social Research? (20)

Q.2: Structured interviewing requires fewer interviewing skills than do unstructured interviews. Justify this statement by focusing on the structure, the contents and the questions asked in the two types of interviewing. (20)

Q.3: What are the essential features of Globalization? What could be the causes of social change with reference to Globalization? (10+10)

Q.4: What do you understand by Global Economic inequality? What are the key characteristics of low income countries? (8+12)



Q.5: How does Malthusian Theory on population represent the recent world population trends? Does Demographic Transition Theory offer more valid generalization on the matter than Malthusian Theory? (20)

Q.6: How do you approach Deviance and Crime with reference to Functionalism and conflict perspectives? Check critically the points of difference only offered by the two perspectives on the matter. (20)

Q.7: How do prisons control crime? Do you think this is the only way to check crime? (20)



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