CSS Sociology Past Paper 2004

PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks

Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)

PART-II

Q.2 What major contributions did Karl Marx and Ibn-i-Khaldun make to our understanding of the social experience?

Q.3 Why is culture indispensable to human society and what part do norms and values play in social life?

Q.4 Define social institution and how can religion hold in check the explosive social tensions produced by inequality and injustice?

Q.5 How would you define poverty and what strategies has the Government of Pakistan adopted to alleviate poverty? Also, discuss the role of NGOs in addressing the issue of poverty.

Q.6 What are the social effects of deviance and do crime-fighting programs, including imprisonment, work in Pakistan?

Q.7 Why is research essential to the scientific enterprise and what are the principal theoretical methods available to sociologists in the study of social life? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

Q.8 Write short notes on the following:
(a) Future of Cities in Pakistan
(b) Implications of population growth
(c) Ethnocentrism
(d) Probability and Non-probability Sampling