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📝 Past Paper 2016
Source: FPSC BS-17 Competitive Examination-2016, Sociology paper (Part-I: 20 MCQs, 20 marks — MCQ booklet not available in this file, so no MCQ key here. Part-II: attempt 4 of 7, 20 marks each).
Part-II question map
| Q | Question | Topic | Notes page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 | Discuss the application of Sociology in agriculture, health and industries with examples | Applied sociology — practical uses of the discipline | 1. Individual — Sociability & Sociality of Man (Applied Sociology note) |
| Q3 | Why is social stratification inevitable for a society? Explain its determinants in the context of Pakistani society | Social stratification — theories (functionalist vs conflict) + Pakistan determinants | 4. Social Interaction — Caste, Class, Feudalism & Mobility in Pakistan |
| Q4 | Culture as a tool of the regime to transform citizen outlook — comment | Culture and power/ideology, cultural hegemony | 2. Culture |
| Q5 | Pakistani youth and the "youth bulge" — strategies to put youth on a positive track, in light of sociological theories | Youth bulge as a demographic/population issue | Social Problems — High Population Growth Rate |
| Q6 | Describe the major work of Robert King Merton in Sociology, with examples | Merton — strain theory, manifest/latent functions, reference groups | Additional Theorists — Merton, Mills, Bourdieu... |
| Q7 | Types of research by objective commonly used by NGOs, with examples | Research types by objective (exploratory, descriptive, explanatory/applied) | 12. Methods of Sociological Research |
| Q8 | Comprehensive notes: (a) Law of Three Stages by Comte (b) Suicide by Durkheim | Comte's Law of Three Stages; Durkheim's Suicide typology | Theorist — Auguste Comte / Theorist — Émile Durkheim |
Notes
- Q2 (applied sociology in agriculture/health/industry) and Q5 (youth bulge) are less commonly repeated angles; both have been given short but complete new notes on their linked pages so they're not blind spots.
- Q8 parts (a) and (b) were already covered by existing Model 20-mark answers on the Comte and Durkheim pages (from the 2019 paper) — same content directly reusable for a 10-mark sub-answer each.