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📝 Past Paper 2019
Source: FPSC BS-17 Competitive Examination-2019, Sociology paper (Part-II only shown: 80 marks, pick 4 of 7 questions).
Part-II question map
| Q | Topic | Notes page |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cultural lag: material vs. non-material culture, how to fill the gap | Culture (model 20-mark answer included) |
| 3 | Durkheim's egoistic, altruistic, anomic and fatalistic suicide | Theorist — Emile Durkheim (model 20-mark answer included) |
| 4 | Ethnocentrism promoting social change while maintaining social order | Culture (model 20-mark answer included) |
| 5 | Auguste Comte's three evolutionary dimensions (theological, metaphysical, positivistic) | Theorist — Auguste Comte (model 20-mark answer included) |
| 6 | Unique cultural ethos as impediment to change; planned social change | Social & Cultural Change and Social Policy (model 20-mark answer included) |
| 7 | Karl Marx's contribution to alienation; types of alienation | Theorist — Karl Marx (model 20-mark answer included) |
| 8 | (a) Research proposal: Afghan war syndrome and Pakistan's economy; (b) Role of religious leaders in integrating Pakistani society | Methods of Sociological Research (research proposal skeleton) · Social Control (means of social integration) |
Notes
- This paper is almost entirely theory + Culture-block heavy — 4 of 7 questions map to Culture or classical theorists alone. If revision time is short, prioritizing Culture, Durkheim, Comte and Marx covers over half this paper.
- Q8(b) (role of religious leaders in social integration) has no single dedicated page — build the answer from the Social Control page's "means of social integration in Pakistan" list, expanded with religious leaders' specific role as opinion leaders (see the Public Opinion page) legitimizing social norms and mediating between state policy and community-level acceptance.