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📝 Past Paper 2022
Source: FPSC BS-17 Competitive Examination-2022, Sociology paper (Part-II only shown: 80 marks, pick 4 of 7 questions).
Part-II question map
| Q | Topic | Notes page |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Deviant behaviour from ineffective social control; flaws in formal/informal mechanisms and how to improve them | Social Control (model 20-mark answer included) |
| 3 | Systemic flaws behind Pakistan's failed education policies/enrolment | Social Institutions → Education section · Social Problems — State of Education & School Dropout |
| 4 | Ibn-e-Khaldun's Asabiyyah vs. Durkheim's social solidarity — consonance and dissonance | Theorist — Ibn-e-Khaldun (model 20-mark answer included) |
| 5 | Quantitative vs. qualitative modes of inquiry in different situations | Methods of Sociological Research (model 20-mark answer included) |
| 6 | Reintegrating sexually abused children; role of formal/informal agents in Pakistan | Social Problems — Child Abuse & Child Labour · Social Control (formal/informal mechanisms) |
| 7 | Weber and Parsons on social action — contributions and divergence | Theorist — Talcott Parsons (model 20-mark answer included) |
| 8 | (i) Social functions of religion; (ii) Cultural relativism | Social Institutions → Religion section · Culture (cultural relativism) |
Notes
- Q6 (reintegrating sexually abused children) builds directly on the Child Abuse & Child Labour page's theories (attachment theory, social support theory are especially relevant to reintegration) plus the Social Control page's formal (courts, child-protection agencies, NGOs) and informal (family, community, religious institutions) agents — combine both explicitly for full marks.