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FINALTERM EXAMINATION
FALL 2006 Marks: 60
SOC101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (Session - Time: 120min
1)
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fill in the blanks carrying 1 mark each, 5 true false carrying 1 mark each, 5 Short
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Question 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Question 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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Question 31 32
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Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
perspective argues that social stratification benefits some people at the

expense of others.
► Social conflict
► Structural-Functional
► Symbolic-Interaction
► Functionalist
functions are recognized and intended consequences of a social pattern.
► Latent
► Manifest
► Dysfunctions
► None of the given options
is an act of moving from one social class to another.
► Social mobility
► Social stratification
► Inter-class mobility
► Economic mobility
is a social group of two or more people, related by blood and marriage who
usually live together.
► Tribe
► Family
► Clan
► Kinship
is a form of marriage uniting one male and two or more females.
► Polygamy
► Polyandry
► Polygyny
► Group marriage
is the first and most influential setting for socialization.
► Peer group
► School
► Religion
► Family
stratification refers to society’s unequal distribution of wealth, power and

privilege between men and women.
► Caste
► Class
► Gender
► Power
The government of Pakistan, pursuing the policy of Education for All (EFA), expects that by
all children will complete their primary education.
► 2010
► 2020
► 2015
► 2025
Erving Goffman use the term which refers to attributes that discredit people.
► Stigma
► Degradation ceremony
► Deviant ritual
► Secondary identity
The CBR refers to .
► Child birth rate
► Crude baby rate
► Child birth ratio
► Crude birth rate
According to 1998 Population Census of Pakistan, percent of the population

was of children under 15 years.
► 42
► 43
► 45
► 44
The population growth rate (PGR) of the world was percent in 2002.
► 1.3
► 1.4
► 1.6
► 3.1
The is “Crude” because it does not take into account the risk of having births.
► CBR
► CDR
► Mortality
► None of the given options
is the study of interaction of living organisms and the natural environment.
► Neurology
► Biology
► Ecology
► Anthropology
is the transfer of cultural traits from one place or group to another.
► Inventions
► Discovery
► Diffusion
► Creation
Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 )
In Karl Marx idea of class and conflict those who earn their living by selling their labor
called .
is an exaggerated description applied to every person in same category.
is the practice of mate selection from the same social category.
According to view inequality is a product of the traditional division in human

societies.
In 1798 published an Essay on the “Principle of Population”.
Davis and Moore view that social stratification has beneficial consequences for the operation
of a society.
► True
► False
Counter culture is cultural pattern that strongly opposes the widely accepted patterns within
a society.
► True
► False
In a global perspective, the United States spends more on schooling than almost anywhere
else.
► True
► False
Pakistan had a population of 148.6 million in 2006.
► True
► False
The concept of cultural lag was given by William F. Ogburn.
► True
► False
Briefly describe the major components of Karl Marx theory of class and conflict .
The amount of movement up and down the class structure would indicate the extent of
social mobility prevalent in the society. Enlist three main factors that affect mobility?
(1+1+1)
In pre-industrial societies, most newly weds live with one set of parents, gaining economic
assistance and economic security in the process. Enlist any three residential patterns
present in the industrial society. (1+1+1)
Peer group is the one, whose members have interests, social position and age in common.
Keeping in view the above mentioned statement how peer group influence your personality.
How institution of school is imparting its role to create social integration?
According to Weber, social stratification is not simply a matter of class but it also shaped by
two other aspects: status and power. How you as a sociologist see the relevance of these two
concepts of stratification in the society? (5+5)
Family performs several functions. In fact family has been considered as “The backbone of
society”. Explain any two functions of family that are fundamental for Pakistani society?
(5+5)
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SOC101 Introduction to Sociology

Final Term Examination – Spring 2006
Time Allowed: 150 Minutes
Question No. 1 Marks :

3
Ahmar is a student of sociology. He is working on population study, name three significant areas of
population that he can study.
Question No. 2 Marks : 1
is the property-less working class.

Proletariat
Bourgeoisie
Mediocre
Industrialists
Thomas Malthus’s theory of population growth summarizes that _.

Population increases geometrically while the available food supply increases arithmetically.
Although population increases geometrically, technological innovation will guarantee adequate food
supplies.
Increase in the food supply inevitably lead to increase in population.
Population increases in direct proportions to the available food supply.
In a traditional society, status and roles were characterized by few statuses, mostly ascribed and few
specialized roles.
True
False

The concept of social integration was proposed by .
Karl Marx
mile Durkhiem
Robert K. Merton
Herbert Spenser
The adoptions of those social patterns that have resulted from industrialization are
called .
is a social bond that is based on blood, marriage or adoption that

joins individuals into families.
Clan
Kinship
Tribe
Class
The government of Pakistan, pursuing the policy of Education for All (EFA), expects that by
all children will complete their primary education.
2010
2020
2015
2025
Ch. Ahsan is a well known land lord in his district, he has two children, one daughter and one
son. Both are competent, his son is studying in England; his daughter also wants to go
abroad for higher studies. When she tried to get permission from her father, he strictly refused
her. Moreover Ch. Ahsan does not give any importance to the females of his family and only
involves his son in any kind of decision making.
Keeping in view the above mentioned situation, explain the behavior of Ch. Ahsan according
to the gender stratification.
Cultural change means .

Change in patterns of behavior
Change in the laws of society
Change in the technology of the society
All of the given options
Question No. 11 Marks :

10
Asim and Atif are friends. Both are the student of sociology. Their teacher gives them an assignment on
“social stratification”. Asim favouring Karl Marx’s point of view about social stratification, which states
that social stratification is based on two classes. While Atif inclined towards Max Weber’s point of view
about social stratification. How Atif will explain Max Weber’s point of view?
_ means assigning students to different types of educational programs.

is the study of interaction of living organisms and their natural environment.
stratification refers to society’s unequal distribution of wealth, power and

privilege between men and women.
Caste
Class
Gender
power
of population refers to the dispersion of people in a territory, like rural-urban densities.

Distribution
Size
Composition
Migration
Zeeshan moved from rural to urban area in search of job. The available occupation in urban area
can cause mental illnesses and conflicts. What kind of fears he can face regarding the new
occupation.
Ahmad is a student of sociology. He is conducting a research on “causes of social change”. Presently

he is working on one cause that “ideas can bring change”. To guide him, explain this cause of social
change.
is to occupy many statuses simultaneously.

Role set
Role conflict
Role description
Role exit
mobility is the up and down movement of individuals and groups in socio- economic
scale.
Vertical
Horizontal
Latent
Intra-generational

In Weber’s theory of social stratification, three overlapping elements are social class, status and
.
The shift from high to low mortality and fertility is known as the .
Polyandry refers to a .
Marriage joining two partners
Marriage uniting three or more people
Marriage uniting one male and two or more females
Marriage uniting one female with two or more males
Endogamy is the practice that mandates marriage between different social categories.
True
False
The is “Crude” because it does not take into account the risk of having births.
CBR
CDR
Mortality
None of the given option
Traditional societies are governed by heterogeneity in the cultural values.

True
False
Ali, Maham and Hamza took admission in the school at grade one; 50 percent of students dropped
out prior to completion of their primary stage from their school. There could be number of reasons,
enlist any three.
Ahmad is studying the links of birth rates and death rates to a society’s level of
industrialization. Keeping in view the Demographic Transition Theory, how will he explain
the four stages?
is a system which traces kinship through males.
Matrilineal
Bilateral
Patrilineal
Neolocal
societies actively encourage other societies to seek more efficient forms of energy and
convince people about new technologies.
Caste
Class
Industrial
Traditional
Sociologists are interested in studying the environmental problems that result from the
specific actions of individuals, so they are also social problems.
True
False
is not related with the basic feminist ideas.
The importance of change

No choice of human expanding
Eliminating gender stratification
Existing sexual violence
Bourgeoisie welcomed the industrial revolution because the new technology increased the
productivity and profits.
True
False
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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
FALL 2006 Marks: 40
SOC101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (Session - Time: 60min
3)
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Exam Date: Thursday, November 30, 2006
ƒ All the questions are compulsory.
ƒ This exam consists of 10 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), 5 questions of fill in the
blanks, 5 short descriptive questions and 1 long descriptive question.
ƒ Time management is very important. MCQs and fill in the blanks may be solved first
to secure enough time for remaining descriptive questions.
ƒ For each MCQ, read the given options carefully and select the most appropriate or
the best suitable answer.
ƒ The use of notes, handouts, books or any other helping material is strictly prohibited
in the centre during the exam.
ƒ Please answer the short and long descriptive questions keeping in view the marks
allocated for each question.
ƒ You may wish to pace yourself with your own watch, but the supervisor will be the
official timekeeper of the test.
ƒ Please comply with supervisor’s directions to avoid any unpleasant event.

ƒ Failure to comply with the supervisor’s directions may result in your paper being
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Question 21
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The way of understanding social facts based on science is called .
► Latent function
► Natural science
► Positivism
► Sociobiology
A statement illustrating that how and why specific facts are related to each other is called
.
► Macro-level orientation
► Theory
► Theoretical paradigm
► Hypothesis
Recognized and intended consequences of a social pattern are called

functions.
► Latent
► Eufunctions
► Manifest
► Dysfunctions
is a term used to transform the specific observations into general theory.
► Logical theory
► Inductive logical thought
► Unethical theory
► Deductive logical thought
A daughter, a teenager and a son are examples of .
► Status set
► Role set
► Ascribed statuses
► Achieved statuses

refers to the tension among roles that are connected to a single status.
► Role exit
► Role strain
► Role ambiguity
► Role conflict
is a formal organization that individuals join to accomplish their moral goals.
►
Coercive organization
► Normative organization
► Utilitarian organization
► Moral organization
paradigm views culture as a relatively stable system, based on core values.
► Structural-functional
► Social-conflict
► Symbolic-interaction
► Sociobiological
has the greatest impact on socialization.
► Mass media
► Peer groups
► Family
► School
According to Freud's concept is a basic drive or need for humans.
► Id
► Superego
► Generalized other
► Ego
The perspective reveals that people's lives are mostly a result of what they decide
to do.
Social is a social pattern that may disrupt the operation of society.
is an expected behavior of someone who holds a particular status.
are norms for routine or casual interaction.
group is a social group whose members have interests, social position and age in
common.
Today, the world has become a global village. We find people wearing same clothes,
enjoying same music and selecting same brands of products for shopping. How people
from diverse corners of the world develop global links?
Name any three characteristics of scientific methods.
Ahmad is a member of primary group. What kind of relationship he shares with other
group members. Give two examples of primary groups?
According to George Herbert Mead, there are three emerging stages of self. Name them.
Give any three examples of white collar crime from your daily observation.
The research process requires a sequence of steps. Explain any five steps in detail.
SOC101 Introduction to Sociology

Mid Term Examination – Spring 2006
Time Allowed: 90 Minutes
INSTRUCTIONS:
• All questions are compulsory.
• This exam consists of 10 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ’s) carrying 1 mark each, 5 fill in the
blanks carrying 1 mark each, 5 Short Questions carrying 3 marks each and 1 Descriptive Question
carrying 10 marks.
• You are required to show all the working of short questions as well as descriptive question.
• This examination is closed book, closed notes, closed neighbors.
• Do not ask any questions about the contents of this examination from anyone.
• You may wish to pace yourself with your own watch, but the Supervisor will be the official
timekeeper of the test.
• Failure to comply with the supervisor’s directions will result in your test being cancelled. Please
comply with supervisor’s directions to avoid any unpleasant event.
The behavior of one who fills a particular status is called .
An ascribed status
An achieved status
Role conflict
Role
Explain secondary groups with reference to Pakistani society.

An exaggerated group shared image of another group or category is called .
is the process in which researcher spell out the procedure for data
collection.
Paradigm sees society as an arena of in-equality.
Structure Functional
Conflict
Symbolic interaction
None of the given options
There was no sociology as a distinct discipline before the .
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
Define the concept of “Closed Social System” in context of Pakistani society.
People and groups that influence our self-concept, attitudes and behavior are called
Agents of democratization
Agents of change
Agents of socialization
Agents of politicization
The branch of sociology that deals with the crimes is called
Epistemology
Criminology
Socio-biology
The theory of class conflict was proposed by
Karl Marx
Emile Durkhiem
Robert K. Merton
Herbert Spenser
What is meant by stereotypes? Give example.
Durkheim said Deviance is functional, in that context, describe anyone function of deviance.
----------------- is a recognized social position that an individual occupies in a social situation.
Gender is
Biological construction
Social construction
Socio-biological construction
The concept of social integration was proposed by
Karl Marx
Emile Durkhiem
Robert K. Merton
Herbert Spenser
In the light of “Understanding the Socialization Process” discuss the Charles H. Cooley’s
theory of looking Glass Self in context of your local social settings.
Invention, discovery and diffusion are the agents of
Socialization
Culture
Cultural change
Conflict
What is meant by normative organizations? Give at least two examples of normative

organizations functioning in Pakistan.
is a behaviour expected of someone who holds a particular status.
Paradigm sees society as an arena of in-equality that generates conflict and

change.
Considering others’ culture as superior to one’s own is called
Positivism
Ethnocentrism
Xeno-centrism

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Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

perspective argues that social stratification benefits some people at the

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

functions are recognized and intended consequences of a social pattern.

► None of the given options

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is an act of moving from one social class to another.

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is a form of marriage uniting one male and two or more females.

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is the first and most influential setting for socialization.

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stratification refers to society’s unequal distribution of wealth, power and

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The CBR refers to .

► Child birth rate

► Crude baby rate

► Child birth ratio

► Crude birth rate

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

According to 1998 Population Census of Pakistan, percent of the population

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

► None of the given options

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

is the study of interaction of living organisms and the natural environment.

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

is the transfer of cultural traits from one place or group to another.

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 )

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 )

is an exaggerated description applied to every person in same category.

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 )

is the practice of mate selection from the same social category.

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 )

According to view inequality is a product of the traditional division in human

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 )

In 1798 published an Essay on the “Principle of Population”.

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Pakistan had a population of 148.6 million in 2006.

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The concept of cultural lag was given by William F. Ogburn.

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 3 )

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Question No: 28 ( Marks: 3 )

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 3 )

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 3 )

How institution of school is imparting its role to create social integration?

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 10 )

SOC101 Introduction to Sociology

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Question No. 2 Marks : 1

is the property-less working class.

Question No. 3 Marks : 1

Thomas Malthus’s theory of population growth summarizes that _.

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