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CSS Sociology Past Paper 2023

CSS Sociology 2023 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
7

How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

  1. Q. 2
    Education is an important social institution. How conflict and functionalist perspectives view education as institutionalized activity? Which of these approaches can best describe the system of education in Pakistan and how?
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Explain G. H. Mead’s Concepts of Mind, Self and Society along with the basic principles of Symbolic Interactionism.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    What is ontology, epistemology, methodology? Is there any difference between method and methodology? What is the role of ontology and epistemology in social research?
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    How do time-series, panel, and cohort studies differ? What are some potential problems with cost-benefit analysis?
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Discuss in detail the theory of justice and Plato’s theory of forms and allegory of the cave.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    What is meant by society? Discuss its types in detail. Also define culture and what is the difference between material and non-material in a society culture?
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Write notes on the following: (10 each)
    (20)
    • (i)
      Conversation Analysis
      (10)
    • (ii)
      Volcano of civilization
      (10)
  1. Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
  2. Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
  3. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
  4. Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
  5. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
  6. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

FPSC's wording, numbering and marks, as printed. Obvious misprints (a garbled word, a broken number) are corrected; everything else is kept as FPSC printed it.

The written exam starts with the MPT

Only candidates who pass the MCQ screening test (MPT) sit the written papers. Practice the 200-question MPT under exam conditions first.