SPSC Lecturer Sociology Past Paper 2014

1- Cyclic theory of rise and fall of nations was introduced by:

A. Ibn-e-Khaldun
B. Imam Ghazali  
C. Allama Iqbal
D. None of these

Answer : A. Ibn-e-Khaldun

2- According to the theory of voluntarism, the rich produce fewer children because of:

A. Low fertility  
B. Capable of checking fertility  
C. They wish to enjoy the benefits of prosperity
D. None of these

Answer : C. They wish to enjoy the benefits of prosperity

3- Numerically, the largest human race in the world is:

A. Caucasoid
B. Mongoloid
C. Austroloid
D. Negroid

Answer : A. Caucasoid

4- The term "sociology" was invented to designate the study of human association by:

A. Auguste Comte
B. MacIver
C. Page
D. None of these

Answer : A. Auguste Comte

5- Who was the first Islamic philosopher to uphold philosophical truth over revelation?

A. Ibn-e-Sina
B. Al-Farabi
C. Al-Razi
D. Al-Biruni

Answer : C. Al-Razi

6- A table that shows the relationship between two or more variables is known as:

A. Cross-tabulation
B. Statistics
C. Facts
D. None of these

Answer : A. Cross-tabulation

7- Sir Henry Maine’s name is associated with:

A. Sex communism theory  
B. Patriarchal theory
C. Matriarchal theory  
D. None of these

Answer : B. Patriarchal theory

8- Maoris are the inhabitants of:

A. Nigeria
B. Egypt
C. Brazil
D. New Zealand

Answer : D. New Zealand

9- Which of the following migrate in fewer numbers?

A. Young females with families
B. Young unmarried females  
C. Young married males without families  
D. None of these

Answer : A. Young females with families

10- The system whereby a tribe is divided into kinship groups named for an animal or other natural phenomena is:

A. Sect
B. Mana
C. Totemism
D. None of these

Answer : C. Totemism

11- About how many species of vascular plants have been recorded in Pakistan?

A. 5000-6000
B. 6500-7000
C. 8500-9000
D. 5500-6000

Answer : A. 5000-6000

12- The process by which individuals and groups communicate with public officials to influence decisions of government ?

A. Lobbying
B. Kibbutz
C. Modernization
D. None of these

Answer : A. Lobbying

13- Human population can:

A. Exist apart from cultural interaction  
B. Exist apart from social interaction
C. Not exist apart from socio-cultural interaction
D. None of these

Answer : C. Not exist apart from socio-cultural interaction

14- The concept of "white-collar criminal" was first introduced by:

A. Lombroso
B. Edwin Sutherland
C. Raffaele Garofalo
D. None of these

Answer : B. Edwin Sutherland

15- What is meant by ‘brain drain’?

A. Increase in the population of mentally retarded or brainless people
B. The increasing medical facilities which have resulted in a decrease in the number of mentally retarded people  
C. The marriage of highly intellectual people to add more intelligent progeny to the population  
D. The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment

Answer : D. The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment

16- The classical school of criminology was based on:

A. Hedonistic psychology
B. Ecology
C. Born criminals  
D. None of these

Answer : A. Hedonistic psychology

17- Under this census method, every person in an area is personally counted, and information is obtained from them. This method is known as:

A. De jure method  
B. De facto method
C. Case study method  
D. All of these

Answer : B. De facto method

18- Religion has a close connection with:

A. Moral control  
B. Social control  
C. Pakistani culture  
D. All of these

Answer : D. All of these

19- A kinship system in which both sides of a person’s family are regarded as equally important is known as:

A. Bilateral descent
B. Bilingualism
C. Amalgamation
D. None of these

Answer : A. Bilateral descent

20- Who of the following has said that language is a mere incident of social life?

A. Charles Winick
B. Whitney
C. Jacobs and Stern  
D. None of these

Answer : B. Whitney

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