SPSC 2014 Lecturer Sociology BPS-17, Education & Literacy Department (2014) Paper

Lecturer Sociology BPS-17, Education & Literacy Department (2014). Pre-interview written test · 2014, 10:00 am to 11:00 am · Maximum marks 100. 50 MCQs; each incorrect answer deducts half mark.

1. 1Cyclic theory of rise and fall of nations was introduced by

   • A)Ibn-e-Khuldoon
   • B)Imam Gazali
   • C)Allama Iqbal

2. 2According to theory of voluntarism the rich produce less children because of:

   • A)Low fertility
   • B)Capable of checking fertility
   • C)They wish to enjoy the benefits of prosperity

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

   • A)Caucasoid
   • B)Mongoloid
   • C)Negroid
   • D)Australoid

   Explanation: As usually keyed.

4. 4The term sociology was invented to designate the science of human association by

   • A)August Comte
   • B)MacIver
   • C)Page

5. 5Who was the first Islamic Philosopher to uphold philosophical truth over revelation?

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

   Explanation: As usually keyed: Al-Farabi ranked philosophy above religion, which he saw as its symbolic form.

6. 6A table that shows the relationship between two or more variables is known

   • A)Cross tabulation
   • B)Statistics
   • C)Fads

7. 7Sir Henry Maine's name is associated with

   • A)Sex communism theory
   • B)Patriarchal theory
   • C)Matriarchal theory

8. 8Maoris are the inhabitants of:

   • A)Nigeria
   • B)Egypt
   • C)Brazil
   • D)New Zealand

9. 9Which of the following migrate in less numbers?

   • A)Young females with families
   • B)Young unmarried females
   • C)Young married males without families

   Explanation: As usually keyed.

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

    • A)Sect
    • B)Mana
    • C)Totemism

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

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

    Explanation: About 5,500–6,000 species.

12. 12The process by which individuals and groups communicate with public officials in order to influence decisions of Government

    • A)Lobbying
    • B)Kibbutz
    • C)Modernization

13. 13Human population can

    • A)Exist apart from cultural interaction
    • B)Exist apart from social interaction
    • C)Not exist apart from socio cultural interaction

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

    • A)Lombroso
    • B)Edwin Sutherland
    • C)Raffaele Garofalo

15. 15What 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 decrease in the number of mentally retarded people
    • C)The marriage of highly intellectual people so as to add more intelligent progeny to the population
    • D)The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment

16. 16Classical school of criminology was based on

    • A)Hedonistic psychology
    • B)Ecology
    • C)Born criminals

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

    • A)De jure method
    • B)De facto method
    • C)Case study method

    Explanation: As usually keyed.

18. 18Religion has close connection with

    • A)Moral control
    • B)Social control
    • C)Pakistani culture

    Explanation: As usually keyed.

19. 19A kinship system in which both sides of person's family are regarded as equally important is known

    • A)Bilateral descent
    • B)Bilingualism
    • C)Amalgamation

20. 20Who of the following has said that language is mere incident of social life

    • A)Charles Winick
    • B)Whitney
    • C)Jacobs and Stern

    Explanation: As usually keyed.

21. 21Which one of the following does not very much influence the density of population?

    • A)Rainfall
    • B)Humidity
    • C)Attitude of the people

22. 22Learning in social context which result effective functioning in social systems is known as

    • A)Civilization
    • B)Socialization
    • C)Learning

23. 23The concept of Bourgeois and the proletariat class was given by

    • A)Karl Marx
    • B)Max Weber
    • C)George Simmel

24. 24A general theory of the universe advanced by a religion is called

    • A)Cosmology
    • B)Pathology
    • C)Optomology

25. 25An indicator of people's attitudes or behaviour is known

    • A)Index
    • B)Index crime
    • C)Innovation

26. 26Who of the following has said that "A community is more than any specific organization that rise within it"

    • A)Sheriff and Sheriff
    • B)Gillin and Gillin
    • C)R.M. MacIver

27. 27Who presented grand unification theory?

    • A)Abdul Kadir Khan
    • B)Ahmed Zawail
    • C)Abdul Salam
    • D)None of these

    Explanation: Abdus Salam shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for unifying the electromagnetic and weak forces.

28. 28The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying is called

    • A)Cohabitation
    • B)Cohort
    • C)Coalition

29. 29Which area of Pakistan is identified as a global center of plant diversity and endemism

    • A)Kashmir Himalaya
    • B)Balochistan
    • C)Gilgit Baltistan
    • D)Khyber Pakhtoon Khaw

    Explanation: As usually keyed.

30. 30Which outstanding work of Al-Biruni contains a comprehensive and accurate account of history, geography, philosophy, science and social condition of India in 11th Century?

    • A)Hind Nama
    • B)Tahqiq al Hind
    • C)Hind Sindh
    • D)None of these

31. 31The Earth is divided into 238 eco-regions, by the United Nations, the National Geographic society with WWF, out of them how many are in Pakistan

    • A)7
    • B)6
    • C)5
    • D)4

    Explanation: As usually keyed. (WWF Global 200 ecoregions).

32. 32Research techniques in which the method of study has no influence on the subject under investigation is called

    • A)Obstrusive measures
    • B)Unobtrusive measures
    • C)None of these

33. 33Which of the following regions are regarded as areas of high density of population?

    • A)East Asia, Central and Southern Europe, Tropical Deserts
    • B)Amazon and Congo Basins, South East Asia, European Russia
    • C)Congo Basin and Indonesia, Central and Southern Europe, European Russia
    • D)East Asia, Southern Asia, North Western Europe

34. 34Who has tried to divide the functions of an institution as manifest and latent?

    • A)K. Davis
    • B)MacIver
    • C)Merton

35. 35August Comte has divided sociology into two division

    • A)Pure and applied
    • B)Social statics and social dynamics
    • C)Positivism and Realism

36. 36By the term "Socialization" we mean:

    • A)To live under the control and supervision of society
    • B)To regard society
    • C)To become a functioning member of society

37. 37One of the following has said that "Every individual is the offspring of a social relation".

    • A)Gillin and Gillin
    • B)MacIver and Page
    • C)Ogburn

38. 38Life expectancy of a region is:

    • A)The minimum age up to which an individual should definitely live in the region
    • B)the maximum age at which any individual of the region can live
    • C)The average age at which people die in the region
    • D)The age at which majority of people die in the region

39. 39Tendencies to act according to self and role conceptions of an individual is known

    • A)Motives
    • B)Frustration
    • C)Attitudes

40. 40When the top layer of soil washed away either through the action of wind, rain or flood is called

    • A)Soil erosion
    • B)Flood
    • C)Salinity

41. 41First scientific step towards growth of language is believed to be

    • A)Voice of sages
    • B)Imitation
    • C)Symbol

    Explanation: As usually keyed.

42. 42These canals are so deeply constructed that they can draw water from the river throughout the year

    • A)Perennial
    • B)Kerz
    • C)Inundation

43. 43Littoral and swamp forests are more or less gregarious forests of low height which occur in the

    • A)Arabian sea around the coast of Karachi
    • B)Pasni in Baluchistan
    • C)None of these
    • D)Both (a) & (b)

44. 44Survey in which the surveyor himself is required to move about and collect information survey is called

    • A)Personal survey
    • B)Open survey
    • C)Postal survey

45. 45According to Madison Grant race implies

    • A)Heredity
    • B)Culture
    • C)Community

46. 46Population and social system is the work of:

    • A)L. Brentano
    • B)Frank Fetter
    • C)Carr Saunders

    Explanation: As usually keyed.

47. 47Which of the following is a reason for the increase in population of the developing countries?

    • A)Increase in birth rate due to reluctance to accept family planning measures
    • B)Increase in life expectancy and decrease of death rate due to medical facilities
    • C)Both of these
    • D)None of these

48. 48The deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation is known as

    • A)Gender identity
    • B)Genocide
    • C)Gemeinschaft

49. 49Who was great Muslim translator who born in Basra in the beginning of the 19th Century is called Philosopher of "Arabs" in west?

    • A)Abdul Qasim Al-Zahrawi
    • B)Abu Yusuf Yakoob Ibn Ishaque Al-Kindi
    • C)Both of them
    • D)None of them

    Explanation: Al-Kindi was born in Basra around 801 CE, i.e. the beginning of the 9th century (the paper prints 19th).

50. 50Age specific death rate for infants under the age of one year is known as

    • A)Infant fertility rate
    • B)Infant mortality rate
    • C)Infant fecundity rate