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91
Name any one language spoken in Northern Areas.
A. Punjabi
B. Sindhi
C. Hindko
D. Saraiki
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Hindko is a major language spoken in Pakistan’s Northern Areas, particularly in regions like Hazara and parts of Gilgit-Baltistan. It is an Indo-Aryan language closely related to Punjabi and is widely used in social and cultural contexts in these areas.
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Which of the following is not included in the '5 Es Framework to Turnaround Pakistan?' (2026)
A. Equity & empowerment
B. Environment
C. E-Pakistan
D. Efficiency
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The SCO Summit 2024 was hosted in Islamabad, Pakistan.
93
According to the Ethics syllabus, which social institution plays the primary role in instilling universal moral values in early childhood?
A. Family
B. Market
C. Judiciary
D. Military
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Family is the primary institution where children first learn moral values, so option a is correct.
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The Progressive Writers' Movement in South Asia is best described as:
A. A revivalist movement focused on classical metres and courtly themes
B. A mystical school emphasizing Sufi symbolism
C. An apolitical aesthetic trend favoring formal experimentation
D. A literary movement committed to social realism and anti-imperialism
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The Progressive Writers' Movement promoted socially engaged literature, addressing class, oppression and colonialism, and favored realism over elitist aesthetics.
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Which of Allama Muhammad Iqbal's works is chiefly an exposition of his philosophy of the self (Khudi)?
A. Bang-e-Dra
B. Asrar-i-Khudi
C. Zabur-i-Ajam
D. Bal-e-Jibril
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Asrar-i-Khudi is Iqbal's major philosophical poem that systematically presents his concept of the self (Khudi).
96
In the context of Pakistani society, the term 'biradari' most directly refers to:
A. A formal state administrative unit
B. A kinship or clan-based social network influencing social and political behaviour
C. An urban planning concept for neighbourhood design
D. A secular educational reform movement
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Biradari denotes kinship/clan networks that play a central role in social support and influence political and community relations in Pakistan.
97
Which research method is best suited to produce in-depth, context-rich descriptions of everyday life and insider perspectives?
A. Structured survey with closed questions
B. Ethnography (participant observation)
C. Experimental laboratory study
D. Statistical meta-analysis
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Ethnography involves prolonged participant observation and yields detailed qualitative insights into social meanings and practices.
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Among the following types of social norms, which is generally considered the most strongly sanctioned when violated?
A. Taboos (prohibitions perceived as inviolable)
B. Folkways (casual everyday norms)
C. Customs (traditional practices)
D. Fashion (temporary patterns of behaviour)
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Taboos are norms whose violation provokes the strongest moral outrage and sanctions because they involve deeply held prohibitions.
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Which sociologist is most closely associated with the development of symbolic interactionism as a distinct theoretical approach?
A. Émile Durkheim
B. Karl Marx
C. Talcott Parsons
D. Herbert Blumer
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Herbert Blumer formulated and named symbolic interactionism, building on George Herbert Mead's ideas about the social self and interaction.
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According to Karl Marx, what is the primary engine of historical and social change?
A. Collective conscience
B. Cultural evolution
C. Class struggle arising from material-economic contradictions
D. Symbolic interaction
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Marx argued that conflict between classes over material conditions drives historical change through contradictions in the mode of production.