Practise 20 real Federal Board questions on Social Norms and Values from 2023 to 2025. See the answer and explanation as soon as you answer.
Social Norms and Values is one of the 12 main chapters in our Federal Board FSC Sociology question bank (11th and 12th class), and about 6% of its real questions come from it. Tayyari Karo has 20 real questions on this chapter from 2023 to 2025; 12 are multiple choice and marked instantly, and the rest are short and long questions with a model answer. By difficulty: 10 medium, 10 easy.
Work through the questions below, then open the explanation for each one. Redo the ones you missed a few days later.
These are real past-paper questions. Think of your answer first, then open the explanation.
What is the boundary wall of values called?
Answer: A. Sanctions
Sanctions (rewards and punishments) protect and enforce values, acting like a boundary wall that keeps behaviour within accepted limits.
Informal social control is found in the:
Answer: C. Family
The family exercises informal control through affection, advice and disapproval, unlike the police/courts, which are formal agencies of control.
Folkways, Mores and Law are the types of:
Answer: C. Social norms
Folkways, mores and law are the three recognised types of social norms, differing in the strength of enforcement.
Nikah in Islam is the type of norms known as:
Answer: C. Law
Nikah is a formal, legally binding contract prescribed by Islamic law (Sharia), making it an example of law as a type of social norm.
Which is the violation of the law?
Answer: B. Cheating in exam
Cheating in an examination breaks formal institutional rules/regulations, making it a violation of law/formal rules, unlike the other informal behaviours listed.
Our social values are safe guarded by:
Answer: D. Social norms
Social norms are the rules that protect and enforce the values of a society.
What is the difference between folkways and mores?
Folkways are the customary, everyday norms of a group (such as table manners, greetings, dress style) whose violation causes only mild disapproval and carries no serious punishment.
Mores are stronger norms rooted in a group's morality (such as honesty, respect for elders); violating mores is considered seriously wrong and can bring strong social disapproval, though they are not written laws.
What is meant by sanctions?
Sanctions are the rewards and punishments a society uses to enforce conformity to its social norms — positive sanctions (praise, honours, rewards) encourage approved behaviour, while negative sanctions (criticism, fines, punishment) discourage behaviour that violates norms.
| Session | Questions |
|---|---|
| 2025 1st Annual | 6 |
| 2025 2nd Annual | 8 |
| 2024 Annual | 2 |
| 2023 Annual | 4 |
20 real Federal Board (FBISE) Sociology questions on Social Norms and Values from 2023 to 2025, for 11th and 12th class. Each one shows the session it came from.
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