AIOU Course Code 9440 Question Paper Spring 2025

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

Faculty of Social Sciences (Department of Sociology)

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Course: Sociology of Development: Meanings and Explanation (9440)

Level: BS Semester: Spring, 2025

Please read the following instructions for writing your assignments. (AD, BS, BEd, MA/MSc, MEd) (ODL Mode).

1. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks but within a question the marks are distributed according to its requirements.

2. Read the question carefully and then answer it according to the requirements of the questions.

3. Avoid irrelevant discussion/information and reproducing from books, study guides, or allied material.

4. Handwritten scanned assignments are not acceptable.

5. Upload your typed (in Word or PDF format) assignments on or before the due date.

6. Your own analysis and synthesis will be appreciated.

7. Late assignments can’t be uploaded at LMS.

8. The students who attempt their assignments in Urdu/Arabic may upload a scanned copy of their handwritten assignments (in PDF format) on University LMS. The size of the file should not exceed 5MB.

Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50

ASSIGNMENT No: 01

(Unit 1-4)

Q. No: 01 How Capitalism has influenced the development process, in Pakistan? (20)

Q. No: 02 How you will define, the Marxist approach to development? (20)

Q. No: 03 Do you agree with the explanation given by the dependency theories?

Discuss. (20)

Q. No:04 How far Modernity is related to development? (20)

Q. No: 05 Write a note on the following.

  • Technology Determinism (10)
  • Technology Transfer (10)
  • ASSIGNMENT No: 02

    (Unit 5-9)

    Q. No: 01 Critically analyze the situation of development planning in Pakistan.

    (20)

    Q. No: 02 Define Human development. Explain the present situation of

    human development in Pakistan. (20)

    Q. No: 03 Define aid, keeping in view the present situation of Pakistan discuss the

    role of aid in development. (20)

    Q. No: 04 What is the current situation of health, education and employment

    in Pakistan? (20)

    Q. No: 05 Write a note on the following.

  • Relationship between technology and development (10)
  • Is traditional culture a barrier to development? (10)
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