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Federal Public Service Commission: Roll Number

This document contains instructions and questions for a political science exam for recruitment to BS-17 level posts in the Federal Government of Pakistan. It outlines the structure of the exam, which has two parts: multiple choice questions (Part I) and long-form answer questions (Part II). Part II contains two sections (A and B) and instructs examinees to answer four questions by selecting two from each section. The questions cover topics like Aristotelian classifications of the state, social contract theorists like Rousseau, Hobbes and Locke, Ibn Khaldun's views on the decline of states, Shah Waliullah's socio-political thought, constraints on parliamentary sovereignty in Pakistan, the adoption of parliamentary system in Pakistan

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Federal Public Service Commission: Roll Number

This document contains instructions and questions for a political science exam for recruitment to BS-17 level posts in the Federal Government of Pakistan. It outlines the structure of the exam, which has two parts: multiple choice questions (Part I) and long-form answer questions (Part II). Part II contains two sections (A and B) and instructs examinees to answer four questions by selecting two from each section. The questions cover topics like Aristotelian classifications of the state, social contract theorists like Rousseau, Hobbes and Locke, Ibn Khaldun's views on the decline of states, Shah Waliullah's socio-political thought, constraints on parliamentary sovereignty in Pakistan, the adoption of parliamentary system in Pakistan

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2021
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
POLITICAL SCIENCE, PAPER-I

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20


PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II, by selecting TWO questions from EACH
SECTION. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

PART-II
SECTION-A

Q. No. 2. What is the Aristotelian classification of state? (20)

Q. No. 3. What is the difference of between Rousseau’s notion of ‘the state of nature’ and that of (20)
Hobbes and Locke?

Q. No. 4. Ibn I Khaldun while acknowledging the external factors, emphasizes more on the (20)
internal systemic factors as decisive for the decline of states. Elaborate.

Q. No. 5. Explain the socio-political thought of Shah Waliullah which is greatly ingrained in his (20)
religio-philosophical thought.

SECTION-B

Q. No. 6. What are the political and legal constraints over the sovereignty of parliament in (20)
Pakistan?

Q. No. 7. The adoption of parliamentary system in Pakistan is the result of political experiences (20)
of Pakistanis in the past. Elaborate.

Q. No. 8. What is capitalism and what is its relation with democracy? (20)

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