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CSS Current Affairs Past Paper 2018

CSS Current Affairs 2018 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
7

How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

  1. Q. 2
    China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is considered as a game-changer. How the CPEC can be helpful to uplift the Pakistan’s economy? Discuss.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Discuss in detail the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and challenges to it.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    How the United States is trying to keep its dominant position in the Asia-Pacific and what is the China’s response to it?
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    Critically analyze the newly established Islamic Military Alliance and its future implications for the Muslim World?
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Describe the 2017 Qatar Diplomatic Crisis and its impact on the Middle East.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    Critically examine the Donald Trump’s Policy for South Asia and its implications for Pakistan and the region.
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    What are the opportunities and challenges for Pakistan as one of the new members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?
    (20)
  1. Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
  2. Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
  3. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
  4. Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
  5. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
  6. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

FPSC's wording, numbering and marks, as printed. Obvious misprints (a garbled word, a broken number) are corrected; everything else is kept as FPSC printed it.

The written exam starts with the MPT

Only candidates who pass the MCQ screening test (MPT) sit the written papers. Practice the 200-question MPT under exam conditions first.