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CSS History of Pakistan and India Past Paper 2025

CSS History of Pakistan and India 2025 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
7

Years

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
    How did the Sufis of the Suhrawardiyya and Chishtiyya silsila structure their relationships with the Sultans and Mughal emperors in medieval India, particularly in terms of acting as advisors, receiving patronage, mediating between the populace and rulers, providing legitimacy to rulers, and confronting political authority when necessary?
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    How did trade and commerce influence the development of urban life in medieval India? What roles did markets, guilds, and trade networks play in shaping the social, economic, and cultural dynamics of medieval cities?
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    How did Indian politicians and intellectuals, through critiquing and adapting British colonial knowledge, contribute to the intellectual foundations of nationalism in India?
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    How did the experiences of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, and Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah with the British and Hindus influence their shift from advocating for a united India to supporting the idea of Muslims as a separate nation?
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    How did the martial law regimes of General Zia-ul-Haq and General Pervez Musharraf impact political freedom and freedom of speech in Pakistan?
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    In what ways did Pakistan's foreign alliances, especially with the United States and China, influence its economic, political, and security development between 1947 and 1999?
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Write short notes on any two of the following: (10 each)
    (20)
    • (a)
      Muslim leaders of the Congress who opposed the creation of Pakistan
      (10)
    • (b)
      Anti-colonial struggle by South Asian Shrine-based communities
      (10)
    • (c)
      Mughal architecture as a symbol of imperial power
      (10)
  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. 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 question will not be considered.