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CSS History of Pakistan and India Past Paper 2026
CSS History of Pakistan and India 2026 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.
- Q. 2Critically examine the significance of Quaid-e-Azam’s 11th August, 1947 speech in understanding the ideological foundation of Pakistan.(20)
- Q. 3Critically analyse how Islamic provisions were incorporated into the Constitution of 1973. Do these provisions strengthen the Islamic character of the State?(20)
- Q. 4Evaluate the Nationalization Policy of the Bhutto Era. Did it promote the social justice or undermine economic efficiency?(20)
- Q. 5Critically analyze how the political and philosophical ideas of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah collectively shaped the foundation of the Two Nation Theory.(20)
- Q. 6“Pakistan’s decision to join the American bloc during the early Cold War era was driven more by security anxieties than ideological alignment.” Critically analyze this statement.(20)
- Q. 7To what extent can the Khilafat Movement be understood as a struggle for Muslim political identity rather than merely a reaction to the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire? Discuss how the movement shaped the intellectual and political consciousness of Indian Muslims.(20)
- Q. 8The Lahore Resolution is often described as the foundational blueprint for the creation of Pakistan. To what extent did it shape the constitutional, ideological, and political contours of the new state?(20)
- Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
- Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
- All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
- Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
- No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
- Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.