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CSS Islamic Studies Past Paper 2023

CSS Islamic Studies 2023 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
    What is the Qur’anic argument on the Life Hereafter? What are its impacts on the individual and collective life of a human being?
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Discuss the Holy Prophet’s (ﷺ) Role as a Model for Military Strategy.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Elaborate the rights of daughters granted by Islam and how these are denied by Muslims in the contemporary world?
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    Define Ijma‘(consensus) and explain its different kinds. Can legislation by a parliament of an Islamic state be regarded as a valid consensus?
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Analyze the Charter of Madina as a social contract.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    What are the motives of extremism in Pakistan? How can the society get rid of extremism by following the teachings of Islam?
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Write notes on the following: (10 each)
    (20)
    • (i)
      Human rights in the light of the Sermon of Farewell Pilgrimage.
      (10)
    • (ii)
      Social Justice in an Islamic Society.
      (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.

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.