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CSS Muslim Law and Jurisprudence Past Paper 2016

CSS Muslim Law and Jurisprudence 2016 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
    Is the Qur’an a code of Islamic law? Discuss.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    What are conditions for exercising universal ijtihad? Discuss the role of ijtihad today.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Discuss the natural causes of defective legal capacity in Islamic law.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    ‘Islamic criminal law appears to be harsh, but a closer look reveals that in practice the most severe punishments are hardly ever applied.’ Discuss.
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Explain and critically evaluate the main restrictions imposed in Islamic law on the freedom of contract.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    Discuss the extent to which a normal marriage contract can be varied to benefit women under Islamic law.
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Write short notes on the following: (5 each)
    (20)
    • (a)
      Triple talaq in one sitting
      (5)
    • (b)
      Remedies available to a Muslim women under the DMMA 1939
      (5)
    • (c)
      Dower
      (5)
    • (d)
      Share of the grandchild under the MFLO 1961
      (5)
  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.