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CSS Pakistan Affairs Past Paper 2018

CSS Pakistan 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
    Critically evaluate the foundations of Allama Iqbal’s concept of Muslim separatism in the context of Indo-Pak Subcontinent.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Discuss the 3rd June Plan or Mountbatten Plan and also describe how it was implemented?
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Describe the political system of Pakistan. Which form of government is suitable to make country politically stable?
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    Define non-state actors. ‘Non-state actors are posing more threat to Pakistan’s national security than threats from external state actors.’ Argue in favour or against.
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Discuss the nature of centre-province relations under the 1973 Constitution.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    Discuss the changing trends in Pakistan- US relations since 2001.
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    There is crisis of national integration in Pakistan since its creation. What measures do you suggest for the promotion of national integration of Pakistan?
    (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.