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CSS Pakistan Affairs Past Paper 2020

CSS Pakistan Affairs 2020 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
    How the reform movement of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi influenced the history of Muslim India?
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    China, Pakistan-Russia cooperation will find suitable support mechanism in Shanghai Cooperation organization (SCO). Elaborate.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    What are the major provisions of Simla Agreement (1972) between Pakistan and India? How it was helpful for establishment of durable peace in the region?
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    What is meant by the term “Proxy War”? Are there any extrinsic factors at play in the internal security situation of Pakistan?
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Discuss the main features of Political culture of Pakistan.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    Pakistan’s energy crisis was due to the lack of strategy and political will. Discuss.
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Discuss revival of Pak-US relations in context of present US-Taliban peace process.
    (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. 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.