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CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2017

CSS Philosophy 2017 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
    Discuss the Skepticism of Hume in-depth; how has it affected his ideas regarding Cause and Self?
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    How did Ghazali refute the Philosophers’ argument about Eternity of the Universe?
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Elaborate the way Iqbal has reconciled Divine Power (Omnipotence) and Knowledge with human freedom.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    What do you understand by Dialectics? Critically evaluate Hegel’s Dialectical Method.
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Elucidate Heidegger’s Theory of Being with special reference to Dasien.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    What is Historical Materialism? Elaborate Karl Marx’s contribution in its development.
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Write comprehensive notes on any two of the following: (10 each)
    (20)
    • (a)
      Three types of Knowledge by Spinoza.
      (10)
    • (b)
      Kant’s Categorical Imperative.
      (10)
    • (c)
      Sartre’s Bad Faith.
      (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. 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.