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CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2022

CSS Philosophy 2022 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
    Pragmatists argue that philosophy has become irrelevant. Do you agree?
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    How does Aristotle derive virtue ethics?
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Discuss any four inductive fallacies with examples.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    Examine Marx’s views on human consciousness.
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Discuss Bergson’s critique of Kant’s philosophy.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    Shed light on the debate between Foucault and Derrida.
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each)
    (20)
    • (a)
      Iqbal’s criticism of Nietzsche’s philosophy
      (10)
    • (b)
      Shah Waliullah’s criticism of Taqlid
      (10)
    • (c)
      Al Ghazali’s views on religious sciences
      (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.