CSS past paper

CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2026

CSS Philosophy 2026 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

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How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

Q. 2
Discuss some of the implications of Aristotle’s virtue ethics in the context of his notion of moral excellence.
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Q. 3
Pierce's pragmatic maxim claims that the purpose of philosophy is to free philosophy from ‘senseless jargon’. Explain.
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Q. 4
What is the connection between Nietzsche’s Nihilism and Existentialism? Elaborate.
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Q. 5
Differentiate between Hobbesian and Rawlsian contractarian approaches with examples.
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Q. 6
Why Heidegger is critical of traditional metaphysics? Discuss in detail.
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Q. 7
Why does Kantian philosophy is known as Copernican revolution in the history of Western philosophy? Discuss.
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Q. 8
Why was Shah Wali Allah interested in developing an equilibrium between angelic and animalistic dimensions of man? Discuss with reference to his conception of man.
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Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.