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CSS Political Science Paper I Past Paper 2023

CSS Political Science Paper I 2023 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
7

Years

How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II, by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

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

SECTION-A

  1. Q. 2
    Explain Bentham`s greatest happiness of the greatest number.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    What are Al-Ghazali`s pre-requisites for becoming a Khalifa?
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Expound Iqbal`s vision for rise of Muslims in South Asia in the era of colonialism.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    Write short notes on the following (10 each)
    (20)
    • (a)
      Existentialism is humanism
      (10)
    • (b)
      Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am)
      (10)

SECTION-B

  1. Q. 6
    Rights and duties are two facets of the same coin. Elaborate.
    (20)
  2. Q. 7
    In an Islamic state, Islam is considered a complete code of life, which provides guidelines for proper management of political power. Elaborate.
    (20)
  3. Q. 8
    What are salient features of a professional and apolitical bureaucracy?
    (20)
  1. Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
  2. Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II, by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION. 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.