FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2023
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BS – 17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CULTURE
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART – I (MCQs): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES
PART – I (MCQs): MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART – II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE:
(i) Part – II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART – II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in Accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(v) No Page / Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(iv) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
SECTION-I
Q. No. 2. “Treaty of Hudaybiyyah is a master piece of foreign politics of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم“. Argue this statement with a scholarly approach. (20)
Q. No. 3. Derive Islamic principles of elections from the process of the selection of the Rightly Guided Caliph Usmān �. (20)
Q. No. 4. Explain the causes and effects of political divisions and schisms among muslims during first three islamic centuries. (20)
Q. No. 5. Give an overall comparison between the rule of Banu Umayyah and Banu Abbās. (20)
SECTION-II
Q. No. 6. Discuss critically the political role and influence of Barmuk family during the caliphate of the Abbasids. (20)
Q. No. 7. Discuss critically the causes and effects of the end of islamic rule in Spain. (20)
Q. No. 8. Write a scholarly note on contribution of Islam to modern civilization. (20)
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