PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE-2025
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN STUDIES
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:I. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places
II. Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
III. 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 question will not be considered.
Attempt FIVE Questions in all. Attempt in Urdu or English.
Attempt FIVE Questions in all including Question no. 7 which is Compulsory. Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q.No.1 Pakistan is suffering from a crisis of governance at the institutional level. Suggest remedies to mitigate this situation.
Q.No.2 What relevance did the religious revivalist movements have with the needs of the time in post 1857 colonial India? What new trends had been introduced by such movements? Discuss.
Q.No.3 Examine ever-conflicting relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan. How can the conflicts be resolved? Discuss.
Q.No.4 What fundamental rights have been granted to minorities in Pakistan? What are the hindrances to the application of the constitutional rights in this regard? Suggest remedies.
Q.No.5 How has the war on terrorism shaped the new dimensions of civil-military relations in Pakistan? Elaborate with examples & highlight its implications.
Q.No.6 Critically examine the implications of India holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance.
Q.No.7 Fill in the Blanks.
(i) Tarbela Dam is located in the _______ district of _______ province.
(ii) The Khilafat movement was launched by _______, and it continued from 1919 to _______.
(iii) The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established in year _______ in _______.
(iv) The Punjab irrigation system is a part of the Indus Basin system with _______ main canal commands system off-taking from _______ barrages over the Indus and its tributaries.
(v) The famous August Offer was made by the Viceroy named _______, in the year _______.
(vi) The Second Islamic Summit Conference was held in the year _______, and it was hosted by _______.
(vii) In July 1972, Prime Minister of Pakistan _______ and Prime Minister of India _______ signed an accord in Shimla.
(viii) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established _______ to counter the political hegemony of _______.
(ix) Great personalities like Allama Muhammad Iqbal are born in centuries. His first public appearance was in _______ at the annual session of _______.
(x) The _______ Award was announced on _______, which established boundaries between India & Pakistan.
Answers to Q.No.7:
(i) Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(ii) Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar (Ali Brothers), 1924
(iii) 1985, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
(iv) 12, 19
(v) Lord Linlithgow, 1940
(vi) 1974, Pakistan (Lahore)
(vii) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Indira Gandhi
(viii) Muhammadan Educational Conference, Indian National Congress
(ix) 1904, Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam
(x) Radcliffe Award, 17 August 1947