FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION 1987
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PAPER II
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Identify the following persons and briefly describe the reasons for their prominence: (a) Col. Oliver North
(b) Neil Kinnock (c) H.N. Bahuguna (d) Mathias Rust (e) P.W. Botha
2. Give the location of the following places and briefly discuss their geo-strategic geo-political importance: (a) Wakhan (b) Diego Garcia (c) Strait of Hormuz (d) Gulf of Sidra (e) Sakhalin Islands
3. The only adversary Americans known how to deal with Russia, they find it hard to deal with an ally that is mounting the first serious challenge to America’s technological preeminence. Comment with reference to US-Japan relations.
4. Third World’s debt is the most explosive problem in international economic relations today. Discuss.
5. The Geneva process on Afghanistan seems to have stalled. Why?
6. Give a brief history of the struggle for Namibian independence. Why has the UN system failed to resolve this issue?
7. Discuss the convergence and divergence of Pakistani and American interests in the Gulf?
8. Would you assess Gorbachev’s various initiatives for world peace and disarmament?