Current Affairs CSS Paper 1988

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION 1988
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: (i) Answer question No.1 and any other four questions. All questions carry equal marks.

(ii) The serial number of the attempted question in the answer book should be the same as in the question paper.

I. Write the correct answer in your answer book:

1. 1988 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to: (a) Diego Cordovez (b) Anwar Sadat (c) United Nations

2. Dan Quayle is: (a) Mexican footballer (b) American politician (c) Prime Minister of Brazil

3. Gen. Augusto Pinochet is: (a) Leader of Contrast in Nicaragua (b) Military Dictator of El-Salvador (c) President of Chile

4. Robert Mugabe is: (a) President of Zimbabwe (b) President of Kenya (c) Prime Minister of Angola

5. Sakharov is: (a) Anti-Soviet Polish Leader (b) Secretary General of the Hungarian Communist Party (c) Boviet Nuclear Scientist

6. The last day of the Quaid-e-Azam was written by: (a) M.A.H. Ispahani (b) Fatima Jinnah (c) Col. Ilahi Bakhsh

7. The new Olympic Champion in Hockey is: (a) Australia (b) West Germany (c) England

8. The process of European integration is scheduled to be completed by: (a) 1990 (b) 1992 (c) 1994

9. The Bofors Scandal occurred in: (a) Italy (b) India (c) Japan

10. The Black Sea and the Mediterranean are connected by:(a) Shatt Al Arab (b) Dardanelles (c) Strait of Gibraltar

II. Describe the salient features of the Geneva Accords. Why have they failed to resolve the Afghan Crisis?

III. Describe Pakistan’s proposals for nuclear non-proliferation in South Asia. What has been India’s response and the U.S. reaction?

IV. 1998 has witnessed a significant scaling down of tension between the superpowers. Assess its impact on the trouble spots in Africa.

V. Discuss the nature and objectives of the agitation in occupied Arab territories on the West Bank.

VI. What Pakistan and other countries of the Third World need is less aid and more trade. Comment with reference to the policy of the industrialised countries.

VIl. What are the prospects for a Sino-Soviet détente?

VIII. Write evaluations of any Two of the following: (i) Perestroika (ii) SAARC (iii) INF Treaty