Federal Public Service Commission
Competitive Examination for
Recruitment to posts in BPS-17 under
The federal government, 2007
Geography Paper II
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
Q1. What is meant by “population growth”? Compare the pattern of population growth between the more developed countries (MDC’S) and less developed countries (LDC’S) since 1950?
Q2. “An age old phenomenon, forced migration across international borders has become exceedingly widespread during the recent past”. Discuss?
Q3. Delineate the hierarchy of economic activities. Give a detailed account of any ONE of the secondary activities in the world?
Q4. Describe in detail the production and trade of rice in the world with specific reference to south Asia?
Q5. Write an analytical essay on the politico-economic relationship between MDC’S and LDC’S?
Q6. Define “urbanization”. Give a critical assessment of the process of urbanization in Pakistan since its inception?
Q7. Write concise notes on any THREE of the following:
(a) Possibilism. (b) Population/Resource regions (c) Shifting cultivation (d) Tourism in Pakistan (e) Pakistan’s strategic Importance