FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2022
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BS – 17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
INTERNATIONAL LAW
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
Q. No. 2. Discuss the historical account of the origin of international law. What should be the focus of any account as to how and why international law initiated and to what extent it is relevant and effective in the modern times? (20)
Q. No. 3. Explain the term ‘Subjects of International Law’. Whether States continues to be the principal subjects of international legal relations and also justify individuals as subject of International Law by givina appropriate examples? (20)
Q. No. 4. Discuss in detail in the light of relevant Articles of the UN Charter and practice that whether the world organizations are authorized to intervene in the domestic jurisdiction of its member states? (20)
Q. No. 5. Discuss in detail Recognition in International law and its various kinds as well as argue with particular reference to the Constitutive theory of Recognition and the consequences of non-recognition of government. (20)
Q. No. 6. Explain the structure and powers of the International Court of Justice and assess the importance of the principles laid down in judicial decisions of leading cases as precedents for states. (20)
Q. No. 7. Frequent interventions have challenged the validity of some of fundamental principles of international law. Discuss those principles in light of recent interventions. (20)
Q. No. 8. Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each) (20)
(a) Nature of relationship of a state with an individual
(b) Territorial and Extra-Territorial asylum
(c) The Nottebolun Case (20)