International Relations CSS Paper 1998

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1998.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions, selecting at least one question from each part. Question No. 8 is COMPULSORY. All questions carry EQUAL marks

1. Define Balance of Power and discuss in detail the Devices for maintaining the Balance of Power.

2. What are the modes of Diplomacy? In the context of the present day world do you think the functions of the Diplomat have increased?

3. Do you agree that Disarmament is a utopia? Narrate the chronology of events since 1960 for the achievement of this objective.

4. What are the actual and potential in South Asia has greatly enhanced the prospects of peace in International Relations?

5. The Nuclear Balance of Power in South Asia has greatly enhanced the prospects of peace in the region. Evaluate the currents situation.

6. Economic realities compelled the members of the Developing World to demand for the establishment of a New International Economic Order. Analyze this statement.

7. Write an essay on the concept and theory of “Deterrence”.

COMPULSORY QUESTION
8. Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the questions.

(1) Shive Sena is the name of:
(a) An Irish Leader
(b) A politico-fundamentalist party
(c) A famous tourist resort
(d) A religious sect

(2) B. J. Habibie is the:
(a) President of Zambia
(b) Secretary General of SAARC
(c) President of Indonesia
(d) World Squash Champion

(3) MS Mieko Nishimizu is the:
(a) Chairperson of the UN Commission on Refugees:
(b) President of the IMF
(c) Human Right Activist
(d) Vice President of the World Bank

(4) Mobotu Sessesiko was overthrown by:
(a) Laurent Kabila
(b) Robert Mugabe
(c) Kenneth Kaunda
(d) Nelson Mandela

(5) The notorious genocide of 1996 in Africa took place between:
(a) Serbs and Bosnians
(b) Ibos and Yorubas
(c) Zulus and the whites
(d) Hutu and Tutsi

(6) Iraq Invaded Kuwait in:
(a) February 1991
(b) November 1988
(c) August 1990
(d) April 1982

(7) Who wrote “Voyage Through History”?
(a) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
(b) Musarrt Hussain Zuberi
(c) Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi
(d) Khalid Bin Sayeed

(8) Pakistan carried out its nuclear explosion on:
(a) 23rd March
(b) 7th April
(c) 28th May
(d) 16th October

(9) NAFTA stands for ____________.

(10) “Uneasy Partnership competition and conflict in US – Japanese Trade Relationship” is written by:
(a) John White
(b) Stephen D. Gohen
(c) J. K. Galbraith
(d) John K. Holsti

(11) The First OIC Summit was held in
(a) Rabat
(b) Jaddah
(c) Islamabad
(d) Kuwait

(12) The US and the erstwhile USSR qualified for Super Power status on the basis of:
(a) Huge population
(b) Industrialization
(c) Military arsenals and worldwide interest
(d) Vast area

(13) Who is the author of “Preparing for the Twenty First Century”?
(a) Palmer and Perkins
(b) Peter Calvocoress
(c) Paul Kennedy
(d) E.H.Carr

(14) Kampala is the capital of:
(a) Azerbaijan
(b) Argentina
(c) Albania
(d) Uganda

(15) Pakistan became a full member of the NAM in:
(a) 1976
(b) 1949
(c) 1983
(d) 1986

(16) Rasko mountain is situated in:
(a) Punjab
(b) Azad Kashmir
(c) Baluchistan
(d) Northern Areas

(17) One of the following is the world renowned nuclear scientist:
(a) Abdul Qadir
(b) Richard Butler
(c) Abdul Qadeer Khan
(d) Anwar Ibrahim

(18) Name the current Secretary General of the OIC.

(19) Islamabad was the venue of:
(a) 3rd OIC Summit
(b) 2nd OIC Summit
(c) 8th OIC Summit
(d) 5th OIC Summit

(20) Who was the first Asian Secretary General of the United Nations?