Islamiat CSS Paper 1991

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN B.P.S. – 17,
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1991

Maximum Marks: 100 Time Allowed: 3 Hours

Note: Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.

Q1. Write down a comprehensive note on the subject-matters of the Quran with particular reference to its status as a fundamental source of Shariah and Islamic Jurisprudence.
Q2. (Men are in-charge of women because Allah has made the one of them to excel the other and because they spend off their property (for the support of women) (4:34). Explain the above verse of the Quran and identify the status of men and women in a Quranic society.
Q3. The Ummah supra national political community of Islam founded by the Prophet of Islam (S A W) about fourteen hundred year ago, is now divided into some fifty independent and sovereign states. Discuss causes of this disintegration and suggest ways and means to bring back unity and integration among the divided Muslim states.
Q4. Define knowledge and its sources ie., Wisdom and Revelation. Which one do you believe can be adopted to solve day to day problems of the Muslim society?
Q5. Describe Islam, its meanings and scope especially its chief characteristics which differentiate it from other religions.
Q6. Define and explain the concept of Tauheed in Islam. Do you think that strict adherence to this concept emancipates an individual as well as the society from the Gods of materialism.
Q7. Elucidate the Doctrine of Jehad in Islam. Do you agree that the survival of the Muslims in the modern world depends on the following of this Doctrine against the un-Islamic forces.
Q8. Describe the obligations of Zakat Administration especially the collection and distribution of the funds of Zakat. Is it possible to retain original simplicity and efficiency of the administrative system and keep it free of corruption under the present bureaucracy? Support your answers with solid arguments.