Pakistan Studies Punjab PMS Paper 2012

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMBINED COMPETITIVIE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO
THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE. ETC. – 2012
PAPER ON : PAKISTAN STUDIES (COMPULSORY)
(Combination of Both Subjective & Objective)

TIME ALLOWED : THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
Attempt in English or Urdu.

Attempt Five questions in all. Question No.8 is compulsory.

Q1. Analyse the factors which resulted in the creation of Pakistan. (20 Marks)

Q2. Discuss the two major problems faced by the Government of Pakistan soon after independence. (10+10 Marks)

Q3. Describe briefly the geographical features and the natural resources of Pakistan. (10+10 Marks)

Q4. “While refusing foreign aid measures would have to be taken for reducing unnecessary expenditures and generation of additional resources for achieving the goal of self-reliance”. Discuss. (20 Marks)

Q5. What are the factors that have deterred agricultural development in Pakistan at the desired pace? Suggest remedial measures. (15+5 Marks)

Q6. Discuss the various dimensions of Pakistan-China Relations, how it could be further strengthened? (15+5 Marks)

Q7. Write short notes on any Two of the following : (10+10 Marks)

(a) Energy Crisis in Pakistan.

(b) Pakistan is a rich country where poor people five.

(c) Eighteenth Constitutional Amendment and the issue of Provincial Autonomy.

Q8. Fill In the blank: (10×2 = 20 Marks)

(i) Dyarchy was introduced under the Government of India Act ____ known as _____ .

(ii) Quaid-i-Azam resigned from the Indian National Congress in ____ as a protest against ____.

(iii) Quaid-i-Azam announced his fourteen points in ____ at _____.

(iv) Gandhi Irwin Pact was signed in ____ under which Congress called off the ____.

(v) Under the Government of India Act 1935, the country was divided into ____ provinces, in which the largest province by population was ____ .

(vi) Lahore Resolution 23rd March 1940 was seconded from Sindh by ____ and from Balochistan by ____.

(vii) The State Bank of Pakistan was established on ___ and its first Governor was ____.

(viii) At partition, the total number of princely states in United India were ____ and the largest one was ____.

(ix) ____ is the highest peak of Pakistan located in the mountain range of ____.

(x) The Indus Basin Treaty was signed in ____ with the courtesy of ____.


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