PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE -2019
SUBJECT: PERSIAN (PAPER – I)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE: Attempt All Questions. Attempt in Persian or Urdu or English.
Q No. 1: Write a detailed note on Old Persian. (10 Marks)
Q No. 2: Write the importance of Persian language and literature for Pakistan. (10 Marks)
Q No. 3: Discuss the Persian Prose and Poetry in Seljuk’s Period. (15 Marks)
Q No. 4:Critically evaluate the Masnavi Rumi. (15 Marks) OR Sadiq Hidayat as a modern story writer.
Q No. 5: Discuss the characteristics of Amir Khusro’s Persian poetry. (15 Marks) OR Evaluate “Gulistan” of Saadi.
Q No. 6: Write a note on Payam-e-Mashriq of Allama Iqbal. (15 Marks) OR Introduce the poetry of Hafiz Sherazi.
Q No. 7: Pick the correct answer of TEN statements only: (2×10=20 Marks)
(i) Farrukhi Sustani was the court poet of:
(A) Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi (B) Akbar (C) Jahangir (D) Shahjahan
(ii) In Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, the wife of Rustam was:
(A) Monizeh (B) Rudabeh (C) Tehmineh (D) Farangis
(iii) Mathnawi “Makhzan-ul-Asrar” was composed by:
(A) Rudaki Samarqandi (B) Abu Shakur Balkhi (C) Daqiqi Tusi (D) Nizami Ganjawi
(iv) Masood Sa’ad Salman lived during the region of:
(A) Ghaznawids (B) Tughlaqs (C) Khiljis (D) Mughals
(v) The book “Majama-un-Nawadir” is also known as:
(A) Nawruz Nameh (B) Nizam Nameh (C) Chahar Maqalah (D) Siyar-ul-Muluk
(vi) The Mathnavi belongs to Amir Khusrow:
(A) Makhzan-ul-Asrar (B) Khosrow-o-Shirin (C) Matla-ul-Anwar (D) Haft Paykar
(vii) The author of “Seh Nasr” is:
(A) Abdul Qadir Bada’uni (B) Zahuri Tarshizi (C) Muhammad Aufi (D) Abul Faz!
(viii) The Mathnavi was versified by Attar:
(A) Nuh Sepehr (B) Boostan (C) Mosibat Nameh (D) Qiran-us-Sa’dain
(ix) “Parishan” was written in response to:
(A) Golestan (B) Tazkaratul Aouliya (C) Fih Ma Fih (D) Fawaid-ul-Fawad
(x) Rumi versified the “Mathnawi-e-Ma’nawi” at the request of:
(A) Shams Tabrizi (B) Sultan Walad (C) Salahuddin Zarkoob (D) Hassamuddin Chalapi
(xi) Goethe, the German writer and statesman was much inspired by:
(A) Amir Khusrow (B) Omar Khayyam (C) Hafiz Shirazi (D) Allama Iqbal
(xii) “Sag-e-Welgard” was written by:
(A) Sadiq Chubak (B) Sadiq Hedayat (C) Hushang Golsheri (D) Bozorg Alavi