PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR RECRUITMETN TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE – 2022
SUBJECT: PHILOSOPHY (PAPER-I)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:
i. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
ii. Write Q. No in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No in the Q. Paper.
iii. No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
iv. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
Note: Attempt FIVE Questions in all. Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q1. Is Plato’s Ideal State utopian or can it be established? Examine.
Q2. Metaphysics of Aristotle is an attempt to overcome Plato’s defects in Theory of Ideas. Did he succeed?
Q3. State Spinoza’s “Doctrine of Ethics” and explain his views about “God, human mind, human desires and passions.”
Q4. Why Kant’s contribution in epistemology is considered as a Copernican Revolution?
Q5. Critically analyze Nietzsche’s concept of the superman.
Q6. Why is Logical Positivism regarded as turning point in philosophy at the dawn of the 20th Century? Discuss.
Q7. Which new Philosophy Richard Rorty developed in the twentieth century? Do you find it a valuable contribution to the Contemporary Analytical Philosophy?
Q8. Write in detail the central thesis of “Relativism.” Do you think “Truth” can be sought by adopting this thought? Comment.