PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE -2021
SUBJECT: PHILOSOPHY (PAPER-II)
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 answers. 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.
Attempt FIVE Questions in All. Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q1. Highlight the differences between Mutazilltes and Asharites on the issue of Createdness and Uncreatedness of the Quran.
Q2. Differentiate between pantheism and panentheism. How diverse non-Islamic mystic theories influenced pantheism?
Q3. Elucidate Ibn Sina’s concept of Being.
Q4. For Ibn Khaldun, History is more immediately related to Action than Political Philosophy. Discuss.
Q5. Encompass the metaphysical approach of Shah Waliullah whereby he tried to reconcile the views of Ibn-Arabi and Mujaddid Alif Thani.
Q6. Iqbal emphasizes that knowing oneself is in fact an immediate perception of God. Explain with reference to his philosophy of Ego.
Q7. Do you think that the Islamization of knowledge is practicable in this technological era? Substantiate your answer with sound arguments.
Q8. Is Sufism Islamic in its roots or an external element in Islamic doctrines? Discuss?
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