FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2003.
POLITICAL SCIENCE PAPER – I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all, including question No. 8 which is COMPULSORY. Select at least TWO QUESTIONS from each of the SECTIONS ‘A’ AND ‘B’. All questions carry EQUAL marks.
SECTION – ‘A’
- Plato’s Communism was, is and will remain impracticable. Critically examine this statement.
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Hobbes and Bodin are said to be the proponents of the theory of Absolutism. Do you agree? Give reasons.
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“Al – Farabi must be placed among the proponents of the Theory of Social Contract.” In the light of this statement.
SECTION – ‘B’
- Elaborate the characteristics of Islamic State. Give proper references from the Holy Quran and Sunnah.
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Compare and contrast between Democracy and Dictatorship.
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Write short notes on the following:
(a) Political Parties
(b) Pressure Groups -
(a) Write an essay on the structure and powers of the present local Government in Pakistan.
(b) Point out its merits and demerits.
COMPULSORY QUESTION
- Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the questions.
(1) The writer of Social Contract and the Islamic State is:
(a) Ilyas Ahmad
(b) Ibn Khaldun
(c) Iqbal
(d) None of these
(2) Who is the author of “Politics in Pakistan: The Nature and Direction of Change”?
(a) Khalid B Sayeed
(b) Ilyas Ahmad
(c) Hafeezur Rehman
(d) None of these
(3) “Qaradawi-e-Maqasid se Islamic Qanoon Tuk” is written by:
(a) Hafeezur Rehman
(b) Khalid B Sayeed
(c) Ilyas Ahmad
(d) None of these
(4) George H. Sabine is the author of:
(a) History of Political Theory
(b) Republic
(c) The spirit
(d) None of these
(5) Plato is the author of:
(a) Republic
(b) Social Contract
(c) History of Political Thought
(d) None of these
(6) The idea that “Virtue is knowledge” is attributed to:
(a) Aristotle
(b) Plato
(c) Montesquieu
(d) None of these
(7) ‘Political Science begins and ends with the state’ is said by:
(a) Aristotle
(b) Professor Garner
(c) Paul Janet
(d) None of these
(8) ‘The city of god’ is the work of:
(a) Aquinas
(b) St. Augustine
(c) Austin
(d) None of these
(9) The ideas of Aristotle are more acceptable to the West than Plato’s because he propagated:
(a) Rule of law
(b) Democracy
(c) Tyranny
(d) None of these
(10) He is known as the founding father of Utilitarianism:
(a) James Mill
(b) Jeremy Bentham
(c) C. Wright Mills
(d) None of these
(11) Ahya ul ulul is the work of:
(a) Al Farabi
(b) Al Mawardi
(c) Al Ghazali
(d) None of these
(12) He is famous for his work “Muqaddameh”:
(a) Ibn Taimiyah
(b) Nizamul Mulk
(c) Ibn Khuldun
(d) None of these
(13) The Bolshevik movement in Russia was led by:
(a) Stalin
(b) Trotsky
(c) Lenin
(d) None of these
(14) He is known as the major theorist of bureaucracy:
(a) Burk
(b) Dahl
(c) Max Weber
(d) None of these
(15) Cultural Revolution in China was launched under the leadership of:
(a) Chou-en-lai
(b) Lin Piao
(c) Maodzedung
(d) None of these
(16) Collective responsibility is a feature of:
(a) Parliamentary form
(b) Presidential form
(c) Dictatorship
(d) None of these
(17) Decentralization is a feature of:
(a) Federal System
(b) Autocraticship system
(c) Unitary system
(d) None of these
(18) Dictatorship of the Proletariat is one of the concepts of:
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Max Weber
(c) Maodzedung
(d) None of these
(19) The general Will is the political concept of:
(a) J. J. Rousseau
(b) Hobbes
(c) Locke
(d) None of these
(20) ‘Leviathan’ is written by:
(a) Thomas Hobbes
(b) Hegel
(c) Locke
(d) None of these