FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2022
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
POLITICAL SCIENCE, PAPER-I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES
PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting ONE Question from SECTION-I and THREE Questions from SECTION-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
Part II
Section A
Q. No. 2 Discuss in detail the Plato’s concept of ‘justice’. (20)
Q. No. 3. Compare and contrast the concepts of the ‘executive’ presented by the Muslim thinkers Al-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, and Shah Waliullah. (20)
Q. No. 4. Illustrate Hobbesian concept of limited ‘right to revolution’. (20)
Q. No. 5. Describe in detail Karl Marx views on class, state and religion. (20)
Section B
Q. No. 6. Write an essay on the development of modern nation-state. (20)
Q. No. 7. Discuss in detail the development of local self governments in Pakistan. (20)
Q. No. 8. Write short notes on the following:- (20)
(a) Islamic political ideology
(b) Forms of political culture