Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission
Competitive Examination for the post of PMS-2022
Political Science Paper-I
Time allowed: 03 hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Attempt five questions in all selecting at least two from each section. All questions carry equal marks
SECTION-A
1. How Aristotle classified states? Is his ideas relevant to modern state as well?
2. Social contract theories of Hobbes and Locke are embedded in their concept of state of nature and the concept of human nature. Elaborate.
3. What is the role of Asabiyyah in Ibn Khaldun’s theory of Social Change?
4. What is the contribution of Iqbal to the Muslim Political Thought?
SECTION-B
5. What is liberty and how it can be safeguarded in the modern times?
6. What are the essential conditions for federation and how it can be strengthened in Pakistan?
7. Discuss political parties and pressure groups and why it is important in the modern democratic states?
8. What is Fascism? Do you see any fascist tendencies in the present political movements/parties?