FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2016
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GK-III (PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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

Q. No. 2. Give an account of the life and services of Shah Waliullah. How did he save the Indian (20)
Muslims from political annihilation and religious degeneration?

Q. No. 3. The Aligarh Movement was a pure educational venture but it had deep impacts on (20)
Indian politics. Discuss.

Q. No. 4. Critically analyze the elections of 1937 and the sufferings and grievances of the (20)
Muslims under the Congress rule in the provinces (1937-1939). How much did it help
in popularizing the idea of a separate Muslim state in India?

Q. No. 5. Jinnah in his Presidential Address to the annual session of All India Muslim League in (20)
March 1940 said, “The problem in India is not of an inter-communal character, but
manifestly of an international one, and it must be treated as such.” Write note on the
Two Nation Theory and the Lahore Resolution of March 1940 in the light of this
statement.

Q. No. 6. Write note on the post 9/11 foreign policy of Pakistan. What role do you foresee for (20)
Pakistan in regional and global politics in the near future?

Q. No. 7. Discuss the Kashmir problem in its entirety; throwing light on its background and (20)
prospects of possible solutions to this core issue between India and Pakistan.

Q. No. 8. Write note on the Afghan War since 1979 and its impacts on Pakistan. How far the (20)
emergence of the “Non-State Actors” and Non-Traditional Security Threats in Pakistan
can be attributed to the decades-long warfare in Afghanistan?

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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2017
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-III (PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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
Q. No. 2. Pakistan’s national culture reflects unity in diversity. Elaborate. (20)

Q. No. 3. Discus the role of judiciary in the constitutional development of Pakistan. (20)

Q. No. 4. CPEC is a flagship project of One Belt One Road (OBOR) and a regional game (20)
changer. Explain.

Q. No. 5. Explore the significance of Shinghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for (20)
Pakistan.

Q. No. 6. Enumerate the measures adopted by HEC for promotion of higher education (20)
and qualitative research in Pakistan.

Q. No. 7. Explore the option of alternative energy resources to overcome energy crisis in (20)
Pakistan.

Q. No. 8. How general elections in 2002, 2008 and 2013 strengthened democracy in (20)
Pakistan?

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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2018
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-III
(PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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
Q. No. 2. Critically evaluate the foundations of Allama Iqbal’s concept of Muslim separatism in (20)
the context of Indo-Pak Subcontinent.

Q. No. 3. Discuss the 3rd June Plan or Mountbatten Plan and also describe how it was (20)
implemented?

Q. No. 4. Describe the political system of Pakistan. Which form of government is suitable to (20)
make country politically stable?

Q. No. 5. Define non-state actors. ‘Non-state actors are posing more threat to Pakistan’s national (20)
security than threats from external state actors.’ Argue in favour or against.

Q. No. 6. Discuss the nature of centre-province relations under the 1973 Constitution. (20)

Q. No. 7. Discuss the changing trends in Pakistan- US relations since 2001. (20)

Q. No. 8. There is crisis of national integration in Pakistan since its creation. What measures do (20)
you suggest for the promotion of national integration of Pakistan?

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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2019
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVE RNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-III
(PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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
Q. No. 2. Critically examine Congress Ministries of 1973. How far it is correct to suggest that it (20)
paved the way for the separate Muslim homeland in India?

Q. No. 3. How far the nature of center province relations has changed under various (20)
amendments to the 1973 constitution? Evaluate.

Q. No. 4. What major economic challenges are being faced by Pakistan? What recommendation (20)
do you suggest to deal with these issues?

Q. No. 5. “The population growth in Pakistan can erupt like an atomic bomb”. Comment (20)

Q. No. 6. What are the main causes of energy crisis in Pakistan? What measure do you
recommend to address it?
(20)

Q. No. 7. Critically analyze the key causes of delaying constriction of dams in Pakistan. Give
(20)
some suggestions to revert this collateral loss.

Efficient use of natural resources can make Pakistan a prosperous nation. Discuss in (20)
Q. No. 8.
the light of present situation of Pakistan.

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2020
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-III
(PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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) 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 question will not be considered.

PART-II

Q. No. 2. How the reform movement of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi influenced the history of Muslim (20)
India?

Q. No. 3. China, Pakistan-Russia cooperation will find suitable support mechanism in Shanghai (20)
Cooperation organization (SCO). Elaborate.

Q. No. 4. What are the major provisions of Simla Agreement (1972) between Pakistan and India? (20)
How it was helpful for establishment of durable peace in the region?

Q. No. 5. What is meant by the term “Proxy War”? Are there any extrinsic factors at play in the (20)
internal security situation of Pakistan?

Q. No. 6. Discuss the main features of Political culture of Pakistan. (20)

Q. No. 7. Pakistan’s energy crisis was due to the lack of strategy and political will. Discuss. (20)

Q. No. 8. Discuss revival of Pak-US relations in context of present US-Taliban peace process. (20)

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2021
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-III
(PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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) 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 question will not be considered.

PART-II

Q. No. 2. Enumerate the measures adopted by Pakistan to spotlight on the plight of Kashmiri (20)
people in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir after 5th August 2019.

Q. No. 3. Explain “Afghans` owned, Afghans` led” solution of Afghanistan crisis. (20)

Q. No. 4. How CPEC phase II will galvanize industrialization and employment in Pakistan? (20)

Q. No. 5. Discuss the significance of renewable energy resources for Pakistan. (20)

Q. No. 6. How Pakistan should combat 5th generation war successfully? (20)

Q. No. 7. “Political Stability is mandatory for economic prosperity in Pakistan”. Elaborate. (20)

Q. No. 8. Critically evaluate the evolution of Muslim Separate identity in the Subcontinent. (20)

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2016
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-II
CURRENT AFFAIRS

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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
Q. No. 2. Discuss in detail the efficacy of counter terrorism measures adopted by the government, (20)
especially with reference to the National Action Plan.

Q. No. 3. What measures would you suggest to improve the economy of Pakistan particularly in the (20)
areas of debt reduction and enhancing export capacity?

Q. No. 4. Discuss the possibilities of progress under the recently agreed rubric of comprehensive (20)
dialogue between Pakistan and India. In your opinion what are the major constraints at
present?

Q. No. 5. Discuss the prospects and challenges to the construction of “China-Pakistan Economic (20)
Corridor”. How will CPEC become a game changer for the region?

Q. No. 6. How do you see recent developments in the Middle East, particularly with reference to (20)
deteriorating relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran? What role, if any, Pakistan could
play in reducing the tensions between the two Muslim countries?

Q. No. 7. Examine the emerging strategic competition between China and the US and its impact on (20)
global order.

Q. No. 8. Discuss the adverse impact of climate change on the world and the measures recently (20)
adopted by the Paris Conference to address this issue.

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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2017
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-II (CURRENT AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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
Q. No. 2. Highlight the role of National Action Plan (NAP) in stabilization of internal security of (20)
Pakistan. Critically analyze its outcomes?

Q. No. 3. What measures do you suggest to improve the security conditions of Balochistan in (20)
respect to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and the role of regional powers
to sabotage it?

Q. No. 4. Critically analyze the US-Russia relations in context of ISIS and its impact on the (20)
security situation of Middle East.

Q. No. 5. Explain the salient contours of the US ‘rebalancing’ policy and China’s assertive (20)
policy in South China Sea and latter’s disputes with the regional countries. Critically
evaluate.

Q. No. 6. The impact of burgeoning US-India strategic partnership over the security situation of (20)
the region and Indian Ocean Region.

Q. No. 7. Critically examine China’s strategic vision behind its ‘One Belt, One Road’ venture. (20)

Q. No. 8. (a). Analyze the effects of commissioning of nuclear-powered ballistic missile (10) (20)
submarine (SSBN), INS Arihant equipped with nuclear-capable missile
called K-4 over the strategic stability of South Asia.

(b). US-India in August 2016 signed Logistics Exchange Memorandum of (10)

Agreement (LEMOA) that will reportedly facilitate the two allies to use
each other’s military facilities to check China’s growing influence.
Comment.

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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2018
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-II
(CURRENT AFFAIRS)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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
Q. No. 2. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is considered as a game-changer. How the (20)
CPEC can be helpful to uplift the Pakistan’s economy? Discuss.

Q. No. 3. Discuss in detail the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and challenges to it. (20)

Q. No. 4. How the United States is trying to keep its dominant position in the Asia-Pacific and (20)
what is the China’s response to it?

Q. No. 5. Critically analyze the newly established Islamic Military Alliance and its future (20)
implications for the Muslim World?

Q. No. 6. Describe the 2017 Qatar Diplomatic Crisis and its impact on the Middle East. (20)

Q. No. 7. Critically examine the Donald Trump’s Policy for South Asia and its implications for (20)
Pakistan and the region.

Q. No. 8. What are the opportunities and challenges for Pakistan as one of the new members of (20)
the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?

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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2019
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVE RNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-II
(CURRENT AFFAIRS)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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
Q. No. 2. Examine China strategic vision behind ‘The Bell and Road initiative (BRI)' also (20)
known as One Belt One Road (OBOR).

Q. No. 3. Elaborate the reasons and impacts on Doland Trump withdrawal from climate change (20)
Paris agreement in 2015.

Q. No. 4. What will be the reason of emerging water conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan? (20)

Q. No. 5. Give a critical review of Pakistan Energy Policy 2013 – 2018 (20)

Q. No. 6. How can the corruption elimination strategy be made part of governance system (20)
of Pakistan?

Q. No. 7. How can the governing structure have the capacity to neutralize threats to internal (20)
security of Pakistan?

Q. No. 8. Discuss instrument of techniques of Hybrid warfare in context to Pakistan (20)

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2020
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-II
(CURRENT AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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) 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 question will not be considered.

PART-II

Q. No. 2. What impact global climate change will have on the water resources of Pakistan? How (20)
will it affect inter-provincial harmony?

Q. No. 3. Why was Pakistan placed on the ‘Grey List’ of Financial Action Task Force (FATF)? (20)
What are the implications and what measures should Pakistan take to move out of this
list?

Q. No. 4. Given the volatile lockdown in Indian Occupied Kashmir, what are the viable policy (20)
choices available to Pakistan? What can Pakistan realistically do to ease the sufferings
of Kashmiri people?

Q. No. 5. Discuss the strategic contours of Indo-US evolving partnership and how will it impact (20)
Pakistan-US and Pakistan-China relations?

Q. No. 6. Strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly becoming intense. (20)
Define the interests and role of US, China, India, Japan and Australia in the geopolitics
of Indo-Pacific region.

Q. No. 7. Discuss in detail the role of OIC, Arab league and GCC in the Middle East crises and (20)
conflicts.

Q. No. 8. In view of the evolving global alignments and changing nature of major-power (20)
relationships, what is the future of globalism and multilateralism? Discuss with
examples.

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2021
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-II
(CURRENT AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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) 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 question will not be considered.

PART-II

Q. No. 2. What will be the strategic and political implications of the US withdrawal from the (20)
Open Skies Treaty, and how is it impacting the arms control arrangements between the
great powers?

Q. No. 3. What are the similarities and differences between Nagorno-Kaharabakh and Kashmir (20)
conflicts?

Q. No. 4. Last two decades have seen the rise of the right as a potent challenge to the liberal (20)
democracies throughout the world. What are the causes of this rise and how can states
attend to this challenge?

Q. No. 5. Most of the major political parties have committed to the creation of the new provinces (20)
in Pakistan. Should new provinces be created or not, in Pakistan? Elaborate your
answer by giving references from the new provinces debate.

Q. No. 6. Some scholars term Afghan Peace Deal as the US Withdrawal Deal. Do you agree? (20)
Answer the question while discussing the contours of the Afghan peace process.

Q. No. 7. How is militarization of Artificial Intelligence and Computing revolutionizing the (20)
military affairs?

Q. No. 8. Delineate the ways in which Covid-19 has affected the contours of the contemporary (20)
world order.

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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2016
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ISLAMIC STUDIES
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt FOUR questions from PART-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
Q. No. 2. What is meant by culture and civilization? Describe the characteristics of Islamic (20)
culture.
Q. No. 3. What is the difference between Deen and Religion? Describe the importance of Deen (20)
in human life with arguments.
Q. No. 4. Describe the characteristics of Military strategist in the light of Sirah of Muhammad (20)
(PBUH) with arguments.
Q. No. 5. Define the meaning of prayer and its different categories. Also describe the spiritual, (20)
moral and social impact of prayers.
Q. No. 6. Highlight the concept of Public Administration in Islam. Explain the responsibilities of (20)
Civil Servants.
Q. No. 7. Discuss the salient features of Islamic political system in the light of governance under (20)
pious Khilafat-i-Rashida.
Q. No. 8. What are the contemporary challenges of Muslim world? Suggest its solutions in the (20)
light of Quran and Sunnah?
URDU VERSION
‫ﺗﮩﺬﯾﺐ وﺗﻤﺪن ﺳﮯ ﮐﯿﺎ ﻣﺮاد ﮨﮯ؟ اﺳﻼﻣﯽ ﺗﮩﺬﯾﺐ ﮐﯽ ﺧﺼﻮﺻﯿﺎت ﺑﯿﺎن ﮐﯿﺠﯿﺌﮯ۔‬ :2 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20)
‫ دﯾﻦ اور ﻣﺬﮨﺐ ﻣﯿﮟ ﮐﯿﺎ ﻓﺮق ﮨﮯ؟ اﻧﺴﺎﻧﯽ زﻧﺪﮔﯽ ﻣﯿﮟ دﯾﻦ ﮐﯽ اﮨﻤﯿﺖ ﮐﻮ دﻻﺋﻞ ﺳﮯ واﺿﺢ‬:3 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫ﮐﯿﺠﯿﺌﮯ۔‬
‫ ﺳﯿﺮت طﯿﺒہ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﮐﯽ روﺷﻨﯽ ﻣﯿﮟ ﻋﻈﯿﻢ ﺳﭙہ ﺳﺎﻻر ﮐﯽ ﺧﻮﺑﯿﺎں ﺑﯿﺎن ﮐﯿﺠﯿﺌﮯ۔‬:4‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20)
‫ اﺧﻼﻗﯽ اور‬، ‫ ﻧﻤﺎز ﮐﺎ ﻣﻔﮩﻮم اور اس ﮐﯽ ﻣﺨﺘﻠﻒ اﻧﻮاع ﻟﮑﮭﯿﺌﮯ۔ ﻧﯿﺰ اس ﮐﯽ روﺣﺎﻧﯽ‬:5‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫ﺳﻤﺎﺟﯽ اﺛﺮات ﺑﯿﺎن ﮐﯿﺠﯿﺌﮯ۔‬
‫ اﺳﻼم ﻣﯿﮟ ﭘﺒﻠﮏ اﯾﮉﻣﻨﺴﭩﺮﯾﺸﻦ ﭘﺮ روﺷﻨﯽ ڈاﻟﺘﮯ ﮨﻮﺋﮯ ﺳﺮﮐﺎری ﻣﻼزﻣﯿﻦ ﮐﯽ ذﻣہ‬:6 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫دارﯾﻮں ﮐﯽ وﺿﺎﺣﺖ ﮐﯿﺠﯿﺌﮯ؟‬
 ‫ ﺧﻼﻓﺖ راﺷﺪہ ﮐﯽ طﺮز ﺣﮑﻤﺮاﻧﯽ ﮐﯽ روﺷﻨﯽ ﻣﯿﮟ اﺳﻼم ﮐﮯ ﺳﯿﺎﺳﯽ ﻧﻈﺎم ﮐﯽ ﻧﻤﺎﯾﺎں‬:7 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫ﺧﻮﺑﯿﺎں ﺑﯿﺎن ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔‬
‫ ﻋﺼﺮ ﺣﺎﺿﺮ ﻣﯿﮟ اﻣﺖ ﻣﺴﻠﻤہ ﮐﻮ ﮐﻮﻧﺴﮯ ﻣﺴﺎﺋﻞ در ﭘﯿﺶ ﮨﯿﮟ۔ ﻗﺮآن و ﺳﻨﺖ ﮐﯽ روﺷﻨﯽ‬:8 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫ﻣﯿﮟ ان ﮐﺎ ﺣﻞ ﺗﺠﻮﯾﺰ ﮐﯿﺠﯿﺌﮯ؟‬
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2017
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ISLAMIC STUDIES
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt FOUR questions from PART-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
Q. No. 2. Who are entitled to receive Zakat according to the Quran? Elucidating social impact of (20)
Zakat, clarify how can poverty be alleviated with its distribution in Islamic Society?
Q. No. 3. Write a comprehensive note on the right of inheritance granted to women by Islam. (20)

Q. No. 4. How were the Rightly-guided Caliphs elected? To what extent their system of (20)
government be regarded as democratic?
Q. No. 5. Elucidate how the Prophet of Islam (Peace be upon him) exemplified him as the (20)
greatest peace maker in the world by making reconciliation with pagans, Jews and
Christians?
Q. No. 6. Explain the concept of self-purification in the light of the Qur’ān and Sunnah and its (20)
impact on society.
Q. No. 7. Enumerate the reasons of extremism in Pakistan and suggest solutions to eradicate it in (20)
the light of Islamic teachings.
Q. No. 8. Define Ijma’ (consensus) and explain its different kinds. Highlight its importance in the (20)
light of the Qur’ān and Sunnah.

URDU VERSION
‫زﮐﻮة ﮐﮯ ﺳﻤﺎﺟﯽ‬ ٰ ‫ ﻗﺮآن ِ ﻣﺠﯿﺪ ﮐﮯ ﺑﯿﺎن ﮐﺮده ﻣﺼﺎرف ِ زﮐﻮ ٰة ﮐﻮن ﮐﻮن ﺳﮯ ﮨﯿﮟ؟‬:2 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
‫اﺛﺮات ﺑﯿﺎن ﮐﺮﺗﮯ ﮨﻮﺋﮯ واﺿﺢ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ ﮐہ اِس ﮐﯽ ﺗﻘﺴﯿﻢ‬
‫ﺳﮯ اﺳﻼﻣﯽ ﻣﻌﺎﺷﺮے ﻣﯿﮟ ﻏﺮﺑﺖ ﮐﻮ ﮐﯿﺴﮯ ﮐﻢ ﮐﯿﺎ ﺟﺎ ﺳﮑﺘﺎ ﮨﮯ؟‬
(20)
‫ اﺳﻼم ﻣﯿﮟ ﻋﻮرﺗﻮں ﮐﮯ ﺣﻖ ِوراﺛﺖ ﭘﺮ اﯾﮏ ﺗﻔﺼﯿﻠﯽ ﺷﺬره ﻗﻠﻢ ﺑﻨﺪ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔‬:3 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20)
‫ ﺧﻠﻔﺎﺋﮯ راﺷﺪﯾﻦ ﮐﺎ اﻧﺘﺨﺎب ﮐﯿﺴﮯ ﻋﻤﻞ ﻣﯿﮟ آﯾﺎ؟ ا ُن ﮐﯽ ﺣﮑﻮﻣﺖ ﮐﻮ ﮐﺲ ﺣﺪ ﺗﮏ ﺟﻤﮩﻮری‬:4‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫ﻗﺮار دﯾﺎ ﺟﺎ ﺳﮑﺘﺎ ﮨﮯ؟‬
‫ﺣﻀﻮر اﮐﺮم‬
ِ ‫ﻧﺼﺎری ﺳﮯ ﻣﻔﺎﮨﻤﺖ ﮐﺮ ﮐﮯ‬
ٰ ‫ واﺿﺢ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ ﮐہ ﮐﯿﺴﮯ ﻣﺸﺮﮐﯿﻦ اور ﯾﮩﻮد و‬:5‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
‫ﭘﯿﻐﻤﺒﺮ اﻣﻦ‬
ِ ‫ﷺ ﻧﮯ دﻧﯿﺎ ﮐﮯ ﻋﻈﯿﻢ ﺗﺮﯾﻦ‬
‫ﮨﻮﻧﮯ ﮐﯽ ﻣﺜﺎل ﻗﺎﺋﻢ ﮐﯽ؟‬
(20)
‫ ﻗﺮآن و ﺳُﻨﺖ ﮐﯽ روﺷﻨﯽ ﻣﯿﮟ ﺗﺰﮐﯿ ٔہ ﻧﻔﺲ ﮐﯽ وﺿﺎﺣﺖ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ اور ﻣﻌﺎﺷﺮے ﭘﺮ اس ﮐﮯ‬:6 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫اﺛﺮات ﮐﺎ ﺟﺎﺋﺰه ﻟﯿﮟ۔‬
‫ ﭘﺎﮐﺴﺘﺎن ﻣﯿﮟ اﻧﺘﮩﺎ ﭘﺴﻨﺪی ﮐﮯ اﺳﺒﺎب ﮐﯿﺎ ﮨﯿﮟ؟ اﺳﻼﻣﯽ ﺗﻌﻠﯿﻤﺎت ﮐﯽ روﺷﻨﯽ ﻣﯿﮟ اس ﮐﮯ‬:7 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫ﺧﺎﺗﻤﮯ ﮐﺎ ﺣﻞ ﭘﯿﺶ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔‬
‫ اﺟﻤﺎع ﺳﮯ ﮐﯿﺎ ﻣﺮاد ﮨﮯ؟اس ﮐﯽ ﻣﺨﺘﻠﻒ اﻗﺴﺎم ﮐﯽ وﺿﺎﺣﺖ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔ ﻧﯿﺰ ﻗﺮآن و ﺳُﻨﺖ ﮐﯽ‬:8 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫روﺷﻨﯽ ﻣﯿﮟ اس ﮐﯽ اﮨﻤﯿﺖ واﺿﺢ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔‬
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2018
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UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt FOUR questions from PART-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
Q. No. 2. Define Ijtihad, also highlight its contemporary importance in the light of Islamic Fiqh. (20)

Q. No. 3. What is Self-purification and Ehsan? Explain it in the light of Quran and Sunnah, also (20)
describe its individual and collective impacts.
Q. No. 4. Point out the motives of terrorism in Pakistan. How can the society get rid of (20)
terrorism?
Q. No. 5. Highlight the responsibilities of civil servants in the light of Islamic teachings. (20)

Q. No. 6. Write a comprehensive note on Zakat system of Islam and its spiritual, moral and (20)
social impacts.
Q. No. 7. Describe, in detail, the basic characteristics of Islamic civilization. (20)

Q. No. 8. The Holy Prophet (�) is the prophet of peace and safety. Explain with arguments. (20)

URDU VERSION

‫اﺟﺘﮩﺎدﮐﯽ ﺗﻌﺮﯾﻒ ﮐﺮﺗﮯ ﮨﻮﺋﮯ ﻓﻘہ اﺳﻼﻣﯽ ﮐﯽ روﺷﻨﯽ ﻣﯿﮟ اس ﮐﯽ ﻋﺼﺮی اﮨﻤﯿﺖ واﺿﺢ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔‬ :2 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20)
‫ ﺗﺰﮐﯿہ و اﺣﺴﺎن ﺳﮯ ﮐﯿﺎ ﻣﺮاد ﮨﮯ؟ ﻗﺮآن وﺳﻨﺖ ﮐﯽ روﺷﻨﯽ ﻣﯿﮟ وﺿﺎﺣﺖ ﮐﺮﺗﮯ ﮨﻮﺋﮯ اس ﮐﮯ‬:3 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫اﻧﻔﺮادی و اﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﯽ اﺛﺮات ﺑﯿﺎن ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔‬
‫ ﭘﺎﮐﺴﺘﺎن ﻣﯿﮟ دﮨﺸﺖ ﮔﺮدی ﮐﮯ ﻣﺤﺮﮐﺎت ﮐﯿﺎ ﮨﯿﮟ اور ﻣﻌﺎﺷﺮے ﮐﻮ اس ﺳﮯ ﮐﯿﺴﮯ ﻧﺠﺎت دﻻﺋﯽ ﺟﺎ‬:4‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫ﺳﮑﺘﯽ ﮨﮯ؟‬
‫ اﺳﻼﻣﯽ ﺗﻌﻠﯿﻤﺎت ﮐﯽ روﺷﻨﯽ ﻣﯿﮟ ﺳﺮﮐﺎری ﻣﻼزﻣﯿﻦ ﮐﯽ ذﻣہ دارﯾﺎں واﺿﺢ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔‬:5‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20)
ٰ ‫ﻧﻈﺎم‬
‫ اﺧﻼﻗﯽ اور ﻣﻌﺎﺷﺮﺗﯽ اﺛﺮات ﭘﺮ اﯾﮏ ﺗﻔﺼﯿﻠﯽ ﺷﺬره ﺳﭙﺮ ِد‬،‫زﮐﻮة اور اس ﮐﮯ روﺣﺎﻧﯽ‬ ِ ‫اﺳﻼم ﮐﮯ‬ :6 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20) ‫ﻗﻠﻢ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔‬
‫ اﺳﻼﻣﯽ ﺗﮩﺬﯾﺐ ﮐﯽ ﺑﻨﯿﺎدی ﺧﺼﻮﺻﯿﺎت ﺗﻔﺼﯿﻼً ﺑﯿﺎن ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔‬:7 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20)
‫ ﻧﺒﯽ ﮐﺮﯾﻢ� ﭘﯿﻐﻤﺒﺮ ِاﻣﻦ و ﺳﻼﻣﺘﯽ ﮨﯿﮟ۔ دﻻﺋﻞ ﺳﮯ واﺿﺢ ﮐﺮﯾﮟ۔‬:8 ‫ﺳﻮال ﻧﻤﺒﺮ‬
(20)
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TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt FOUR questions from PART-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
Q. No. 2. Define Tauheed. What is its impact on individual life and the society? Elaborate. (20)
Q. No. 3. Give a general estimate of Holy Prophet's (pbuh) character in the battle fields as (20)
commander.

Q. No. 4. Describe the rights of women in Islam in the context of current wave the feminist (20)
movement

Q. No. 5. Through light in detail on the moral value system of Islam as significant feature (20)
Islamic civilization.

Q. No. 6. Write a comprehensive note on Hajj (the pilgrimage) system of Islam and its (20)
spiritual, moral and social impacts.

Q. No. 7. Is extremism a challenge to Islam? Discuss in the context of contemporary challenges (20)
faced by Muslim Ummah.

Q. No. 8. Give suggestions to reform Pakistani Politics keeping in view the different aspects of (20)
political system of Islam.

URDU VERSION
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PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
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places.
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(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 question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. No. 2. Discuss the status and grade of “Tolerance and Forgivness” in the life of (20)
the Holly Prophet (PBUH).
Q. No. 3. Write a comprehensive note on the bravery and juridical Wisdom of (20)
Hazrat Ali (R.A)
Q. No. 4. (20)
“The last Sermon of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) is the basic document for
awakening of conscious of mankind for human rights”. Discuss.
Q. No. 5. Discuss in detail the principles and terms & conditions for “Jihad” in the (20)
light of Quran and Sunnah.
Q. No. 6. Analyze the Madina Accord as a “Social Contract” in detail. (20)

Q. No. 7. “Islam teaches the lesson of human respect and dignity irrespective of (20)
colour, race and creed”. Discuss.
Q. No. 8. “Islamic Financial and Economic system is the solution of the human (20)
financial problems”. Discuss.

URDU VERSION

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(20) ‫ ا�م���وا�دى�م�ا������ت���۔���۔‬:8�‫�ال‬
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PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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. 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) 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 question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. No. 2. What is belief in the Day of Judgment ? Explore its effects on individual and collective (20)
lives of human beings.
Q. No. 3. Islam provides better rights to men and women than all other religions. Explore with (20)
arguments.
Q. No. 4. Comment on the teachings of Islam regarding co-existence in a multi-faith society. (20)

Q. No. 5. Islamophobia is a sign of extremism. Give suggestions for its remedy. (20)

Q. No. 6. Express the principles of accountability of rulers according to the Holy Quarn and (20)
Sunnah.

Q. No. 7. Explore the importance of Sufism to spread out Islam. Is the amelioration of current (20)
deviation possible through Sufism?
Q. No. 8. Write notes on the following: (10 marks each) (20)
(a) Treaty of Hudaybiyya as a pact of peace.
(b) Benefits acquired from Battle of Khayber.

URDU VERSION
‫عقیدہ آخرت کی وضاحت کریں۔ اس کےانسانوں کی انفرادی و اجتمائی زندگی پر اثرات کا جائزہ‬ :2 ‫سوال نمبر‬
)20( ‫لیں۔‬
‫اسالم مرد و خواتین کو تمام مذاہب سے بہتر حقوق مہیاکرتا ہے۔ دالئل سے ثابت کریں۔‬ :3 ‫سوال نمبر‬
)20(
‫کثیر المذہبی معاشرے میں بقائےباہمی کی اسالمی تعلیمات کا خالصہ پیش کریں۔‬ :4‫سوال نمبر‬
)20(
‫اسالموفوبیاانتہاپسندی کی عالمت ہے اس کے تدارک کے لیے تجاویز پیش کریں۔‬ :5‫سوال نمبر‬
)20(
‫اسالم نے حکمرانوں کے احتساب کے جو اصول وضع کیے ہیں قرآن و سنت کی روشنی میں بیان‬ :6 ‫سوال نمبر‬
)20( ‫کریں‬
‫ کیا موجودہ بے راہ روی کا عالج تصوف میں‬، ‫ فروغ اسالم میں تصوف کی اہمیت بیان کریں‬:7 ‫سوال نمبر‬
)20( ‫ممکن ہے؟‬
)10 marks each) ‫درج ذیل پر نوٹ لکھیں۔‬ :8 ‫سوال نمبر‬
)20(
 ‫صلح حدیبیہ بحثیت معاہدہ امن۔‬ ‫)‪(a‬‬
‫غزوہ خیبرسے حاصل ہونے والے فوائد۔‬ ‫)‪(b‬‬
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2016 FOR RECRUITMENT TO Roll Number
POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(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
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage in about 120 words and suggest a suitable title: (20)
During my vacation last May, I had a hard time choosing a tour. Flights to Japan, Hong Kong and Australia are just too
common. What I wanted was somewhere exciting and exotic, a place where I could be spared from the holiday tour
crowds. I was so happy when John called up, suggesting a trip to Cherokee, a county in the state of Oklahoma. I agreed
and went off with the preparation immediately.
We took a flight to Cherokee and visited a town called Qualla Boundary surrounded by magnificent mountain scenery,
the town painted a paradise before us. With its Oconaluftee Indian Village reproducing tribal crafts and lifestyles of the
18th century and the outdoor historical pageant Unto These Hills playing six times weekly in the summer nights, Qualla
Boundary tries to present a brief image of the Cherokee past to the tourists.
Despite the language barrier, we managed to find our way to the souvenir shops with the help of the natives. The shops
were filled with rubber tomahawks and colorful traditional war bonnets, made of dyed turkey feathers. Tepees, cone-
shaped tents made from animal skin, were also pitched near the shops. "Welcome! Want to get anything?" We looked
up and saw a middle-aged man smiling at us. We were very surprised by his fluent English. He introduced himself as
George and we ended up chatting till lunch time when he invited us for lunch at a nearby coffee shop.
"Sometimes, I've to work from morning to sunset during the tour season. Anyway, this is still better off than being a
woodcutter ..." Remembrance weighed heavy on George's mind and he went on to tell us that he used to cut firewood
for a living but could hardly make ends meet. We learnt from him that the Cherokees do not depend solely on trade for
survival. During the tour off-peak period, the tribe would have to try out other means for income. One of the successful
ways is the "Bingo Weekend". On the Friday afternoons of the Bingo weekends, a large bingo hall was opened,
attracting huge crowds of people to the various kinds of games like the Super Jackpot and the Warrior Game Special.
According to George, these forms of entertainment fetch them great returns.
Our final stop in Qualla Boundary was at the museum where arts, ranging from the simple hand-woven oak baskets to
wood and stone carvings of wolves, ravens and other symbols of Cherokee cosmology are displayed.
Back at home, I really missed the place and I would of course look forward to the next trip to another exotic place.
Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (20)
The New Year is the time for resolution. Mentally, at least most of us could compile formidable lists of ‘do’s and
‘don’ts’. The same old favorites recur year in and year out with the children, do a thousand and one job about the
house, be nice to people we don’t like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day. Past experience has
taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. If we remain deep rooted liars, it is only because we
have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.
Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to
carry them out. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolution to everybody so that we look even
more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways. Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my
resolution to myself. I limited myself to two modest ambitions, to do physical exercise every morning and to read more
in the evening. An overnight party on New Year’s Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of
these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.
The daily exercise lasted only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in the morning before anyone had got up.
The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable. Nevertheless,
I managed to creep down into the living room for two days before anyone found me out. After jumping about in the
carpet and twisted the human frame into uncomfortable positions. I sat down at the breakfast table in an exhausted
condition. It was this that betrayed me. The next morning the whole family trooped into watch the performance. That
was really unsettling but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good humoredly and soon everybody got used to
the idea. However, my enthusiasm waned, the time I spent at exercises gradually diminished. Little by little the eleven
minutes fell to zero. By January10th I was back to where I had started from. I argued that if I spent less time exhausting
myself at exercises in the morning. I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work. Resisting the
hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book. One night, however,
feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read. That proved to be my
undoing, for I soon got back to the old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen. I still haven’t given up my
resolution to do more reading. In fact, I have just bought a book entitled ‘How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute’.
Perhaps it will solve my problem, but I just have not had time to read it.
Questions: 1. Why most of us fail in our efforts for self-improvement? (5)
2. Why is it a basic mistake to announce our resolution to everybody? (5)
3. Why did the writer not carry out his resolution on New Year’s Day? (5)
4. Find out the words in the above passage which convey the similar meaning to the following:
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Q. 4. (a) Correct only FIVE of the following: (5)
(i) We were staying at my sister’s cape’s code vacation home.
(ii) She recommended me that I take a few days off from work.
(iii) I tried to explain him the problem, but he had difficulty understanding me.
(iv) I’ll do the grocery shopping for you grandma, Lucy said.
(v) We took a tent, a cooler, and a sleeping bag.
(vi) I don’t know why you didn’t go. If I were you, I should have gone.
(vii) Kevin says he stopped to travel internationally because of his family.
(viii) Don’t run! Mr. Salman shouted.
(b) Choose the punctuation mark that is needed in each of the following sentences: (5)
(i) “It isn’t fair!” shouted Martin. Coach Lewis never lets me start the game!”
(ii) Maureen’s three sisters, Molly, Shannon, and Patricia are all spending the summer at their grandmother’s
beach house.
(iii) For the centrepieces, the florist recommended the following flowers daisies, tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths.
(iv) Lily is an accomplished gymnast she won three medals in her last competition.
(v) Everyone was shocked when Max Smithfield – a studious, extremely bright high school senior decided that
college was not for him.

Q. 5. (a) Choose the analogy of the words written in capital letters (Any five). (5)
(i) SLAPSTICK : LAUGHTER (ii) CONVICTION : INCARCERATION
(a) Fallacy : Dismay (b) Genre : Mystery (a) Reduction : Diminution
(c) Satire : Anger (d) Horror : Fear (b) Induction : Amelioration
(iii) PROFESSOR : ERUDITE (c) Radicalization : Estimation
(a) Aviator : Licensed (d) Marginalization : Intimidation
(b) Inventor : Imaginative (iv) METAPHOR : SYMBOL
(c) Procrastinator : Conscientious (a) Pentameter : Poem (b) Rhythm : Melody
(d) Overseer : Wealthy (c) Nuance : Song (d) Analogy : Comparison
(v) SPY : CLANDESTINE (vi) VERVE : ENTHUSIASM
(a) Accountant : Meticulous (a) Loyalty : Duplicity (b) Devotion : Reverence
(b) Furrier : Rambunctious (c) Intensity : Colour (d) Eminence : Anonymity
(c) Lawyer : Ironic (viii)DEPENDABLE : CAPRICIOUS
(d) Shepherd : Garrulous (a) Fallible : Cantankerous
(vii) DELTOID : MUSCLE (b) Erasable : Obtuse
(a) Radius : Bone (b) Brain : Nerve (c) Malleable : Limpid
(c) Tissue : Organ (d) Blood : Vein (d) Capable : Inept
(b) Rewrite the following dialogue, written in indirect speech, in a paragraph form. (5)
Helen: Mr West, what's happened to John?
Mr West: He's left the company
Helen: Why has he done that?
Mr West: He asked me for a rise but I didn't give it to him.
Helen: Why didn't you give him a rise?
Mr West: Because he was lazy.
Helen: Has he found another job?
Mr West: Yes, he is working in a film company.
Helen: What is his salary like?
Mr West: I think he earns quite a lot.
Helen: Does he like the new job?
Mr West: I don't know.

Q. 6. (a) Explain the difference between the following word pairs by using each word in your own sentences
(Any five): (5)
(i) Adverse, averse (ii) altogether, all together (iii) allude, elude (iv) braise, braze
(v) curb, kerb (vi) faze, phase (vii) maybe, may be (viii) moat, mote
(b) Use any FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (5)
(i) Smash hit (ii) Murphy’s law (iii) Place in the Sun (iv) Wooden spoon
(v) Go bananas (vi) Beard the Lion in his den (vii) Groan inwardly (viii) Chicken out

Q. 7. Translate the following Urdu paragraph into English by keeping in view figurative/ idiomatic expression.
(10)
‫ﻋﺎم ﻟﻮﮔﻮں ﮐﺎ ﺧﯿﺎل ﮨﮯ ﮐہ ُﻣﻠﮏ ﮐﮯ ﻗﺎﻧﻮن اور ﻓﺮد ﮐﯽ آزادی اﯾﮏ دوﺳﺮے ﮐﯽ ﺿﺪ ﮨﻮﺗﮯ ﮨﯿﮟ۔ ﺑﻈﺎﮨﺮ ﯾہ ﺑﺎت ﻏﻠﻂ ﻣﻌﻠﻮم ﻧﮩﯿﮟ‬
‫ﮨﻮﺗﯽ۔ ﮨﺮ ﻗﺎﻧﻮن ﺷﮩﺮﯾﻮں ﭘﺮ ﮐﻮﺋﯽ ﻧہ ﮐﻮﺋﯽ ﭘﺎﺑﻨﺪی ﻋﺎﺋﺪ ﮐﺮﺗﺎ ﮨﮯ۔ اﮔﺮ ُﻣﻠﮏ ﻣﯿﮟ ﻗﻮاﻧﯿﻦ ﮐﯽ ﺗﻌﺪاد زﯾﺎده ﮨﻮ ﺗﻮ ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﯽ ﭘﺎﺑﻨﺪﯾﺎں ﺑﮭﯽ‬
‫زﯾﺎده ﮨﻮﺗﯽ ﮨﯿﮟ۔ زﯾﺎده ﭘﺎﺑﻨﺪﯾﻮں ﺳﮯ ﻓﺮد ﮐﯽ آزادی اِن ﮐﮯ ﺑﻮﺟﮭ ﺗﻠﮯ دب ﮐﺮره ﺟﺎﺗﯽ ﮨﮯ۔ اِس ﮐﮯ ﺑﺮﻋﮑﺲ ﻗﻮاﻧﯿﻦ ﮐﯽ ﺗﻌﺪاد ﮐﻢ ﮨﻮ‬
‫ﺗﻮ ﺷﮩﺮﯾﻮں ﮐﯽ آزادی ﮐﺎ داﺋﺮه وﺳﯿﻊ ﮨﻮﺗﺎ ﮨﮯ۔‬
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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2017 FOR RECRUITMENT TO Roll Number
POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(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
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage and also suggest a suitable title: (20)
All the evils in this world are brought about by the persons who are always up and doing, but do not know when they
ought to be up nor what they ought to be doing. The devil, I take it, is still the busiest creature in the universe, and I can
quite imagine him denouncing laziness and becoming angry at the smallest waste of time. In his kingdom, I will wager,
nobody is allowed to do nothing, not even for a single afternoon. The world, we all freely admit, is in a muddle but I for
one do not think that it is laziness that has brought it to such a pass. It is not the active virtues that it lacks but the
passive ones; it is capable of anything but kindness and a little steady thought. There is still plenty of energy in the
world (there never were more fussy people about), but most of it is simply misdirected. If, for example, in July 1914,
when there was some capital idling weather, everybody, emperors, Kings, arch dukes, statesmen, generals, journalists,
had been suddenly smitten with an intense desire to do nothing, just to hang about in the sunshine and consume
tobacco, then we should all have been much better off than we are now. But no, the doctrine of the strenuous life still
went unchallenged; there must be no time wasted; something must be done. Again, suppose our statesmen, instead of
rushing off to Versailles with a bundle of ill-digested notions and great deal of energy to dissipate had all taken a
fortnight off, away from all correspondence and interviews and what not, and had simply lounged about on some
hillside or other apparently doing nothing for the first time in their energetic lives, then they might have gone to their
so-called peace conference and come away again with their reputations still unsoiled and the affairs of the world in
good trim. Even at the present time, if half of the politicians in Europe would relinquish the notion that laziness is crime
and go away and do nothing for a little space, we should certainly gain by it. Other examples come crowding into mind.
Thus, every now and then, certain religious sects hold conferences; but though there are evils abroad that are mountains
high, though the fate of civilization is still doubtful, the members who attend these conferences spend their time
condemning the length of ladies’ skirts and the noisiness of dance bands. They would all be better employed lying flat
on their backs somewhere, staring at the sky and recovering their mental health.
Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (20)
Education ought to teach us how to be in love and what to be in love with. The great things of history have been done
by the great lovers, by the saints and men of science, and artists, and the problem of civilization is to give every man a
chance of being a saint, a man of science, or an artist. But this problem cannot be attempted, much less solved, unless
men desire to be saints, men of science, and artists. And if they are to desire that continuously and consciously they
must be taught what it means to be these. We think of the man of science or the artist, if not of the saint, as a being with
peculiar gifts, not as one who exercises, more precisely and incessantly perhaps, activities which we all ought to
exercise. It is a commonplace now that art has ebbed away out of our ordinary life, out of all the things which we use,
and that it is practiced no longer by workmen but only by a few painters and sculptors. That has happened because we
no longer recognize the aesthetic activity of the spirit, so common to all men. We do not know that when a man makes
anything he ought to make it beautiful for the sake of doing so, and that when a man buys anything he ought to demand
beauty in it, for the sake of beauty. We think of beauty if we think of it at all as a mere source of pleasure, and therefore
it means to us ornament, added to things for which we can pay extra as we choose. But beauty is not an ornament to
life, or to the things made by man. It is an essential part of both. The aesthetic activity, when it reveals itself in things
made by men, reveals itself in design, just as it reveals itself in the design of all natural things. It shapes objects as the
moral activity shapes actions, and we ought to recognize it in the objects and value it, as we recognize and value moral
activity in actions. And as actions empty of the moral activity are distasteful to us, so should objects be that are empty
of the aesthetic activity. But this is not so with most of us. We do not value it; do not even recognize it, or the lack of it,
in the work of others. The artist, of whatever kind, is a man so much aware of the beauty of the universe that he must
impart the same beauty to whatever he makes. He has exercised his aesthetic activity in the discovery of the beauty in
the universe before he exercises it in imparting beauty to that which he makes. He has seen things in that relation in his
own work, whatever it may be. And just as he sees that relation for its own sake, so he produces it for its own sake and
satisfies the desire of his spirit in doing so. And we should value his work; we should desire that relation in all things
made by man, if we too have the habit of seeing that relation in the universe, and if we knew that, when we see it, we
are exercising an activity of the spirit and satisfying a spiritual desire. And we should also know that work without
beauty means unsatisfied spiritual desire in the worker; that it is waste of life and common evil and danger, like thought
without truth, or action without righteousness.
Questions: 1. What has been lamented in the text? (4)
2. What is the difference between ordinary man and an artist? (4)
3. How can we make our lives beautiful and charming? (4)
4. What does the writer actually mean when he says, “Beauty is not an ornament to life”? (4)
5. Do art and beauty affect our practical life and morals? Justify whether you agree or disagree. (4)
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ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
Q. 4. (a) Correct only FIVE of the following: (5)
(i) In the accident one of my arms was broken and my legs bruised.
(ii) The people who had been raising slogans against the government for many hours they wanted increase
in their salaries.
(iii) You have been working very hard for the last two years. Isn’t it?
(iv) John could hardly do no better than to have caught a bass of such dimensions.
(v) I who have no chance to meet him would rather go with you instead of sitting at home.
(vi) He not only comes there for swimming but also for coaching new swimmers.
(vii) When he visited the fair last time, he bought no less than twenty school bags.
(viii) Ten cattles were grazing in the field.
(b) Re-write the following sentences (Only FIVE) after filling in the blanks appropriately: (5)
(i) I cannot buy this car _____ this price.
(a) for (b) in (c) at (d) on
(ii) Send these books _____ my home address.
(a) on (b) at (c) in (d) to
(iii) Monkeys live _____ trees.
(a) in (b) at (c) upon (d) on
(iv) I said it _____ his face.
(a) at (b) on (c) to (d) upon
(v) The manager _______the receipt of my letter promptly.
(a) accepted (b) realized (c) recognized (d) acknowledged
(vi) Most foreign students don’t like American coffee, and ________ .
(a) I don’t too (b) either don’t (c) neither don’t I (d) neither do I
(vii) We________ take care of our parents when they are old.
(a) could (b) would (c) might (d) ought to
(viii) Yousaf ________in the garden the whole of yesterday.
(a) has dug (b) was digging (c) dug (d) had dug
Q. 5. (a) Choose the ANALOGY of words written in capital letters. Attempt any FIVE. (5)
(i) LION: ROAR (ii) SHADOW : LIGHT
(a) Snake : Slither (b) Goat: Bleat (a) Flood : Rain (b) Image : Object
(c) Lizard : Crawl (d) Elephant : Tusk (c) Reaction : Action (d) House : Bricks
(iii) CLOT : BLOOD (iv) FEARFUL: COWER
(a) Ink: Water (b) Curdle : Milk (a) Humble: Boast (b) Weak : Exercise
(c) Vaporize : Camphor (d) Brew : Coffee (c) Arrogant : Strut (d) Wise : Dispute
(v) EXPEDITE : HASTEN (vi) WOOD: FURNITURE
(a) Conscript : Write down (a) Father : Child (b) Tree : Seedling
(b) Diver : Make harder (c) Soil : Clay (d) Stone : Sculpture
(c) Facilitate : Make easiest (viii)LECHER : LUST
(d) Satirize : Praise (a) Pith : Herb (b) Glutton : Greed
(vii) SURGEON : DEXTEROUS (c) Business : Profit (d) Showbiz : Fame
(a) Clown : Fat (b) Actress : Beautiful
(c) Athlete : Tall (d) Acrobat : Agile
(b) Punctuate the following text, where necessary. (5)
a quaker was one day walking on country road he was suddenly met by a highwayman pointing a pistol the man
exclaimed your money or your life my friend said the quaker I cannot deliver my money for i should be helping thee
in evildoing however exchange is lawful and i will give thee my purse for the pistol the robber agree on receiving
the purse the quaker at once held the pistol at the robbers head and said now friend my purse back or the weapon
may go off fire said the robber there is no powder in the pistol
Q. 6. (a) Explain the difference between the following word pairs (Any FIVE) by using each word in your
own sentences: (5)
(i) Wrath, Wroth (ii) Veracity, Voracity (iii) Subtler, Sutler (iv) Retenue, Retinue
(v) Minute, Minuet (vi) Furor, Furore (vii) Dinghy, dingy (viii) Bony, Bonny
(b) Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (5)
(i) Spirit away (ii) Plough back (iii) Eager beaver (iv) Ring a bell
(v) Be left holding the baby (vi) Cap in hand (vii) Hold out a carrot (viii) Over the moon
Q. 7. Translate the following into English by keeping in view figurative/idiomatic expression. (10)
‫اپنے پوشیدہ عیبوں کو معلوم کرنے کے لیے یہ دیکھنا ضروری ہے کہ ہمارے دشمن ہم کو کیا کہتے ہیں۔ ہمارے دوست اکثر ہمارے‬
‫دل کے موافق ہماری تعریف کرتے ہیں۔ اول ہمارے عیب ان کو عیب ہی نہیں لگتے یا پھر ہماری خاطر کو ایسا عزیز رکھتے ہیں کہ اِس‬
‫کو رنجیدہ نہ کرنے کے خیال سے اِن کو چھپاتے ہیں۔ یا پھر اِن سے چشم پوشی کرتے ہیں۔ بر خالف اِس کے ہمارا دشمن ہم کو خوب‬
‫ گووہ دشمنی سے چھوٹی بات کو بڑا بنا دیتا ہے۔ مگر اِس میں کچھ‬،‫ٹٹولتا ہے اور کونے کونے سے ڈھونڈ کر ہمارے عیب نکالتا ہے‬
‫نہ کچھ اصلیت ہوتی ہے۔دوست ہمیشہ اپنے دوست کی نیکیوں کو بڑھاتا ہے اور دشمن‬
‫عیبوں کو۔ اِس لیے ہمیں اپنے دشمن کا زیادہ اِحسان مند ہونا چاہیے کہ وہ ہمیں ہمارے عیبوں سے مطلع کرتا ہے۔ اِس تناظر میں‬
‫دیکھا جائے تو دشمن دوست سے بہتر ثابت ہوتا ہے۔‬
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2018 Roll Number
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(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
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage in about 120 words and also suggest a suitable title: (20)
It is in the temperate countries of northern Europe that the beneficial effects of cold are most manifest. A cold climate
seems to stimulate energy by acting as an obstacle. In the face of an insuperable obstacle our energies are numbed by
despair; the total absence of obstacles, on the other hand leaves no room for the exercise and training of energy; but a
struggle against difficulties that we have a fair hope of over-coming, calls into active operation all our powers. In like
manner, while intense cold numbs human energies, and a hot climate affords little motive for exertion, moderate cold
seems to have a bracing effect on the human race. In a moderately cold climate man is engaged in an arduous, but no
hopeless struggles and with the inclemency of the weather. He has to build strong houses and procure thick clothes to
keep himself warm. To supply fuel for his fires, he must hew down trees and dig coal out of the earth. In the open air,
unless he moves quickly, he will suffer pain from the biting wind. Finally, in order to replenish the expenditure of
bodily tissue caused by his necessary exertions, he has to procure for himself plenty of nourishing food.
Quite different is the lot of man in the tropics. In the neighbourhood of the equator there is little need of clothes or fire,
and it is possible with perfect comfort and no danger to health, to pass the livelong day stretched out on the bare ground
beneath the shade of a tree. A very little fruit or vegetable food is required to sustain life under such circumstances, and
that little can be obtained without much exertion from the bounteous earth.
We may recognize must the same difference between ourselves at different seasons of the year, as there is between
human nature in the tropics and in temperate climes. In hot weather we are generally languid and inclined to take life
easily; but when the cold season comes, we find that we are more inclined to vigorous exertion of our minds and
bodies.
Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (20)
The third great defect of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science has given us
powers fit for the gods, yet we use them like small children. For example, we do not know how to manage our
machines. Machines were made to be man’s servants; yet he has grown so dependent on them that they are in a fair way
to become his master. Already most men spend most of their lives looking after and waiting upon machines. And the
machines are very stern masters. They must be fed with coal, and given petrol to drink, and oil to wash with, and they
must be kept at the right temperature. And if they do not get their meals when they expect them, they grow sulky and
refuse to work, or burst with rage, and blow up, and spread ruin and destruction all around them. So we have to wait
upon them very attentively and do all that we can to keep them in a good temper. Already we find it difficult either to
work or play without the machines, and a time may come when they will rule us altogether, just as we rule the animals.
And this brings me to the point at which I asked, “What do we do with all the time which the machines have saved for
us, and the new energy they have given us?” On the whole, it must be admitted, we do very little. For the most part we
use our time and energy to make more and better machines; but more and better machines will only give us still more
time and still more energy, and what are we to do with them? The answer, I think, is that we should try to become mere
civilized. For the machines themselves, and the power which the machines have given us, are not civilization but aids to
civilization. But you will remember that we agreed at the beginning that being civilized meant making and linking
beautiful things. Thinking freely, and living rightly and maintaining justice equally between man and man. Man has a
better chance today to do these things than he ever had before; he has more time, more energy, less to fear and less to
fight against. If he will give his time and energy which his machines have won for him to making more beautiful things,
to finding out more and more about the universe, to removing the causes of quarrels between nations, to discovering
how to prevent poverty, then I think our civilization would undoubtedly be the greater, as it would be the most lasing
that there has ever been.
Questions: 1. Instead of making machines our servants the author says they have become our masters. In what sense
has this come about? (4)
2. The use of machines has brought us more leisure and more energy. But the author says that this has
been a curse rather than a blessing. Why? (4)
3. What exactly is the meaning of ‘civilization’? Do you agree with the author’s views? (4)
4. ‘Making more beautiful things’ – what does this expression mean? Make a list of the beautiful things
that you would like to make and how you would make them. (4)
5. Mention some plans you may have to prevent poverty in the world. Who would receive your most
particular attention, and why? (4)

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Q. 4. (a) Correct only FI VE of the following: (5)
(i) They only work when they have no money.
(ii) They left the hotel here they had been staying in a motor-car.
(iii) I cannot by no means allow you to do so.
(iv) My friend said he never remembered having read a more enjoyable book.
(v) Going up the hill, an old temple was seen.
(vi) One day the bird did not perform certain tricks which had thought it to his satisfaction.
(vii) I was rather impressed by the manner of the orator than by his matter.
(viii) What an awful weather!
(b) Use punctuation marks where needed in the following sentences: (5)
(i) There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish the slavery of caste
(ii) All that I am all that I hope to be I owe to my angel mother.
(iii) Take away that bauble said Cromwell pointing to the mace which lay upon the table.
(iv) There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces and that cure is
freedom
(v) History it has been said is the essence of innumerable biographies.
Q. 5. (a) Fill the following blanks (any FIVE) appropriate preposition. (5)
(i) _____ a Ford he has a Fiat car
(a) in (b) before (c) besides (d) despite
(ii) I saw him felling a big tree _____ a hatchet.
(a) with (b) through (c) by (d) at
(iii) I must start _____ dawn to reach the station in time.
(a) on (b) at (c) by (d) after
(iv) I have known him _____ a long time.
(a) since (b) from (c) for (d) over
(v) “Will you walk _______ my parlour?”
(a) in (b) to (c) by (d) into
(vi) The public are cautioned ________ pickpockets.
(a) against (b) about (c) of (d) for
(b) Rewrite the following dialogue, written in direct speech, in a paragraph form. (5)
Jack: Hello, Swarup! Swatting away as usual. Come out, man; shut up your old books, and come and
have a game of tennis.
Swarup: I am sorry I cannot do that, Jack. The examination is drawing near, and I want every hour I can get
for study.
Jack: Oh! Hang all examinations! I do not worry about mine. What is the use of them, any way?
Swarup: Well, you can’t get a degree if you don’t pass the examination; and I have set my heart on being a
graduate.
Jack: And pray what good will graduation do you? You may get a clerkship in a government office; but
that’s all, and there are hundreds of fellows who have got their degrees, and are no nearer getting
jobs of any sort.
Swarup: That may be so; but I am not studying so much to pass my examination and obtain my degree, as to
store my mind with knowledge and develop my intellectual faculties.
Q. 6. (a) Explain the difference between the following word pairs (Any FIVE) by using each word in your
own sentences: (5)
(i) Callous, Callus (ii) Born, Borne (iii) Faint, Feint (iv) Dinghy, Dingy
(v) Lose, Loose (vi) Waiver, Waver (vii) Shear, Sheer (viii) Resister, Resistor
(b) Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (5)
(i) Show and tell (ii) Helter-skelter (iii) To the death (iv) Tilt at windmills
(v) Het up (vi) The whole ball of wax (vii) It’s about time (viii) Punch-up
Q. 7. Translate the following Urdu paragraph into English by keeping in view figurative/idiomatic
expressions. (10)
‫ﻻﮨﻮر ﺷﮩﺮ ﺳﯿﺎﺳﺖ ﮨﯽ ﻧﮩﯿﮟ ﺛﻘﺎﻓﺖ ﮐﺎ ﺑﮭﯽ ﻗﺪﯾﻢ ﻣﺮﮐﺰ ﮨﮯ۔ ﻣﻐﻠﻮں ﮐﯽ ﺛﻘﺎﻓﺖ ﻧﮯ ﻋﺮوج ﮐﺎ زﻣﺎﻧہ اس ﺷﮩﺮ ﻣﯿﮟ‬
‫دﯾﮑﮭﺎ۔ ﺳﮑﮭ ﺛﻘﺎﻓﺖ ﮐﺎ ﺑﮭﯽ ﯾﮩﯽ ﻣﺮﮐﺰ ﺗﮭﺎ۔ ﻋﻠﻢ و ادب ﮐﯽ ﺛﻘﺎﻓﺖ ﺑﮭﯽ اﺳﯽ ﺷﮩﺮ ﮐﮯ ﺣﺼہ ﻣﯿﮟ آﺋﯽ۔ اﮨﻞ ﺗﺼﻮف‬
‫ﮐﺎ ﺑﮭﯽ ﯾﮩﯽ ﻣﺮﮐﺰ ﺗﮭﺎ۔ ﺗﺼﻮف ﮐﯽ ﻣﺸﮩﻮر ﮐﺘﺎب ﮐﺸﻒ اﻟﻤﺠﻮب ﮐﮯ ﻣﺼﻨﻒ ﺣﻀﺮت ﻋﻠﯽ ﮨﺠﻮﯾﺮی اﻟﻤﺸﮩﻮر‬
‫ﺣﻀﺮت داﺗﺎ ﮔﻨﺞ ﺑﺨﺶ ﺑﮭﯽ اﺳﯽ ﺷﮩﺮ ﻣﯿﮟ ﻣﺪﻓﻮن ﮨﯿﮟ۔ اﻧﮕﺮﯾﺰوں ﮐﮯ دور ﻣﯿﮟ ﺑﮭﯽ ﻻﮨﻮر ﮐﺎ ﻓﯿﺸﻦ ﭘﻮرے‬
‫ﮨﻨﺪوﺳﺘﺎن ﻣﯿﮟ راﺋﺞ ﮨﻮﺗﺎ ﺗﮭﺎ۔ ﻗﯿﺎم ﭘﺎﮐﺴﺘﺎن ﮐﮯ ﺑﻌﺪ ﺑﮭﯽ اس ﺷﮩﺮ ﮐﯽ اﮨﻤﯿﺖ ﮐﻢ ﻧﮩﯿﮟ ﮨﻮﺋﯽ۔‬
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FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) 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 question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage and also suggest a suitable title: (20)
I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering
with children, and too little to the positive merit of enjoying their company. If you have the sort of liking for children
that many people have for horses or dogs, they will be apt to respond to your suggestions, and to accept prohibitions,
perhaps with some good-humoured grumbling, but without resentment. It is no use to have the sort of liking that
consists in regarding them as a field for valuable social endeavour, or what amounts to the same thing as an outlet for
power-impulses. No child will be grateful for an interest in him that springs from the thought that he will have a vote to
be secured for your party or a body to be sacrificed to king and country. The desirable sort of interest is that which
consists in spontaneous pleasure in the presence of children, without any ulterior purpose. Teachers who have this
quality will seldom need to interfere with children's freedom, but will be able to do so, when necessary, without causing
psychological damage.

Unfortunately, it is utterly impossible for over-worked teachers to preserve an instinctive liking for children; they are
bound to come to feel towards them as the proverbial confectioner's apprentice does towards macaroons. I do not think
that education ought to be anyone's whole profession: it should be undertaken for at most two hours a day by people
whose remaining hours are spent away from children. The society of the young is fatiguing, especially when strict
discipline is avoided. Fatigue, in the end, produces irritation, which is likely to express itself somehow, whatever
theories the harassed teacher may have taught himself or herself to believe. The necessary friendliness cannot be
preserved by self-control alone. But where it exists, it should be unnecessary to have rules in advance as to how
"naughty" children are to be treated, since impulse is likely to lead to the right decision, and almost any decision will be
right if the child feels that you like him. No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.

Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (20)
When I returned to the common the sun was setting. The crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against
the lemon yellow of the sky-a couple of hundred people, perhaps. There were raised voices, and some sort of struggle
appeared to be going on about the pit. Strange imaginings passed through my mind. As I drew nearer I heard Stent's
voice: "Keep back! Keep back!" A boy came running towards me. "It's movin'," he said to me as he passed; "it’s
screwin' and screwin' out. I don't like it. I'm goin' home, I am." I went on to the crowd. There were really, I should
think, two or three hundred people elbowing and jostling one another, the one or two ladies there being by no means the
least active. "He's fallen in the pit!" cried someone. "Keep back!" said several. The crowd swayed a little, and I elbowed
my way through. Everyone seemed greatly excited. I heard a peculiar humming sound from the pit. "I say!" said
Ogilvy. "Help keep these idiots back. We don't know what's in the confounded thing, you know!" I saw a young man, a
shop assistant in Woking I believe he was, standing on the cylinder and trying to scramble out of the hole again. The
crowd had pushed him in. The end of the cylinder was being screwed out from within. Nearly two feet of shining screw
projected. Somebody blundered against me, and I narrowly missed being pitched onto the top of the screw. I turned,
and as I did so the screw must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell upon the gravel with a ringing concussion. I
stuck my elbow into the person behind me, and turned my head towards the Thing again. For a moment that circular
cavity seemed perfectly black. I had the sunset in my eyes. I think everyone expected to see a man emerge-possibly
something a little unlike us terrestrial men, but in all essentials a man. I know I did. But, looking, I presently saw
something stirring within the shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminous
disks-like eyes. Then something resembling a little grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of
the writhing middle, and wriggled in the air towards me-and then another. A sudden chill came over me. There was a
loud shriek from a woman behind. I half turned, keeping my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other
tentacles were now projecting, and began pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. I saw astonishment giving
place to horror on the faces of the people about me. I heard inarticulate exclamations on all sides. There was a general
movement backwards. I saw the shopman struggling still on the edge of the pit. I found myself alone, and saw the
people on the other side of the pit running off, Stent among them. I looked again at the cylinder and ungovernable terror
gripped me. I stood petrified and staring. A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and
painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather. Two large dark-coloured
eyes were regarding me steadfastly. The mass that framed them, the head of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might
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say, a face. There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva. The
whole creature heaved and pulsated convulsively. A lank tentacular appendage gripped the edge of the cylinder, another
swayed in the air. Those who have never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror of its
appearance. The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the absence of a chin
beneath the wedge like lower lip, the incessant quivering of this mouth, the Gorgon groups of tentacles, the tumultuous
breathing of the lungs in a strange atmosphere, the evident heaviness and painfulness of movement due to the greater
gravitational energy of the earthabove all, the extraordinary intensity of the immense eyes-were at once vital, intense,
inhuman, crippled and monstrous. There was something fungoid in the oily brown skin, something in the clumsy
deliberation of the tedious movements unspeakably nasty. Even at this first encounter, this first glimpse, I was
overcome with disgust and dread.
Questions: 1. What leads us to believe that this passage is from a science fiction story? (4)
2. How was the crowd behaving? (4)
3. Why did the mood of the crowd alter? (4)
4. What was the narrator’s initial reaction to the “Thing”? (4)
5. Why did the writer feel disgusted? (4)

Q. 4. Correct only FI VE of the following: (10)

(i) He enjoyed during the holidays.
(ii) None of the boys had learnt their lesson.
(iii) He is abusing the money of his father.
(iv) I regret at the delay.
(v) I could not help but laugh.
(vi) I always have and always shall be your friend.
(vii) I was out walking when I saw the new moon in the garden.
(viii) He cried as if he was mad.

Q. 5. (a) Punctuate the following text, where necessary. (5)

a hungry lion slipped out of the forest into a barnyard one evening when he saw a plump donkey his mouth
began to water but just as he was ready to jump on the donkey a rooster crowed he was frightened and so
turned away into the forest again hey look at that cowardly lion the donkey brayed to the rooster i am going
to chase him and the donkey ran after the lion wait the rooster shouted you dont know that but it was too late
the lion had turned and killed the donkey ah my poor stupid friend the rooster said as he watched the lion
eating the donkey the lion wasnt afraid of you but of my crowing
(b) Re-write the following sentences (ONLY FIVE) after filling in the blanks with appropriate
prepositions. (5)
(i) What time do we arrive ______our destination?
(ii) We are flying ______some rough weather; please fasten your seat belts.
(iii) It is warming up; ______noon we should be able to go swimming.
(iv) My parents are not responsible ______my actions.
(v) This pan is ______cooking omelettes.
(vi) ______ poor attendance, this course is being cancelled.
(vii) The police took the men in ______questioning.
(viii) The woman you gave the book ______is my aunt.

Q. 6. Use ONLY FI VE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meanings. (10)
(i) To cast pearls before swine (ii) To step into one’s shoes
(iii) Stuff and nonsense (iv) A wild goose chase
(v) To be ill at ease (vi) Sit on the fence
(vii) In a jiffy (viii) To preen oneself

Q. 7. Translate the following into English by keeping in view figurative/idiomatic expressions. (10)

‫ ��ن � � ا�� ا� �۔ �ر� �� � د� �� � ��ن اور‬،�‫ ا��ن � ا� � � ��م ��� ا��ن � ا‬،‫��ن‬
�‫ دو�ں� ا�را� دو�ے‬،�‫ ��ر�ں� �ے �� �۔ � ر�ا�ٹ‬،��،�‫ا��ن �و� �ادر ا����� � �� �ر‬
�� �� � �� ‫� اور دو�ں ا� ا� رہ � � �۔ ��ن � �� روز اول�� ر� � � ا�ن � � �� � �� ��۔اس‬
‫���۔ اس � �� ��� � ا�ن �زع� ا�ن �دت � ��وا�ا� �ا�ات �� � � �۔ ��ناور�ا� ى�ج جك‬
�‫�ا‬
‫دارى��ا�ن�زع��ا�ات�ذر�����ا��دارادا���۔‬
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POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) 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 question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage and also suggest a suitable title: (20)
Manto was a victim of some kind of social ambivalence that converged on self-righteousness, hypocrisy, and mental obtuseness.
His detractors branded him as vulgar and obscene and implicated him into a long-dawn legal battle questioning the moral validity
of his writings. Without being deterred by their negative tactics, he remained firm in his commitment to exploring the stark realities
of life offensive to the conservative taste of some self-styled purists. In the line of Freud, he sought to unravel the mysteries of sex
not in an abstract, non-earthly manner but in a palpable, fleshy permutation signifying his deep concern for the socially disabled
and depressed classes of society, like petty wage-earners, pimps, and prostitutes.
For Manto, man is neither an angel nor a devil, but a mix of both. His middle and lower middle class characters think, feel and act
like human beings. Without feigning virtuosity, he was able to strike a rapport with his readers on some of the most vital socio-
moral issues concerning them. As a realist, he was fully conscious of the yawning gap between appearance and reality; in fact,
nothing vexed him more than a demonstrable duality in human behaviour at different levels of the social hierarchy. He had an
unjaundiced view of man’s faults and follies. As a literary artist, he treated vulgarity discreetly --- without ever sounding vulgar in
the process. Like Joyce, Lawrence, and Caldwell, in Manto’s work too, men and women of the age find their own restlessness
accurately mirrored. And like them, Manto was also ‘raised above his own self by his sombre enthusiasm’.
Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. (20)
Globalization is viewed by its proponents as a process of cementing economic, cultural and political bonds between peoples of
different countries of the world. One may regard it as a process by which they are welded into a single world society, to be termed
as global society. It means internationalization of production and labour leading to integration of economies of developing and
developed countries into global economy. To quote Rosaberth M.Kanter, “The world is becoming a global shopping mall in which
ideas and products are available everywhere at the same time.”
Globalization is a natural outcome of computer networking and electronic mass communication. Information technology has made
it possible for nations of the world to contact one another beyond their national borders. Besides, globalization is also promoted
through the growth and proliferation of multinational companies and corporations that operate as transporter networks. Anyhow the
flow of capital technology and labour across the borders of countries has accentuated the process of globalization.
Deregulation, liberalism and privatization being assiduously pursued in the developing countries are some other manifestations of
globalization. These countries are opening their economies to follow these trends. The size of the public sector is shrinking for the
private sector to assume an increasingly important role in the economic development of the Third World countries. The downsizing
of the public sector is in line with the spirit of market economy. This is suggested as a measure to cover up their fiscal deficit.
Questions: (4 marks each)
1. Define globalization. 2. What is electronic mass communication?
3. What does the term Third World denote? 4. What is privatization?
5. Explain ‘liberalism’ in the above context.
Q. 4. Correct only FIVE of the following: (10)
(i) I won him in the race. (ii) He said that I am playing chess.
(iii) Unless you do not try, you will never succeed. (iv) He wrote with ink.
(v) What country he belongs to? (vi) When he reaches to manhood, he will visit to England.
(vii) The new session commences from February 1st, 2020. (viii) Please send this letter on my address.
Q. 5. (a) Punctuate the following text, where necessary. (5)
Letters between relatives and friends are called personal letters the most important thing in such letters is the content don’t
begin with a hackneyed phrase like I was delighted to get your letter received your letter or I have often thought of writing to
you use a vigorous clear chatty style
(b) Re-write the following sentences (ONLY FIVE) after filling in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions.(5)
(i) I was annoyed -------- him. (ii) This train is bound ------- Gujrat.
(iii) The pistol went ------- by accident. (iv) He kept ------- asking silly questions.
(v) He was knocked ------- by the bus. (vi) Do not meddle ------- my affairs.
(vii) The meeting was put -------- by the Chairman. (viii) He rounded -------- his speech with a quote from Ghalib.
Q. 6. Use ONLY FI VE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meanings. (10)
(i) To break the ice (ii) Nip in the bud (iii) See eye to eye with (iv) For good
(v) Tamper with (vi) The small hours (vii) Keep up appearances (viii) Prima facie
Q. 7. Translate the following into English by keeping in view figurative/idiomatic expressions. (10)
�‫د����م��م�ا��م��اج��آ�������اور�ّ����و����۔اور�م��������م�ر��۔����م‬
�‫�م�وہ���م�������م�ا�اد�ذ���ں��وان���اوراُن��تو�دار����د��۔�م�ا�اد���اسا�از‬
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2021 FOR RECRUITMENT TO Roll Number
POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) 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 question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following and suggest a suitable title: (20)
Nizar Hassan was born in 1960 and raised in the village of Mashhad, near Nazareth, where he has lived with his
family. He studied anthropology at Haifa University and after graduating worked in TV. Starting in 1990, he
turned to cinema. In 1994, he produced Independence, in which he pokes his Palestinian interlocutors about what
they think of the bizarre Israeli notion of their “independence”. They have stolen another people’s homeland and
call the act “independence”! Hassan dwells on that absurdity.
As the world’s attention was captured by the news of Israel planning to “annex” yet a bit more of Palestine and
add it to what they have already stolen, I received an email from Nizar Hassan, the pre -eminent Palestinian
documentary filmmaker. He wrote to me about his latest film, My Grandfather’s Path, and included a link to the
director’s cut. It was a blessing. They say choose your enemies carefully for you would end up like them. The
same goes for those opposing Zionist settler colonialists. If you are too incensed and angered by their daily dose of
claptrap, the vulgarity of their armed robbery of Palestine, you would soon become like them and forget yourself
and what beautiful ideas, ideals, and aspirations once animated your highest dreams. Never fall into that trap. For
decades, aspects of Palestinian and world cinema, art, poetry, fiction, and drama have done for me precisely that:
saved me from that trap. They have constantly reminded me what all our politics are about – a moment of poetic
salvation from it all.
Nizar Hassan’s new documentary is one such work – in a moment of dejection over Israel’s encroachment on
Palestinian rights and the world’s complicity, it has put Palestine in perspective. The film is mercifully long,
beautifully paced and patient, a masterfully crafted work of art – a Palestinian’s epic ode to his homeland. A
shorter version of My Grandfather’s Path has been broadcast on Al Jazeera Arabic in three parts, but it must be
seen in its entirety, in one go. It is a pilgrimage that must not be interrupted.

Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. (20)
In its response to 9/11, America has shown itself to be not only a hyperpower but increasingly assertive and ready
to use its dominance as a hyperpower. After declaring a War on Terrorism, America has led two conventional
wars, in Afghanistan and Iraq, demonstrating its overwhelmingly awesome military might. But these campaigns
reveal something more: America’s willingness to have recourse to arms as appropriate and legitimate means to
secure its interests and bolster its security. It has set forth a new doctrine: the right of pre-emptive strike when it
considers its security, and therefore its national interests, to be at risk. The essence of this doctrine is the real
meaning of hyperpower.
Prime Minister Tony Blair has consistently argued that the only option in the face of hyperpower is to offer wise
counsel. But increasingly this is a course that governments and people across the world have refused. The
mobilisation for war against Iraq split the United Nations and provoked the largest anti-war demonstrations the
world has ever seen. And through it all, America maintained its determination to wage war alone if necessary and
not to be counselled by the concerns of supposedly allied governments when they faithfully represented the wishes
of their electorates. Rather than engaging in debate, the American government expressed its exasperation. The
influential new breed of neoconservative radio and television hosts went much further. They acted as ringmasters
for outpourings of public scorn that saw French fries renamed ‘freedom fries’ and moves to boycott French and
German produce across America. If one sound-bite can capture a mood, then perhaps it would be Fox News’ Bill
O’Reilly. At the height of the tension over a second Security Council resolution to legitimate war in Iraq, Mr
O’Reilly told his viewers that the bottom line was security, the security of his family, and in that matter ‘There’s
no moral equivalence between the US and Belgium’. It is, in effect, the ethos of hyperpower articulated and made
manifest in the public domain of 24-hour talk. And America’s willingness to prosecute war has raised innumerable
questions about how it engages with other countries. Afghanistan has seen the removal of the Taliban. But there
are no official statistics on the number of innocent civilians dead and injured to achieve that security objective.
The people of Afghanistan have witnessed a descent into the chaos that preceded the arrival of the Taliban, a
country administered not by a new era of democracy under the tutelage of the hyperpower, but merely by the
return of the warlords. Beyond Kabul, much of the country remains too insecure for any meaningful efforts at
reconstruction and there is enormous difficulty in bringing relief aid to the rural population.
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Questions: (4 marks each)

1. Why does the doctrine of power set by neo-imperial America deny space to counselling?
2. What is the essence of ‘moral equivalence’ whereas War has no moral justification?
3. Why do countries occupied and under the tutelage of hypepower have no peace?
4. Arguably Europe and hyperpower US are at cross purposes over the concept of war. Are they? Why?
5. What Tony Blair’s meant by ‘wise counsel’, and did it prevail?

Q. 4. Correct only FIVE of the following: (10)

(i) They were lieing in the sun.
(ii) He will not come without he is asked.
(iii) John as well as Harry bear witness to it.
(iv) The crew was now on board and they soon busied themselves in preparing to meet the coming storm.
(v) Could I have piece of please?
(vi) Is there a sport club near by?
(vii) The coat is quite big.
(viii) It’s only a short travel by train.

Q. 5. (a) Punctuate the following text, where necessary. (05)

That familiarity produces neglect has been long observed the effect of all external objects however great or
splendid ceases with their novelty the courtier stands without emotion in the royal presence the music
tramples under his foot the beauties of the spring with little attention to their fragrance and the inhabitant of
the coast darts his eye upon the immense diffusion of waters without awe wonder or terror.
(b) Re-write the following sentences (ONLY FIVE) after filling in the blanks with appropriate
Prepositions. (05)
(i) The knavish wolf was able_____ convince the pig to let him _____ his home.
(ii) I looked this word ____ in the dictionary, but I still don't understand it.
(iii) I need to learn these verbs ___ heart ___ tomorrow.
(iv) The morgue is redolent___ the odor of deceased individuals.
(v) He is cogitating___ some means of revenge.
(vi) He was reticent___ do anything about the problem.
(vii) His body is impervious___ moisture.
(viii) Ahmad applied ___ the bank for a loan.

Q. 6. Use only FIVE of the pairs of words in sentences clearly illustrating their meanings. (10)
(i) Gibe, Jibe (ii) Epigram, Epigraph
(iii) Brawl, Bawl (iv) Crib, Crypt
(v) Barmy, Balmy (vi) Peat, Petite
(vii) Monogamous, Monogenous (viii) Postilion, Posterior

Q. 7. Translate the following into English by keeping in view figurative/idiomatic expressions. (10)
‫ جسے بر‬، ‫طرز عمل کے بر خال ف‬ ِ ‫استعماریت پسند انگر یزی اقدار کےسا منے خوش آمدانہ اور فر ما نبردارانہ‬
‫طا نوی حکمرانوں نے فر و غ دیا تھااور جسے اہل ہند نے اُس دور میں اختیار کر رکھا تھا ۔ سید احمد خاں اور‬
‫اعلی مر تبت اور روشن دما غ فر زند سید محمو د دو نو ں نے ایسا رویہ اختیار کر نے کی کو شش کی‬ ٰ ‫اُن کے‬
‫ء کے آگر ہ دربا ر کا واقعہ نہ صر ف مسلما نو ں‬١٨٦٧ ‫گو یا وہ انگر یزو ں کے مساوی اور ہم مر تبہ ہوں ۔ سن‬
‫کو بلکہ پور ی ہندوستا نی قو م کو بخو بی معلو م تھا ۔ سید احمد خاں نے اس در با ر سے اس لیے علیحد گی اختیا‬
‫ر کی تھی کہ وہا ں ہندوستانیو ں کو انگر یزو ں کے مقا بلے میں کم تر در جے کی نشست فرا ہم کی گئی تھی ۔‬
‫اس دربا ر میں سید احمد خاں کو ایک تمغہ عطا کیا جا نے واال تھا ۔ بعد میں میرٹھ کے کمشنر ویلیمس کو یہ خد‬
‫مت تقویض کی گئی کہ وہ علی گڑھ ریلو ے اسٹیشن جا کر سید احمد خا ں کو تمغہ پیش کر یں۔‬
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POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) 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 question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage and suggest a suitable title: (20)
On the question of freedom in education there are at present three main schools of thought, deriving partly from
differences as to ends and partly from differences in psychological theory. There are those who say that children should
be completely free, however bad they may be; there are those who say they should be completely subject to authority,
however good they may be; and there are those who say they should be free, but in spite of freedom they should be
always good. This last party is larger than it has any logical right to be; children, like adults, will not all be virtuous if
they are all free. The belief that liberty will ensure moral perfection is a relic of Rousseauism, and would not survive a
study of animals and babies. Those who hold this belief think that education should have no positive purpose, but
should merely offer an environment suitable for spontaneous development. I cannot agree with this school, which
seems to me too individualistic, and unduly indifferent to the importance of knowledge. We live in communities which
require co-operation, and it would be utopian to expect all the necessary co-operation to result from spontaneous
impulse. The existence of a large population on a limited area is only possible owing to science and technique;
education must, therefore, hand on the necessary minimum of these. The educators who allow most freedom are men
whose success depends upon a degree of benevolence, self-control, and trained intelligence which can hardly be
generated where every impulse is left unchecked; their merits, therefore, are not likely to be perpetuated if their
methods are undiluted. Education, viewed from a social standpoint, must be something more positive than a mere
opportunity for growth. It must, of course, provide this, but it must also provide a mental and moral equipment which
children cannot acquire entirely for themselves.

Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. (20)
The majority of people have always lived simply, and most of humanity still struggles on a
daily basis to eke out a meager existence under dire circumstances. Only in affluent industrialized countries do people
have the luxury of more goods and services than they need to survive. On the basis of material wealth, North Americans
and Europeans should be the happiest people on earth, but according to the 2012 Happy Planet Index (HPI), they are
not. Surprisingly, what had begun as an experimental lifestyle evolved into a quiet revolution that spread the word
through books such as Duane Elgin’s best-selling Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life that is Outwardly Simple,
Inwardly Rich (1981), as well as numerous magazines, alternative communities of the like-minded, and, later, Internet
websites. Combined with a growing awareness of the environmental consequences of consumerism, the voluntary
simplicity movement sought to reduce the consumption of goods and energy and to minimize one’s personal impact on
the environment. “Voluntary” denotes a free and conscious choice to make appropriate changes that will enrich life in a
deeper, spiritual sense. “Simplicity” refers to the lack of clutter, that is, eliminating all those things, patterns, habits, and
ideas that take control of our lives and distract us from our inner selves. However, this is not to be confused with
poverty, which is involuntary, degrading, and debilitating. Neither does it mean that people must live on a farm
or reject progress or technology, or do without what is necessary for their comfort and welfare. To practice voluntary
simplicity, one must differentiate between what one wants (psychological desires) and what one needs (basic
requirements of life), and seek a healthy balance that is compatible with both. In a consumer society where advertising
bombards us with the message that without this, that, and the other product, we are unsuccessful, undesirable, and
unimportant, being clear on what you really need and resisting what you don’t can be an ongoing struggle. The beauty
of voluntary simplicity is that it is a philosophy, and not a dogma. How one goes about it depends on individual
character, cultural background, and climate. For this, three Rs (i.e., Reduce, Recycle & Reuse) represent the best way to
get a handle on rampant consumerism. In economies driven by the quest for ever more, living with less
is erroneously equated with poverty and social inferiority. By conserving energy, for instance, you are actually ensuring
that more resources are available for future use. By making a frugal budget and sticking to it, you can eliminate
unnecessary expenses. Recycling paper, metal, plastic, and glass and reusing building materials and old clothing keep
materials in the loop and out of landfills. Pooling skills and resources through barter networks not only saves money,
but sharing with others establishes bonds and fosters a sense of community. With the glut of cheap goods that are
usually designed for obsolescence, quality products that last are becoming progressively harder to find. In the long run,
a more expensive but durable and repairable item or even an older used item that is still in good condition is a better
investment than a brand new piece of junk that will only break down and end up in the trash. Thus, at the heart of
voluntary simplicity is the conscious realization that less is really more. Less consumption means more resources for
future generations. Less activity that brings little satisfaction or reward is more time for yourself and your loved ones.
Less stuff is more space to move around in. Less stress means more relaxation and better health. Less worry provides
more enjoyment and more fulfillment in life.
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Questions: (4 marks each)

1. How important is happiness to most people, and what is the relationship between material wealth and
happiness?
2. How does the author characterize the concept of ‘Voluntary Simplicity’ as a movement and as a
philosophy?
3. What impact is feared by the growing consumerism of modern society?
4. What influences make it difficult for people to reduce their consumption patterns?
5. What are the challenges and rewards of voluntary simplicity?

Q. 4. Correct only FIVE of the following: (10)

(i) His knowledge of languages and international relations aid him in his work.
(ii) The ambassador, with his family and staff, invite you to a reception at the embassy on Tuesday
afternoon.
(iii) This year, he will sit in the CSS examination.
(iv) The Chief Executive will let us know whether or not he can attend the meeting.
(v) When he came back from vacation, Aslam and me plan to look for another apartment.
(vi) If some of you make a noise, they shall be punished.
(vii) He came to me to enquire what is the salary attached to the appointment.
(viii) I am too tired that I do not hunt words and idioms in my English book.

Q. 5. (a) Punctuate the following text, where necessary. (05)

while taking a nap on the porch one hot summer day hodga dreamed that a stranger promised to
give him ten pieces of gold the stranger placed them in hodgas hand one by one until he reached the tenth
piece which he hesitated to give him come on what are you waiting for said hodga you promised me ten
just then he woke up he immediately looked at his hand and saw that it was empty he quickly shut his eyes
again stretched out his hand and said all right i ll settle for nine.
(b) Re-write the following sentences (ONLY FIVE) after filling in the blanks with appropriate
Prepositions. (05)
(i) The neighbours came ______ my house to see what’s going on in the house.
(ii) She sat _______ the shade of the tree.
(iii) The moon does not shine _______ its own light.
(iv) The burglar jumped ________ the compound wall.
(v) She entered ________ an agreement with them.
(vi) I have been working hard ________ arithmetic.
(vii) He got ________ his bicycle.
(viii) It cannot be done ________ offence.

Q. 6. Use only FIVE pairs of words in sentences clearly illustrating their meanings. (10)
(i) Antic, Antique (ii) Draught, Drought
(iii) Quaint, Queer (iv) Momentary, Momentous
(v) Compliment, Complement (vi) Eminent, Imminent
(vii) Faint, Feint (viii) Immigrant, Emigrant

Q. 7. Translate the following into English by keeping in view figurative/idiomatic expressions. (10)
‫ﺑﺰرگ ﻧﮯ ﺑﺘﺎﯾﺎ ﮐہ ﺟﻨﮕﻞ ﮐﮯ ﭘﺎر اﯾﮏ ﭘﮩﺎڑ ﮨﮯ ﺟﮩﺎں وه ﭘﮭﻮل اُﮔﺘﺎ ﮨﮯ ﺟﺲ ﮐﯽ ﺧﻮﺷﺒﻮ ﺳﮯ‬
‫ﻣﮕﺮ ﭘﮩﺎڑ ﺑﮩﺖ ﺑﻠﻨﺪ ﮨﮯ اور اس ﭘﺮ ﺑﮯ ﺷﻤﺎر‬، ‫آﻧﮑﮭﻮں ﮐﯽ ﮐﮭﻮﺋﯽ ﮨﻮﺋﯽ روﺷﻨﯽ ﻟﻮٹ آﺗﯽ ﮨﮯ‬
‫ﮐﺎﻧﮣﮯ دار ﺟﮭﺎڑﯾﺎں ﮨﯿﮟ اور ﺑﮍے ﺑﮍے ﭘﺘﮭﺮ ﮨﯿﮟ ﺟﻮ راﺳﺘہ روک ﻟﯿﺘﮯ ﮨﯿﮟ ۔ اِس ﭘﮩﺎڑ‬، ‫ﭼﮣﺎﻧﯿﮟ ﮨﯿﮟ‬
‫ﭘﺮ ﺟﺎﻧﮯ ﮐﮯ ﻟﯿﮯ ﮐﺌﯽ ﻟﻮگ آﺋﮯ اور ﭼﻠﮯﮔﺌﮯ ﻣﮕﺮ اﯾﺴﺎ ﮐﻮ ﺋﯽ ﺷﺨﺺ ﻧﮩﯿﮟ آﯾﺎ ﺟﻮ ﭘﮭﻮل ﺗﮏ‬
‫ﭘﮩﻨﭽﺎ ﮨﻮ۔ ﺷﺎﯾﺪ اِﺳﯽ ﻟﯿﮯ دُﻧﯿﺎ ﻣﯿﮟ د ُﮐﮭ اور ﺗﮑﻠﯿﻒ ﮨﮯ اور اﻧﺴﺎن روﺷﻨﯽ ﮐﯽ ﺗﻼش ﻣﯿﮟ ﮨﮯ۔‬
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ESSAY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE: (i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE of
the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance and
clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.

1. World as a global village: Learning to live together.

2. We have to learn to be our own best friends, because we fall too easily into the trap
of being our own worst enemies.

3. Water crisis and national unity.

4. The place of Urdu in Pakistan and Supreme Court’s ruling on making Urdu the official
language of the country.

5. Crisis of good governance in Pakistan: Need for reforms and institution building.

6. Promotion of tax culture in Pakistan: Perspective, prospects and challenges.

7. Gender equality is a myth!

8. The creation of new provinces in Pakistan: Implications for an integrated country.

9. Does foreign aid help to achieve economic stability?

10. Frailty, thy name is woman.

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NOTE:(i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE of
the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance and
clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.

1. Is colonial mentality impeding Pakistan’s progress?

2. Brexit means globalization is the rhetoric of the privileged, and capitalism will return
ferociously as ever.

3. More and more International military engagements by the United Nations; is the world
moving towards peace?

4. Modernity is an unending project.

5. Feminism is not really a Third World issue.

6. Literature is a lonely planet of idealists.

7. Being a minority is a fate no one wants. Can nationalism be really inclusive?

8. Ideologies thrive on notions of resistance, yet change is a simulation.

9. Are modern wars not holy wars?

10. Life without controversy is no life. But why one should not choose the safe haven of
conformism?

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TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE: (i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE of the
given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition, argumentation,
description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance and clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.

1. Real development should transform people’s lives, not just economic statistics.

2. Higher Education in Pakistan: Ills and Remedies.

3. Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

4. China – Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its Socio-economic Implications for the
Region and the World.

5. Beware the barrenness of a busy life!

6. The Emerging Power of Social Media: Prospects and Problems.

7. In the fight against terrorism and corruption, it is imperative not to compromise human
rights and civil liberties.

8. The threat of Global Warming and the ways to counter it.

9. Will “Rule of law” always remain an impracticable myth in our country?

10. Democracy in Pakistan: Hopes and Hurdles.

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NOTE: Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any
ONE of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourse e.g.
exposition, argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for
organization, relevance and clarity.

1. Let there be more light in the corridors of worship places.

2. New war fronts lie in economic zones.

3. Urdu literature and progressive movement.

4. Art for peace.

5. Truth is lived not taught.

6. New Waves of feminism and our culture.

7. Democracy and illiteracy do not move together.

8. Sometimes we do not see what we see.

9. Expanding information technology: a curse or blessing.

10. Classrooms decide the future of the nation.

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TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

NOTE:(i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE
of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance
and clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book
must be crossed.

1. Do we really need literature in our lives?

2. Women universities as agents of change.

3. Pakistan and the future of Kashmir cause.

4. Polarized politics: the issues and challenges of democracy in Pakistan.

5. Global power dynamics and Pakistan’s foreign policy.

6. Pakistan’s informal economy: the way forward.

7. Promoting tourism in Pakistan: opportunities and challenges.

8. I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.

9. Is Pakistan ready for digital revolution?

10. IMF bailouts: roads to stability or recipes for disaster.

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TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

NOTE:(i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE
of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance
and clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book
must be crossed.

1. “Do not waste water even if you were at a running stream”.

2. Meaning purposive education.

3. COVID-19: A wake up call for Pakistani researchers.

4. Human inventions move the societies backward.

5. Universal human equality is utopic.

6. Bureaucracy doldrums.

7. Gender equality: A popular slogan.

8. Pros and cons of globalization.

9. Intercultural communication is panacea to avoid 3rd world war.

10. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed”.

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2016
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I
(GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY EIGHT questions from PART-II, selecting FIVE questions 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-I
Q. No. 2. (a) What were the main objectives of Clean Development Mechanism? Also (5)
explain the reasons for the criticism on Koyoto Protocol by the developed
countries.
(b) Differentiate between Sanitary and Industrial Landfills, also describe the land (5)
selection criteria for Landfills.

Q. No. 3. (a) Write a short note on artificial intelligence. (5)

(b) Write short notes on: (2½ each) (5)
(i) Fibre Optics (ii) Global Positioning System

Q. No. 4. (a) What are vaccines? Classify these and discuss DNA vaccines in detail. (5)
(b) What are causative organism and vector for dengue, enlist possible ways of (5)
prevention from dengue.

Q. No. 5. (a) Comment, ‘liver is the chief chemist in human body’. (5)
(b) What is Cholesterol? Discuss its importance, normal blood level and dangers (5)
of elevated levels with reference to the health and disease in humans.

Q. No. 6. (a) What do you know about the Remote Sensing Techniques? Explain resolution (5)
and write down the names of its various types?
(b) What is hydrological cycle? Discuss its importance. (5)

Q. No. 7. (a) What is tsunami? How the tsunamis generated and what are their (5)
characteristics?
(b) What is an earth quake? Discuss Richter Scale in this context. What was the (5)
intensity of the earth quake in Pakistan dated 26 October 2015 and where was
the locus?

Q. No. 8. (a) Explain the shape of water molecule with the help of Molecular Orbital (5)
Theory, also draw its orbital diagram.
(b) What are the gamma rays? Explain their applications. (5)

Q. No. 9. (a) Discuss importance of preservatives and antioxidants in food. (5)

(b) Comment, Green House Effect is a blessing. Also discuss Enhanced Green (5)
House Effect and its relation with global warming.

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SECTION-II
Q. No. 10. (a) Define and draw the following: (2½ each) (5)
(i) Rightangle triangles (ii) Equilateral triangles
(b) There are nine students in a group having ages 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, (5)
19. Calculate mean, medium, mode and range of their ages also define the
above mentioned terms:

Q. No. 11. (a) A distribution company provides households to departmental stores within a 50 (5)
kilometers radius. The table below shows how far each departmental store is
from the godown of the distribution company.
Distance from the godown of the Number of
distribution company Stores
10 kilometers or less 03
11 to 20 kilometers 15
21 to 30 kilometers 26
31 to 40 kilometers 20
41 to 50 kilometers 16

(i) How many stores does the distribution company serve?

(ii) What is the most common distance of stores from the company’s
godown?
(iii) How many stores are 35 Km or more from the godown?
(iv) What percentage of stores are 31 Km or more from the godown?
(b) Read the following carefully and answer the questions following:
Ahmad, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shehbaz are students of a college having (5)
different heights and weights. Ahmad weighs thrice as much as Ali and Ali
weighs 5 times as much as Akbar. Akbar weighs half as much as Nasir and
Nasir weighs half as much as Shehbaz.
(i) Who is the heaviest in weight?
(ii) Who is the is the lightest in weight?
(iii) Shehbaz is lighter in weight than which of the two students?
(iv) Shehbaz is heavier than which of the two students?
(v) Show the descending order of weights of the students?

Q. No. 12. (a) Classification of blood groups is based on the presence or absence of inherited (5)
antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells. In a survey of British
population the blood group distribution among 1000 people was as follows: 300
had blood group A, 325 had blood group B, 250 had O and 125 AB. Out of this
group a person was selected at random, calculate his probability of having
blood group AB
(b) Five friends Ahmad, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shehbaz went on summer vacation (5)
to five cities namely V, W, X, Y and Z by five different modes of transport, that
is by bus, train, aeroplane, car and boat from point A. Akbar went to Y by car
and Ali went to X by air. Nasir travelled by boat whereas Shehbaz went by
train. For X and W there is no bus service. The person who went to X did not
use boat to travel. Now answer the following questions.
(i) How did Ahmad travel and where did he go?
(ii) Which mode of transport was used by the person who travelled to X city?

Q. No. 13. (a) Differentiate between primary and secondary mental abilities. How the general (5)
mental ability scales differ from IQ test.
(b) Y = mX + C is an equation of straight line. Draw a graph showing relationship (5)
between X and Y and relate the equation to the slope and intercept on the graph.
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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2017
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I
(GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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, selecting TWO questions from EACH
SECTION. 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.
(vii) Use of Calculator is not allowed.

PART-II
SECTION-I
Q. No. 2. (A) What are the factors responsible for environmental pollution? (5)
(B) Briefly explain the main reasons of water-logging in Pakistan. (5)
(C) What do you mean by Ozone depletion and how we can prevent its depletion? (5)
(D) What is an Acid Rain and how it is produced. Briefly describe the dangers (5)
associated with it?

Q. No. 3. (A) Explain in detail the common causes of Heart Attack. (5)
(B) Differentiate between drug addiction and drug abuse. (5)
(C) Draw the structure of human ear and briefly explain its functions. (5)
(D) What is the significance of Vitamins? Describe the sources, uses and deficiency (5)
symptoms of fat soluble vitamins.

Q. No. 4. (A) What is a mirage? Describe in detail the creation of mirage. (5)
(B) Differentiate between the occurrence of Lunar and Solar Eclipse? (5)
(C) Briefly explain what effects are produced due to Rotation & Revolution of Earth? (5)
(D) Most of the household appliances utilize ‘DC’ then why we generate ‘AC’ at (5)
power stations?

Q. No. 5. (A) Differentiate between RAM and ROM. (5)

(B) Name three basic buses employed in a computer and explain what each is used for. (5)
(C) Draw a basic computer block diagram and briefly explain the function of each (5)
part.
(D) Describe various types of computers classified on the basis of size, memory, (5)
capacity and speed.

SECTION-II
Q. No. 6. (A) Differentiate with examples between a “Pictogram” and “Histogram”. (5)
(B) The teachers of a certain school were asked to indicate the average number of (5)
hours they spend on marking students assignments each day. The following set
of data was obtained
6 4 3 1 2 2 3 1 4
1 2 5 3 4 5 2 2 3
3 1 2 2 3 1 4 2
Construct a frequency table and draw a Histogram illustrating the results.
(C) How many teachers responded to the survey? (5)
(D) What the longest number of hours and most common number of hours are (5)
spent?
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Q. No.7. (A) A man buys 5kg of meat at Rs.500 per kg. In addition, for every kilogram of (5)
meat purchased, he has to pay a consumption tax of 6% on the selling price.
Calculate the total amount of money that he has to pay.
(B) It takes Ali 30 minutes to mark a paper. Aslam only needs 25 minutes to mark (5)
a paper. If they both start marking papers at 10:00 AM, at what time they will
finish marking at the same time?
(C) Two bus tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and three tickets from (5)
Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.770 but three tickets from Rawalpindi to
Islamabad and two tickets from Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.730. What are
the fares for cities Islamabad and Murree from Rawalpindi?
(D) A told B that C is his father’s nephew. D is A’s cousin but not the brother of C. (5)
What relationship is there between D and C?

Q. No. 8. (A) Divide Rs.500 between Arham, Mariam and Sarim so that Arham gets 2/3 of (5)
what Mariam gets and Mariam gets ¼ of what Sarim gets. Find the share of
each.
(B) A school has enough provision of food for 52 days. After 20 days a group of (5)
400 students arrives and the food would have last for 24 days only. How many
students are there in the school actually?
(C) A man walks 2km towards North. Then he turns to East and walks 10km. After (5)
this he turns to North and walks 3km. Again he turns towards East and walks
2km. How far is he from the starting point?
(D) In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will (5)
MEDICINE be written in that code language?

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2018
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I
(GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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 TWO questions from EACH
SECTION. 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.
(vii) Use of Calculator is NOT allowed.

PART-II
SECTION-I
Q. No. 2. (A). Describe different methods to estimate the age of the Universe. (5)
(B). Explain the formation of Lunar Eclipse. (5)
(C). Explain the terms Dark Energy and Dark Matter. (5)
(D). Define the term Black Hole. What’s expected inside it? (5) (20)

Q. No. 3. (A). Describe different causes and preventions of ‘Polio’ (5)

(B). Define the term ‘Bio-Fuel’. How is it helpful to promote clean energy? (5)
(C). Define ‘Carbohydrates’. Describe different steps to digest these in the human (5)
body.
(D). Describe the ‘Cell Structure’. Write down at least three differences between an (5) (20)
animal cell and plant cell.

Q. No. 4. (A). What is ‘Acid Rain’.Describe its causes and how it can be prevented? (5)
(B). What is ‘Water Pollution’. Discuss its causes and measurement methods. Name (5)
the countries with the highest and lowest percentage of it.
(C). Write a comprehensive note on ‘Smog’. (5)
(D). Describe different causes of ‘Tsunami’. Is there any difference between a (5) (20)
Tsunami and a tidal wave? Name the worst Tsunami ever recorded.

Q. No. 5. (A). Write a note, how data is stored on a ‘Hard Disk’. (5)
(B). How an ‘Optical Fiber’ is constructed? How is it helpful in transmitting the (5)
electromagnetic radiations?
(C). Write a comprehensive note on ‘Balanced Diet’. (5)
(D). What is ‘Artificial Intelligence’? How is it helpful for humanity? (5) (20)

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I (GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)
SECTION-II
Q. No. 6. (A). It takes 3 liters of paint to cover an area of 24 square meters. What percentage (5)
increase in the quantity of paint would be required to cover an area of 50.4 square
meters?
(B). An automobile travels 3 km towards south, 4 km towards west, 5 km towards north (5)
and 2 km towards south-east. How far is it from its starting position?
(C). Tahir started a business with a capital of Rs. 15,000. After 5 months Umar also joined (5)
him with an investment of Rs. 30,000. At the start of 9th month, Usman joined them
by investing Rs. 45,000. At the end of the year they earned a profit of Rs. 406,000.
Find the share of each one.
(D). A man left his property of Rs. 640,000. A debt of Rs. 40,000 was due to him and Rs. (5) (20)
5,000 was spent on his burial. Distribute the amount between his widow, one
daughter and two sons according to the Islamic Law.

Q. No. 7. The breakdown of average monthly expenditure for a family is given in the following
Figure:
(A). Calculate from the figure what percentage of the family’s expenditure is on ‘other ’? (5)

(B). Approximately what fraction of the (5)

family’s monthly expenditure do’
‘utilities’, ‘rent’ and ‘food’ represent?
(C).If the family spends Rs.11600 on (5)
utilities, how much is the family’s
total expenditure?
(D).‘Other’ expenditure comprises savings, (5) (20)
entertainment and luxury items, which
are spent in the ratio 3 : 4 : 1. Calculate
how much the family saves each month
if monthly income is Rs.24,000.

Q. No. 8. (A). Police officers are in pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Officer Baker is directly behind (5)
the stolen car. Officer Lopez is behind Baker; Officer O'Malley is behind Lopez.
Officer Reinhart is ahead of the stolen car and coming from the opposite direction.
Officer Reinhart makes a U-turn and joins the pursuit. He pulls in behind Officer
Lopez. Officer Baker pulls up on the driver's side of the stolen vehicle and Officer
Lopez pulls up on the other side. Which officer is directly behind the vehicle?

(B). Define a Histogram. How is it constructed? What information may be deduced (5)
from it?
(C). Look at this series: F2, __, D8, C16, B32, What number should fill the blank? (5)

(D). In a certain code language LANDMINE is written as PYRBQGRC. How will (5) (20)
HOMEMADE be written in that code language?

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 PART – II
SECTION - I

Q.2 (a) Deficiency of vitamins causes different human diseases some of which are given in the table
below choose the correct type of vitamin from the box and write in front of each disease. (5)

Vit. A Vit. B1 Vit. C Vit. D Vit. E Vit. K

Diseases caused duw to lack of vitaman Name of the vitaman

1.Poor night vision
2. Bleeding gums
3. Rickets in children
4. Beri-Beri
5. Anaemia

(b) People suffering from cardiovascular disease having high level of cholesterol in their blood, this often
leads to build of fats on its internal arterial walls, suggests how this might be harmful to the heart (5)

(c) Why the excessive use of chemical fertilizers should be avoided? (5)

(d) Why are Scientists worried about the increase of CO2 in atmosphere? (5)

Q.3 (a) Differentiate between the renewable and non- renewable sources of energy giving example of
each one of them. (5)
(b) Give a brief account of optic fibers. What is their importance in present day telecom system?
(5)
(c) What is the most dangerous part of hurricane and how do cyclone affect humans? (5)
(d) What is the difference between vaccines and Antibiotics? How do antibiotics and vaccines
contribute to health? (5)

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Q.4 (a) What is the importance of forests in the economy of a country? (5)

(b) Give a brief account of biotechnology. (5)

(c) Do the mammals always lay eggs? If yes, where in the world do they live? Write the name
some of them. (5)

(d) How can the sun have such a strong gravitational field if its made of gases? (5)

Q.5 (a) What does Ozone depletion mean and how can we protect the ozone layer? (5)

(b) What are the different types of a network? Explain each briefly. (5)

(c) Why an indiscriminate / causal use of antibiotic may prove dangerous? (5)

(d) Why do atoms form bonds? Name three major types of chemical bonds. (5)

SECTION – II
Q.6 (a) Moiz was trying to sleep at one night but there was too much noise around him. His clock
ticked every 5 seconds; a tap was dipping every seventh seconds and a pet dog snored every 12th
second. He noticed on his clock that all three things happened together on the stroke of midnight.
Find after how may seconds are three things happened together (5)

(b) One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times as fast as second pipe. When both pipes are opened they
can fill the pool in five hours. How long it will take the fill the pool if only slower pipe is used? 5

(c) The cost of hiring a car for 2 days in 2018 was Rs.264 which was 20% more than in 2013.
What was the cost of hiring a car in 2013? (5)

(d) What do you understand by measure central tendency? State its types. (5)

Q.7 (a) Moiz and Mair share a lottery win of Rs. 2000 in the ratio of 1:4. Moiz then share this part
between himself, his wife and his son.in the ratio of 4:5:1. How much more his wife gets over his
son? (5)

(b) A farmer keeps hens and rabbits on his farm. One day he counted the total of 70 heads and
196 legs. How many more hens than rabbits does he have? (5)

(c) What is polygon? Describe different types of regular polygon. (5)

(d) In a certain code computer is written as FRUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE will be written
in code language? (5)

Q.8 (a) Seven Piano Students T U V W X Y & Z are given a recital and their instructor is deciding the
order in which they will perform, each student will play exactly one piece, a piano solo. In
deciding the order of performance the instructor must observer following restrictions.
(i) X cannot play first or second
W cannot have played until X has played
Neither T nor Y can play Seventh

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 Either Y & Z must play immediately after W
V must play immediately after, or immediately U Played

(ii) If V play first, which one of the following must be true

T plays sixth
X plays third
Z plays seventh
T plays after immediately after Y
W Plays immediately After X

(b) U = [Whole number from 10 to 24]

A = [Even Number]
B = [Number divisible by 5]
Write down the number elements of A∩B (5)

(c) in the following diagram A represent American, S represent scientist and P represents
politicians

d
A c
.a e S
b f
g

P
(i) American those are politicians but not scientists will be.
(ii) Scientists which are politicisms but not Americans will be

(d) Each packet of washing powder carries a token and 4 token can be exchanged for free packet,
How many free packets will I receive if I buy sixty four packets? (5)

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2020 FOR ECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN
BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I (GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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 TWO questions from EACH SECTION.
ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
PART – II (SECTION – A)
th
Q. 2. (a) On 7 April 2012 an Avalanche hit a Pakistan military base in Gayari sector trapping 140 soldiers and (5)
civilians under deep snow. What is Avalanche; describe its four types with focus on most dangerous type?
(b) What do you understand by Global Wind and Pressure patterns? Also explain wind and pressure features at (5)
higher altitude.
(c) World largest earthquake was assigned a magnitude of 9.5 by the United States Geological Survey on 22 May (5)
1960 in southern Chile Valdivia. What do you know about earthquake? Also explain shallow-focus and deep-
focus earthquakes.
(d) Differentiate between the renewable and non renewable energy sources. Briefly explain Geothermal Energy (5)(20)
and Hydro Electricity.
Q. 3. (a) What are Pesticides? Explain their different types; why persistent pesticides are more lethal for mankind? (5)
(b) What are carbohydrates? Classify and give detail of each class along with examples. (5)
(c) Discuss different methods of Food preservation. (5)
(d) Where and how Fiber Optics are used? Also write down their advantages and disadvantages. (5)(20)
Q. 4. (a) Briefly describe the various segments of atmosphere. How these segments are maintaining the Earth (5)
Radiation Balance?
(b) How the organic particulate matter enters in the atmosphere. Also describe the sources? (5)
(c) What is natural radioactivity? How it is different from the artificial radioactivity? (5)
(d) What are the Fossils? Discuss the importance of paleontology. (5)(20)
Q. 5. (a) What do you know about Hepatitis? Describe its types and write down preventive measures. (5)
(b) Differentiate between Middle Latitude Cyclones and Tornadoes. (5)
(c) What is Open System Interconnections (OSI) and describe its layers? (5)
(d) What is GPS? How does it work? (5)(20)
(SECTION – B)
Q. 6. (a) Tariq can do a tailoring job in 6 hours. Sajid does the same job in 4 hours. Irfan does it in 8 hours. Tariq and (5)
Sajid start doing the work. Sajid leaves after two hours and Irfan replaces him. How long would it take to
complete the work?
(b) Find the missing number to complete each sum. (5)
(a) 9 + 8 – 5 = 2 × (-------------) (b) 3 × 9 – 14 = 24 – (-------------)
(c) 15 ÷ 3 × 12 = 41 + (-------------) (d) 24 ÷ 4 + 5 = 66 ÷ (-------------)
(e) 8 × 6 – 13 + 3 = 7 × 6 – (-------------)
(c) There are seven students in a group having ages 17,17,18,18,18,19,19. Calculate mean, median, mode and (5)
range of their ages. Also define these mentioned terms.
(d) How does mental ability scales differ from IQ test? (5)(20)
Q. 7 (a) Mushtaq, Pervaiz, Ehsan, Umair and Saleem are friends having different heights and weights. Mushtaq (5)
weighs four times as much as Pervaiz and Pervaiz weighs double than Ehsan, Ehsan weighs half as much as
Umair and Umair weighs half as much as Saleem.
(i) Who is the heaviest among five friends? (ii) Who is the second heaviest? (iii) Who has lowest weight?
(iv) Who are equal in weight? (v) Mention the descending order.
(b) A farmer needs to build a boundary wall around his farm. If the area of farm is 484 m2, what will be the total (5)
area of the wall if it is two meters high on three sides and three meters high on one side?
(c) Five girls A,B,C,D,E and four boys W,X,Y,Z have to go to a trip in three cars, car-1,car-2 and car-3. The (5)
following restrictions for seating in car are to be observed:
(i) Only three persons can sit in one car (ii) At least one boy and one girl must be in each car
(iii) A and D should remain together (iv) Z cannot sit with B or C in the same car
Distribute boys and girls in three cars.
(d) What are social skills? Describe four causes of weak social skills. (5)(20)
Q. 8. (a) What do you understand by systematic sampling? Discuss its types. (5)
(b) Blood groups of inhabitants of a village were checked. It was found that 600 people possessed blood group A, (5)
650 possessed blood group B, 550 had blood group AB and 200 have blood group O. Calculate the
probability of having blood group B. (ii) Calculate the probability of having blood group O.
(c) A group of 50 men can construct 20 kilometer road in 40 days. How long will 70 men take to complete same (5)
length of road?
(d) Zahid left a property worth Rs 1750,000/. His family had to pay off a debt of Rs 150,000/. The rest of money (5)(20)
was distributed between a son and a daughter. How much did each child receive if share of a son was double
than that of a daughter?
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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2021
FOR ECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I (GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 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 TWO questions from EACH SECTION.
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) 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 question will not be considered.
(vii) Use of Calculator is not allowed.

PART – II
(SECTION – A)
Q. 2. (a) Differentiate between a star and a planet. What is the magnitude of a star and how the color of (5)
stars is correlated with their temperatures?
(b) “Semiconductors are the Brains of Modern Electronics”. Explain in detail what this quotation (5)
means.
(c) Briefly describe the most popular and accepted theory about the origin of the Universe. (5)
(d) What are the advantages and limitations of renewable energy resources? Briefly explain the (5)(20)
prospects of non-conventional energy resources in Pakistan.

Q. 3. (a) Explain with examples the relationship between cells, tissues and organs. (5)
(b) Explain the differences in structure & function between a cell wall and a cell membrane. (5)
(c) What is meant by transpiration? Explain in detail the significance of leaf structure in the (5)
process of transpiration.
(d) What is meant by the term double circulation? Briefly describe how the heart is adapted to (5)(20)
keep blood flowing in a double circulation.

Q. 4. (a) What is the sequence of strata of atmosphere and on what factors does it depends? (5)
(b) Describe water cycle and briefly explain the major processes involved in water cycle? (5)
(c) What is the Difference between asthenosphere and lithosphere? Explain various components (5)
of lithosphere.
(d) Differentiate between food contaminants and food adulterants. (5)(20)

Q. 5. (a) Define the term “malnutrition”. Elaborate its major causes and consequences. (5)
(b) Explain how a slice of bread after few days decomposes due to the growth of fungi. (5)
(c) What is a computer memory? Describe its units and discuss various types of memories. (5)
(d) Differentiate between natural and artificial satellites. Briefly describe the working of (5)(20)
communication satellites with some applications.

(SECTION – B)
Q. 6. (a) A man is now 3 times as old as his son. In ten (10) years time, the sum of their ages will be (5)
76. How old was the man when his son was born?
(b) How many tiles of 20cm2 will be required to have a footpath 1m wide carried around the (5)
outside of grassy plot 24m long and 14m broad?
(c) Mr. Faheem has dinner with his family at a restaurant which offers a 10% discount on food. (5)
The marked price of the food that they order was Rs.15000/-. Given that there was a service
charges of 10% and GST is 17%, calculate the total amount of money he has to pay.
(d) Mr. Khawaja walked for 45 minutes at the rate of 3km/h and then ran for half an hour at a (5)(20)
certain speed. At the end of that time he was 6km away from the starting point. How fast did
he run?

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Q. 7 (a) A child went 90m towards East, and then he turned Right and went 20m. Subsequently he (5)
turned Right and after going 30m he reached his uncle’s house. From there he went 100m to
his North. Determine how far he is from his starting point.
(b) The average of 11 numbers is 63, that of the first 6 numbers are 60 and that of the last 6 (5)
numbers are 65. Find the 6th number.
(c) The following table shows some values of ‘x’ and the corresponding values of ‘y’ where, (5)
y = x 3 − 3x − 10.
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y -28 -10 8 42
Complete the table and draw a graph between ‘x’ and ‘y’ to find the value of ‘y’ when x=1.8
and value of ‘x’ when y=10.
(d) Mr. Raheel invests Rs.60000/- in an account that earns simple interest. At the end of 5 years, (5)(20)
the investment is worth Rs.85000/-. Calculate the rate of simple interest per year.

Q. 8. (a) Find out the correct word from the given jumbled spellings. (5)
(i) UORSEIS (ii) REGAHT (iii) TYLEAL (iv) RAMYR (v) RYUHR
(b) Find the number of triangles in the following two images. (5)

(i) (ii)
(c) Calculate the total area and perimeter of the given shape. (5)

(d) Find the missing numbers in the given series. (5)(20)

(i) 4, 18, ?, 100, 180, 294 (ii) 15, 31, 63, 127, ? (iii) 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ?
(iv) 132, 156, ?, 210, 240, (v) 8, 24, 12, 36, 18, 54, ?

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