I had the Worst International Law Experience in CSS 2019
 

This subject is interesting and maybe helpful in other subjects, but it is technical and one needs to memorize stuff for it. I know that the fault is mine that I couldn't prepare properly for this in my 2019 attempt, but the paper was too out of the course. Gone are the days when they use to ask direct questions, now they are asking too much of analytical questions. We have to prepare really well and there aren't many books that are equip with the right knowledge. Even books like Kapoor lack the material. Anyone else here that wants to talk about their 2019 Int law experience.

Well,you are right to some extant International law paper of 2019 was a bad night mare for many aspirants.Although I studied quite well for this subject but it was quite tricky and twisted one.Let's hope for the best.

Dude, so did I. I used multiple sources and did my best, but questions on Monism and ICC were purely unexpected. I would say that there is too much misinformation about some subjects and some subjects are sold as easy. In reality all subjects require equal effort and a critical mind, writing skills, and a lot of knowledge is important.

[QUOTE=IamIronMan;1095471]Dude, so did I. I used multiple sources and did my best, but questions on Monism and ICC were purely unexpected. I would say that there is too much misinformation about some subjects and some subjects are sold as easy. In reality all subjects require equal effort and a critical mind, writing skills, and a lot of knowledge is important.[/QUOTE

Well said, critical mind plus a lot of reading is required but still no one knows exactly about the strange and unpredictable nature of FPSC.

worst experience
 

International law is the only paper of mine which went very bad. I am afraid it would be the only paper which would fall me in the failure zone. This time my attempt went superb except for the international law. Though I would easily get 14-15 marks in MCQs part but I am not confident to get 20 marks at the most in the subjective part.:mad:

[QUOTE=nqayyum;1095542]International law is the only paper of mine which went very bad. I am afraid it would be the only paper which would fall me in the failure zone. This time my attempt went superb except for the international law. Though I would easily get 14-15 marks in MCQs part but I am not confident to get 20 marks at the most in the subjective part.:mad:[/QUOTE]

I think you performed well in mcqs section and personally I feel that objective portion has alot of impact on your subjective performence.I managed up to 17 marks in mcqs but the nature of the said paper was quite different .Due to its openess one can not hold fair grip on each topic.

Frankly speaking,2019 was almost a different trend.Paper of public administration also falls in the same I.Law category.

There was a time when optionals were an easy pass, look at pre 2016 past papers, questions are too direct and no special analysis needed. Now look at 2017 and onward, the papers are really difficult

[QUOTE=abidkhan;1095574]Frankly speaking,2019 was almost a different trend.Paper of public administration also falls in the same I.Law category.[/QUOTE]
A public ad graduate told me that there were so many things in the recent papers that are not taught at the universities and they added theories from political sciences. IDK, lets see when the results are out

[QUOTE=IamIronMan;1095576]There was a time when optionals were an easy pass, look at pre 2016 past papers, questions are too direct and no special analysis needed. Now look at 2017 and onward, the papers are really difficult[/QUOTE]

You are right.And about public administration ,they even didn't care about their own provided syllabus plus there is no quality material in the market on public administration .Previous syllabus contained quality topics but look at the recent one.Quite haphazard and full of strange topics.Now all we can do is hoping for the best.

[QUOTE=abidkhan;1095682]You are right.And about public administration ,they even didn't care about their own provided syllabus plus there is no quality material in the market on public administration .Previous syllabus contained quality topics but look at the recent one.Quite haphazard and full of strange topics.Now all we can do is hoping for the best.[/QUOTE]
I think that topics are not an issue, but available material is

[QUOTE=nqayyum;1095542]International law is the only paper of mine which went very bad. I am afraid it would be the only paper which would fall me in the failure zone. This time my attempt went superb except for the international law. Though I would easily get 14-15 marks in MCQs part but I am not confident to get 20 marks at the most in the subjective part.:mad:[/QUOTE]
A friend had 13 mcqs right in 2018 in US history and she got 23 or 26 in the whole paper. They gave her less then 15 out of the rest of paper. So we will have to see when the results are out

I am a Public Administration graduate and I think that the Syllabus was made by some senior bureaucrat who added a lot of things that they learned over the years and the examiners are political sciences people because they focus on theories a lot. Now lets see the results. I have been told that NOA academy made a lot of 2020 people pick p ad, because it was scoring in 2018.

[QUOTE=abidkhan;1095573]I think you performed well in mcqs section and personally I feel that objective portion has alot of impact on your subjective performence.I managed up to 17 marks in mcqs but the nature of the said paper was quite different .Due to its openess one can not hold fair grip on each topic.[/QUOTE]

I just pray for 33 marks, not even 34, to pass this paper. the only paper I am worried about.

[QUOTE=IamIronMan;1095689]A friend had 13 mcqs right in 2018 in US history and she got 23 or 26 in the whole paper. They gave her less then 15 out of the rest of paper. So we will have to see when the results are out[/QUOTE]

this is the reason I am perturbed. FPSC doesn't give marks on the number of sheets written rather the relevant and quality material. Though I attempted all the questions having a far-flung idea about, but the answers were not up to mark.

[QUOTE=abidkhan;1095573]I think you performed well in mcqs section and personally I feel that objective portion has alot of impact on your subjective performence.I managed up to 17 marks in mcqs but the nature of the said paper was quite different .Due to its openess one can not hold fair grip on each topic.[/QUOTE]Can u share International Law CSs MCQs 2019. It will be great service to all.

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[QUOTE=IamIronMan;1095386]This subject is interesting and maybe helpful in other subjects, but it is technical and one needs to memorize stuff for it. I know that the fault is mine that I couldn't prepare properly for this in my 2019 attempt, but the paper was too out of the course. Gone are the days when they use to ask direct questions, now they are asking too much of analytical questions. We have to prepare really well and there aren't many books that are equip with the right knowledge. Even books like Kapoor lack the material. Anyone else here that wants to talk about their 2019 Int law experience.[/QUOTE]Anyone who has especially 2019 and 2017 CSS International Law Mcqs kindly share.

It will be great service for all of us.

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If u have CSS 2019 MCQs kindly share.

Jazakallah

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[QUOTE=Cheetaa;1095709]If u have CSS 2019 MCQs kindly share.

Jazakallah

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Some MCQs of 2019 have been shared on this thread:

[url]http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-past-papers/css-2019-papers/123099-international-law-2019-paper-2.html[/url]

This whole situations occurs because we are told certain assumptions about certain subjects. We rely on other's experience and DMCs to pick subjects. The scoring trends change every year and no one has the same experience for same subject, so we should select subjects that appeal us.

[QUOTE=Cheetaa;1095707]Can u share International Law CSs MCQs 2019. It will be great service to all.

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It is already shared on the forum.Please search it.

[QUOTE=anzabb;1095699]I am a Public Administration graduate and I think that the Syllabus was made by some senior bureaucrat who added a lot of things that they learned over the years and the examiners are political sciences people because they focus on theories a lot. Now lets see the results. I have been told that NOA academy made a lot of 2020 people pick p ad, because it was scoring in 2018.[/QUOTE

Unlike other subjects, there is no coherency in the whole syllabus.I am not public ad graduate but every chapter is full of tiny topics with out creating any chain.

[QUOTE=nqayyum;1095700]I just pray for 33 marks, not even 34, to pass this paper. the only paper I am worried about.[/QUOTE]

Same uncertainty.

[QUOTE=IamIronMan;1095576]There was a time when optionals were an easy pass, look at pre 2016 past papers, questions are too direct and no special analysis needed. Now look at 2017 and onward, the papers are really difficult[/QUOTE]
This is one of the best observation i have come across this website
2017 ke baad se optionals have been made really tough
Not a single day goes by when I don’t think of this fact
E.g. lets look at criminology paper of 2016: defin criminal, types of criminals? Define Probation and discuss conditions for probation?

A breif look in Criminology 2019 paper will show how far the difficulty level has been raised

I will once again thank the writer for pointing out the crux of css optionals: since 2017 the optionals have been made more analytical (I personally think this reduces the chances of getting a high score in optionals but this is just a personal opinion:
Case in Points can be the overall decline in scores of Gender Studies, even the two toppers of css-2018 scored in 55-61 range

Let’s see how scores for css-2019 gender studies go

So sum up; the following optionals had a detrimental result since 2017:

1. 2017: International Relations
2. 2018: History of U.S.A

Only time will tell what happens in 2019 css result. We can only hope that optionals go back to being generally high scoring