I had the Worst International Law Experience in CSS 2019

[IamIronMan]

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.

[abidkhan]

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.

[IamIronMan]

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.

[abidkhan]

[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.

[nqayyum]

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.

[abidkhan]

Originally Posted by nqayyum

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.

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.

[abidkhan]

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

[IamIronMan]

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

[IamIronMan]

Originally Posted by abidkhan

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

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

[abidkhan]

Originally Posted by IamIronMan

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

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.