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Current Affairs Paper 1996-1999
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN B.P.S. – 17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1996 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100 Note: Answer any FIVE questions. All questions carry EQUAL marks. 1. Which ONE of the following do you consider as Pakistan’s Problem No.1: [20] (a) Rapidly increasing population (b) Illiteracy (c) Corruption (d) Lack of respect for law 2. What are salient points of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which was discussed at the Conference on Disarmament held in Aug 1996 and vetoed by India? Also summarize the reservations which China, India, Pakistan and Iran had on the draft treaty. [20] 3. What impact the substitution of General agreement on Tariff & Trade (GATT) with World Trade Organization (WTO) will have on Pakistan’s economy? [20] 4. What do you understand by Public-Private Partnership? How can this accelerate Pakistan’s development? [20] 5. The Government of Pakistan has launched a Social Action Program (SAP) which will complete its first phase in June 1997. What is SAP and what major problems are being faced in its implementation? [20] 6. It has been said that as a result of General Elections held in India in 1996 a new political order is taking shape where the Federation of Indian States will be governed by a federation of regional parties. Please comment. [20] 7. Should General Education be vocationalised? Asian Development Bank and World Bank have two different views, what are your views? [20] 8. Which ONE event you consider the best and which ONE event the worst in the fifty years of Pakistan’s independence and why? [20] |
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN B.P.S. – 17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1997 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100 Note: Answer any FIVE questions. All questions carry EQUAL marks. Give the serial numbers of the question paper to your answer. 1. Talibans are the supreme force in Afghanistan and therefore they fully deserve to be recognized by all. Discuss this statement in the light of Pakistan’s relations with Iran. 2. “Our revenues are not sufficient to meet even the two major items of current expenditure – debt servicing and the defence”. Examine this statement in the ligt of Federal Budget 1997-98. 3. Critically examine the Education Policies being pursued by the Government of Pakistan since 1972. Why these failed to achieve the targets? 4. Do you think the passing of Fourteenth Amendment Boll, 1997 will bring to an end of Floor Crossing in Pakistan? Discuss. 5. It is presumed that the restoration of Hong Kong to China will bring drastic political and social changes in that country. Discuss. 6. Do you think the final decision on single European Monetary Union will ultimately usher a new Superpower in Europe? Discuss? 7. In what was the expansion of NATO would benefit USA and Europe? Discuss. 8. Do you think Secular Radicalism in Turkey will be replaced by the Islamic Fundamentalism in the near future? Discuss this aspect taking into consideration frequent political upheavals in that country.
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN B.P.S. – 17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1998 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100 Note: Answer any FIVE questions. All questions carry EQUAL marks. 1. “Internal developments bear upon the foreign relations of a state and vice versa”. Explain with particular reference to Pakistan’s relations with big powers. 2. “Detonation of nuclear device by Pakistan in May 1998 unleashed a storm of controversy inside and outside the country”. Discuss. 3. Critically evaluate Pakistan’s National Education Policy 1998. 4. Give a critical appraisal of the background and current situation of Kashmir conflict. 5. Select and ONE sector of Pakistan’s economy and analyse its performance during the last twenty years. 6. “Behind political crises in South East Asia lies an economic slump”. Discuss. 7. Discuss the geo-political importance of Pakistan and underscore the role played by the country in SAARC and ECO. 8. Write explanatory notes on any TWO of the following: (a) Sino-US Relationships (b) Communalism in India (c) Kosovo Crisis (d) European Monetary Union
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN B.P.S. – 17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1999 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100 Note: Answer any FIVE questions. All questions carry EQUAL marks. 1. What were the main issues of Pakistan’s foreign policy as determined by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah as founder of Pakistan and as Pakistan’s first Governor General? Discuss. 2. Do you agree with the statement that despite Pakistan’s willingness to solve the Kashmir issue according to the UN Resolutions, India was never sincere in this connection. Why? Discuss. 3. Critically evaluate Pakistan’s efforts to strengthen the role of OIC since its establishment for the purpose of bringing unity amongst the Muslim Countries. 4. Evaluate the functioning and effectiveness of foreign aid in the economic development of Pakistan during the last 15 years. 5. Critically examine the nature of Pakistan’s relations with China in context of regional political developments during the last 15 years. 6. Explain Pakistan’s endeavour to develop its friendly relations with the African countries during the last twenty years. 7. Write a note on the nature of democracy working in Pakistan. Why it has to meet failure again and again? Discuss. 8. Write short notes on any TWO of following: (a) Pak-US Relations; (b) Hindu attitude towards Indian minorities; (c) Chechnya crisis; (d) Latest developments of the Palestinian issue.
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Tough paper
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