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KHYBER. PAKHTOON KHWA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES (BPS-17) 2016
ECONOMICS PAPER- I Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100 Notes: Attempt five questions in all, selecting at least two questions from each part. All questions carry equal weight. Keep up to the point and avoid unnecessary details. Support your answers by suitable diagrams/Mathematical treatment, where necessary. Part A Q.1 a. Discuss the properties of indifference curves with due rationalization. b. Show that the law of equi-marginal utilities is instantly derived where the indifference curve is tangent to the budget line. Q.2 a. Define the elasticity of demand. Highlight its importance and discuss the factors (other than own price) that affect demand elasticity. b. Let the demand and supply functions for a commodity be given as under: Demand: Qd = 135 — 8P Supply: Qs = 16P - 45 Market Clearing Condition: Qd = Qs Calculate the elasticity of demand at equilibrium point (P*, Q*) Q.3 Consider two firms, one competitive and the other enjoying some monopoly in the market. a. Compare and contrast their relative positions in terms of revenues, costs & profit functions. b. Why do monopolies emerge in the markets? c. Discuss the relevance of marginal cost pricing practice followed in case of public utilities. Q.4 Write short notes on any two of the following: a. Average and Marginal Cost functions and their mutual relationship. b. Economies of scales and Returns to scales c. Income and substitution effects of a price change. d. Normal and inferior goods in terms of Engel's law Part B Q.5 a. Discuss the terms Value Added, Aggregate Demand and National Income. How the three concepts are inter-related in national income accounting. b. What is the difference between Personal Income and Disposable Income? c. How the two measures GDP (at marker prices) and GDP (at factor cost) are inter-related? d. "The per capita income is only a rough indicator of the standard of living of masses". Comment on the statement. Q.6 The major function of central bank is to control the supply of money in the economy. Discuss the various measures or instruments it can use for the purpose. Q.7 The government can adopt various .strategies to fill up the budget gap. Elaborate on the strategies concerned and discuss the merits and demerits of each. Q.8 Differentiate clearly between balance of trade and balance of payments. What are the main problems with the balance of payments of developing countries like Pakistan? Good Luck __________________________________________________ ___________ KHYBER PAKHTOON KHWA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES (BPS-17) 201 ECONOMICS PAPER- II Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100 Notes: Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal weight. Keep up to the point and avoid unnecessary /irrelevant details. Q.1 Discuss briefly at least three socio-economic problems of Pakistan, which you consider to be most serious. What suggestions will you offer to get rid of these problems? Q.2 The Human Development Index (HDI) Is a single comprehensive indicator that can compare the pace of socio-economic development in different countries. Comment on the statement. Q.3 Pakistan is basically an agrarian economy. Evaluate the issues confronting the agriculture sector development. What measures would you suggest to make this sector vibrant? Q.4 Appraise the industrial development experience of Pakistan. Discuss the main challenges presently faced by the industrial sector in Pakistan and their implications. Q.5 a. Define inflation and explain the way it is measured. b. Discuss the major sources of inflation in Pakistan. Q.6 a. Compare and contrast Debt-Finance and Equity-Finance as alternative strategies of financing development programs in terms of their short-run and long-run implications. b. Discuss the importance of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan. Q.7 The practice of Centralized Planning has been generally abandoned after the 1980's. Discuss the causes for failure of medium-term and perspective planning practice in Pakistan. Q.8 Write comprehensive notes on the following: a. Globalization and its implications for developing countries like Pakistan. b. Poverty alleviation as the primary goal Df development policy. Good Luck 
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Competitive Examination for the Posts of PMS, 2016 ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER.l Time Allowed: 03 Hours Max: Marks: 100 Note: Please attempt any FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. Q. 1. in his poem The French Revolution as It Appeared to Enthusiasts at Its Commencement, Wordsworth states "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive." How does William Wordsworth articulate the relationship between French Revolution and Romanticism in this poem? 2 cl Q. 2. To what extent does William Blake's poetry reflect that Romanticism and Spiritualism are the two sides of the same coin? Q. 3. Is it fair to say that Oscar Wilde's plays depict Victorian England as an Era of hypocrisy? 2' Q. 4. Discuss John Ruskin's position in relation to Aesthetic Movement. Q. 5. Evaluate Keats' role as one of the principal Romantic poets. Q.6. How does George Eliot's depiction of English society change during the course of her last novels? -.2. 0 Q. 7. Discuss whether or to what extent Charles Dickens' works were influenced by public opinion. 2- 0 __________________________________________________ __________ KPK, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Competitive Examination for the Posts of PMS, 2016 ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER-II Time Allowed: 03 Hours Max: Marks: 100 Note: Attempt any FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. Q. 1. Does Ernest Hemingway present Santiago as a Christ figure? Q. 2. Explain how the characters of Claudius and Hamlet act as two master chess players. 2- 6) Q. 3. How does the opening sentence in Pride and Prejudice, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife", set the scene for the rest of the novel? 2- C' Q. 4. Elaborate on how The Wasteland exemplifies fragmented experience that modern life embodies. 7- Q. 5. Sons and Lovers testifies yet again that Freudian psychoanalytical theory is indebted to literature. Discuss. Q. 6. Explain how Gulliver's Travels can have different meanings for readers of different age groups and backgrounds. 2 Q. 7. Apparently Yeats does not expect the Second Coming to be a Christian one; what kind of Second Coming does he predict?
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