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PMS 2015 Detailed Marks Sheet
Merit No. 24

English essay 33
English composition 38
Urdu including essay 62
General knowledge 49
Pakistan studies 54
Islamic studies 60
Commerce (1) 77
Commerce (2) 55
Pol.science (1) 49
Pol.science (2) 68
Persian (1) 72
Persian (2) 83
Total written marks 700
Interview marks 133
Aggregate total marks 833
A million thanks to Almighty for allocation.

1 ENGLISH ESSAY 40 (Preparation for CSS) Surprisingly passed this
2 ENGLISH B 35 (65 in CSS) and excellent pms paper
3 URDU INCLUDING ESSAY 46 (0 hour study)
4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 40 (2 Days Study for some other Test)
5 PAKISTAN STUDIES 45 (2 Months Study for CSS)
6 ISLAMIC STUDIES 60 (2 Months Study For CSS)
7 BUSINESS ADMN. PAPER-I 70 (Thankfully Revised it in a day)
8 BUSINESS ADMN. PAPER-II 43 (No Revision) (Deserved it)
9 HISTORY PAPER-I 100 79 (6 hours study)
10 HISTORY PAPER-II 63 (2 hours study)
11 PSYCHOLOGY PAPER-I 43 (80 in CSS) (Even Revised it)
12 PSYCHOLOGY PAPER-II 65 (No Revision)
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Written Marks Obtained: 629 / 1200 Merit No: Between 91 - 120
Interview Marks Obtained: 147 / 200 (I expected 160 in interview)
Overall Marks Obtained: 776 / 1400

- Total Time given to PMS 2015 would be 10-12 Days
- Utterly shocked at Psychology 1 marks which should have been 70-75 instead of 43
- English B marks which should have been 60 not 35. PMS paper was piece of cake
- studied history in 8 hours and got 142/200 though to be fair i had an excellent knowledge of International Relations and a fair bit of Pakistan affairs

Please share history paper and share your strategy for history paper . I m confused in opting history . I thought it demands vast reading . I m really thankful if you help me .you are the first person who prepared history paper in this forum i could not find any other.

did u get allocated ? last time i had 670 marks but i was failed in essay by 2 marks.

What are the minimum passing marks for English essay and composition papers ?

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Iyyaka Na'bodo wa,Iyyaka Nasta'een

I cannot post links, please go to PMS Past Papers on the Forum.

For history paper always look for two things 1. Academic Background in some sort of History 2. if not then at least one should have sufficient time at hand because, you are right, it does consume a lot of time

Best case scenario: Background in history and sufficient time at hand
Worst case scenario: No Background in history and cramped for time

When I opted for history, I had in mind that PMS 2015 exam would be held in April-May 2016. And I would prepare for Urdu, GK and History after CSS exam 2016 and would have revised Business Ad, Psychology, etc in process. As a lot of others would have been surprised that notification for exams came in mid december to be conducted in last week of december, I resorted to crises management techniques by making best of the time available.

I had previously read in a thread, some gentleman informed about the Paper 1 syllabus, which he rightly thought was taken from a single book. I found that book one day before the exam in Quaid-e-azam library and skimmed it. (He rightly pointed out that such sort of history is not taught in Pakistani Universities and the paper was not according to the syllabus either). I came home, one by one picked the topics from the syllabus, wiki them and read atleast 500-1000 words on each very quickly i.e. french revolution, intellectual movements etc. Early in morning on exam day, I 1122 a friend in Sindh who had brilliant score in Indo-Pak history in css, for two hours he told me motay motay points on Mughals, 1857 and British in India.

I played to my strength when I opted history. I had Islamic History in CSS (irrelevant though). I had an excellent IR knowledge which gave me good insight into last two century's affairs at least. I had studied Pakistan Movement previously for CSS (excluded in new syllabus though not from exams). I had interest in Philosophy and Political science so a lot of things were not alien to me. I believe, i have excellent grip on current affairs that helped me connect historical events to contemporary challenges and solutions.


Questions I attempted in Paper 1:
1. Rise of China (IR) (Pak Affairs) (Current Affairs)
2. America Pak Relations (Book: Foreign Policy 1947- 2012 by Abdul Sattar had a detailed account of it that I had read) (Pak Aff) (Current Affairs) (IR)
3. Imperialism and Capitalism (IR)
4. England lost WW2 - (IR) Decolonization
5. French Revolution (I had read it from Wikipedia)

Questions not attmepted:
Monroe Doctrine (IR)

Questions Attempted in Paper 2:
1. Growth of Democracy in pak (Pak Affairs)
2. Bhuttos Nationalization (Pak Affairs)
3. Failure of 1857 (1122 from Sindh)
4. Objectives Resolution (Pak Affairs)
5. Caste System in Hindu Society (1122 from Sindh)

Questions that i did not attempt:
Ayub's Basic Democracy (Pak Affairs)
Circumstances of Gen. Zia's Martial Law (Pak Affairs)

Hope it helps

No dear, no allocation with these marks.
Unlucky you. I passed English B by 2 marks or so, such is life

Qualification Conditions for Written Examination
(i) Atleast 33% marks to qualify in each paper.
(ii) Atleast 50% aggregate marks to qualify.

Interview: To qualify an interview, a candidate is required to secure atleast 50% marks.

Thank you . You have given me a elaborative stance on history .i have read british history and got 140 marks . You are right good background knowledge is prerequsite for history papaer .i could not find any paper of histroy from past thread . I like to read history thats why i bid opting the subject . Vast reading is necessary all the questions you have mentioned i have studied for css. What i need is that please mention the name of book which you got from the Qaid e azam library and if it is possible please send me history papers in my email or upload it here or share the thread from where you found such through info