CSS Gender Studies Past Paper 2020

Instructions specific to this paper

• Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

1. Q. 220 marks

   Gender has multiple meanings. How do you deconstruct the word “GENDER”?

2. Q. 320 marks

   How the colonial era influenced the status of women in subcontinent?

3. Q. 420 marks

   'Language is gendered', what does this imply? Explain with examples.

4. Q. 520 marks

   Women need to be in leadership positions to pull more women into leadership roles. Is this suggestion that women need to “pull each other up” a useful one, or is that inappropriate preferential treatment.

5. Q. 620 marks

   “For realizing, in letter and spirit, the ideals of a democratic welfare state, it is necessary to institute a system which fully guarantees human rights, generates conducive environment for the pragmatic use and beneficial enjoyment of human rights and provides operative safeguards and expeditious remedy against any violation of human rights”. Critically evaluate the statement with special reference to Pakistan.

6. Q. 720 marks

   Comment on the power and control relationship in gender based violence.

7. Q. 820 marks

   Discuss the background of the two Oscar winning documentaries by Sharmeen Obiod.

Standard FPSC instructions

Printed on this and every CSS paper.

• Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
• All the parts (if any) of each question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
• Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the question paper.
• No page/space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of the Answer Book must be crossed.
• Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.