CSS Islamic History Culture Past Paper 2021

Instructions specific to this paper

• Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting TWO questions from EACH

Part-II questions

1. Q. 220 marks

   How the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) proved him a great strategist during the Treaty of Hudaibia?

2. Q. 320 marks

   How did the first Caliph Abu Bakr (R.A) deal with the false claimants of Prophethood?

3. Q. 420 marks

   Discuss the election of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and its democratic spirit.

4. Q. 520 marks

   How did Shura work during the early period of Islam and how did this consultative body deteriorate under Umayyad caliphs.

5. Q. 620 marks

   Describe the salient features of Muslim contribution to religious literature and philosophy during Abbasid rule.

6. Q. 720 marks

   Elucidate impact of Crusades on Muslim-Christians relations.

7. Q. 820 marks

   Write notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each) (a) Educational aspect of Islamic Modernism (b) Calligraphy (c) Muslim contributions to Chemistry

Source & accuracy

Source:

The question paper is issued by the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) for the CSS competitive examination. The paper itself is unaltered; the PDF here has an EduReach Academy cover page added.

How this text was produced:

Question text is extracted automatically from the PDF and is not a re-typed transcript. Part-I (the MCQ block answered on the OMR sheet) is not reproduced; what appears here is the Part-II descriptive paper. Where a paper is image-only or its text layer does not preserve reading order, no text is shown and the original PDF is offered instead.

Spotted a mistake, or a paper we are missing? Tell us and we'll fix it.

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.