Federal Public Service Commission
CSS Political Science Past Paper 2023
Optional · 80 marks · three hours
Original FPSC paper
DownloadInstructions specific to this paper
- Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II, by selecting TWO questions from EACH
- Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting ONE question from
Questions
- Q. 220 marks
Explain Bentham`s greatest happiness of the greatest number.
- Q. 320 marks
What are Al-Ghazali`s pre-requisites for becoming a Khalifa?
- Q. 420 marks
Expound Iqbal`s vision for rise of Muslims in South Asia in the era of colonialism.
- Q. 520 marks
Write short notes on the following (10 each) (a) Existentialism is humanism (b) Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am)
- Q. 620 marks
Rights and duties are two facets of the same coin. Elaborate.
- Q. 720 marks
In an Islamic state, Islam is considered a complete code of life, which provides guidelines for proper management of political power. Elaborate.
- Q. 820 marks
What are salient features of a professional and apolitical bureaucracy?
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.
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