FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS–17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2007

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100 NOTE: Write a COMPREHENSIVE essay (4000 – 5000 words) on any ONE of the topics listed

below. Make sure you use different forms of discourse; viz: exposition, argument, persuasion, description and narration.

Q.1. 'The more developed a country, the more lethally it is armed.' Q.2. Higher education as an agent of change. Q.3. The future of mankind in a 'Global Warming' perspective. Q.4. The image of Islam in the western world and responsibilities of the Muslim Ummah. Q.5. A country is backward because its people are backward. Q.6. Globalization and electronic media. Q.7. "The present system of education must assume some of the responsibilities of our failures." Discuss. Q.8. "Politics is the art of possible." Discuss. Q.9. Terrorism as a new threat to the contemporary world. Q.10. The state of Women Rights in Pakistan.

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS–17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2007

ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100 Q.1. Make a précis of the given passage and suggest a suitable heading. (20+5) The author of a work of imagination is trying to affect us wholly, as human beings,

whether he knows it or not; and we are affected by it, as human beings, whether we intend to be or not. I suppose that everything we eat has some other effect upon us than merely the pleasure of taste and mastication; it affects us during the process of assimilation and digestion; and I believe that exactly the same is true of any thing we read.

The fact that what we read does not concern merely something called our literary taste, but that it affects directly, though only amongst many other influences, the whole of what we are, is best elicited, I think, by a conscientious examination of the history of our individual literary education. Consider the adolescent reading of any person with some literary sensibility. Everyone, I believe, who is at all sensible to the seductions of poetry, can remember some moment in youth when he or she was completely carried away by the work of one poet. Very likely he was carried away by several poets, one after the other. The reason for this passing infatuation is not merely that our sensibility to poetry is keener in adolescence than in maturity. What happens is a kind of inundation, or invasion of the undeveloped personality, the empty (swept and garnished) room, by the stronger personality of the poet. The same thing may happen at a later age to persons who have not done much reading. One author takes complete possession of us for a time; then another, and finally they begin to affect each other in our mind. We weigh one against another; we see that each has qualities absent from others, and qualities incompatible with the qualities of others: we begin to be, in fact, critical: and it is our growing critical power which protects us from excessive possession by anyone literary personality. The good critic – and we should all try to be critics, and not leave criticism to the fellows who write reviews in the papers – is the man who, to a keen and abiding sensibility, joins wide and increasingly discriminating reading. Wide reading is not valuable as a kind of hoarding, an accumulation of knowledge, or what sometimes is meant by the term 'a well-stocked mind.' It is valuable because in the process of being affected by one powerful personality after another, we cease to be dominated by anyone, or by any small number. The very different views of life, cohabiting in our minds, affect each other, and our own personality asserts itself and gives each a place in some arrangement peculiar to ourself.

Q.2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: (20) Strong sections of industrials who still imagine that men can be mere machines and

are at their best as machines if they are mere machines are already menacing what they call 'useless' education. They deride the classics, and they are mildly contemptuous of history, philosophy, and English. They want our educational institutions, from the oldest University to the youngest elementary schools, to concentrate on business or the things that are patently useful in business. Technical instruction is to be provided for adolescent artisans; book-keeping and shorthand for prospective clerks; and the cleverest we are to set to 'business methods', to modern languages (which can be used in correspondence with foreign firms), and to science (which can be applied to industry). French and German are the languages, not of Montaigne and Goethe, but of Schmidt Brothers, of Elberfeld, and Dupont et Cie., of Lyons. Chemistry and Physics are not explorations into the physical constitution of the universe, but sources of new dyes, new electric light filaments, new means of making things which can be sold cheap and fast to the Nigerian and the Chinese. For Latin there is a limited field so long as the druggists insist on retaining it in their prescriptions. Greek has no apparent use at all, unless it be as a source of syllables for the hybrid names of patent medicines and metal polishes. The soul of man, the spiritual basis of civilization-what gibberish is that?

QUESTIONS: (a) What kind of education does the writer deal with? (2) (b) What kind of education does the writer favour? How do you know? (3) (c) Where does the writer express most bitterly his feelings about the neglect

of the classics? (3) (d) Explain as carefully as you can the full significance of the last sentence. (4) (e) Explain the underlined words and phrases in the passage. (8)

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Q.3. Write a comprehensive note (250 – 300 words) on any ONE of the following : (20) (a) Honesty is the best policy but advertising also helps.

(b) It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. (c) A suspicious parent makes an artful child. (d) Spontaneity and creativity as symbols of freedom. (e) Means justify the ends.

Q.4.(A) Choose the word that is nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital letters : (5) (Do only FIVE) Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered. (1) LACUNAE: (a) tiny marine life (b) shallow water (c) local dialect (d) missing parts

(2) PAROXYSM: (a) moral lesson (b) sudden outburst (c) contradiction (d) pallid imitation

(3) GROTTO: (a) statue (b) cavern (c) neighbourhood (d) type of moth

(4) FETTER: (a) rot (b) to restrain (c) make better (d) enable to fly

(5) STOICISM: (a) indifference (b) boldness (c) deep affection (d) patient endurance

(6) SUCCULENT: (a) edible (b) parched (c) generous (d) mature (7) MALEDICTION: (a) compliment (b) summary (c) perfume (d) awkwardness Q.4.(B) Pick the most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: (5)

(1) TWINE: (a) straighten (b) continue (c) unravel (d) detach (2) FRUGAL: (a) prodigal (b) intemperate (c) extravagant (d) profuse (3) GAWKY: (a) neat (b) handy (c) graceful (d) handsome (4) CAPRICIOUS: (a) firm (b) decided (c) inflexible (d) constant (5) CONGEAL: (a) liquify (b) molify (c) harden (d) solidify

Q.5.(A)Change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech: (5) (Do only FIVE) Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered.

(1) "This world, "he declared" is full of sorrow. Would that I were dead!" (2) He said to me, "Come early; we shall be waiting for you." (3) "How delighted I am, "said he," to meet my friends here by my own fireside!" (4) The man said that he was quite sure he should succeed. (5) John exclaimed with a sigh that he was ruined. (6) The constable enquired of the man where he was going. (7) The boy said that he would walk. (8) "What losses, "cried he," have I suffered? What anguish have I endured!"

Q.5.(B)Correct ONLY FIVE of the following: (5) Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered.

(1) Either of these three umbrellas will suit me. (2) Shall you not take my word in this matter? (3) This poor man was suffering much for a long time past. (4) If he had not died, he would grow up to be a murderer. (5) Neither he nor I are in the wrong. (6) It is high time they mend this road. (7) I heard him went down the stairs. (8) Paper is made of wood.

Q.6.(A) Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning:(5)

Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be cons idered. (1) To put the lid on (2) Flavour of the month (3) Zero hours (4) Gloom and doom (5) To pig out (6) Bag people (7) Compassion fatigue (8) No to mince matters

Q.6.(B) Use ONLY FIVE of the following pairs of words in sentences which illustrate their

meaning: Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered. (10) (1) affluence, effluence (2) wretch, retch (3) euphemistic, euphuistic (4) amoral, immoral (5) imperial, imperious (6) degrade, denigrate

(7) temporal, temporary (8) precipitate, precipitous

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS–17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2007

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER–I

(EVERY DAY SCIENCE) PART–I (Subjective)

PART-II (MCQ Type) Question Paper bearing 50 marks will be given to

you at 10:40 AM which is to be solved on OMR Sheet TIME ALLOWED: 100 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 50 NOTE: (i) Attempt ONLY FIVE questions. All questions carry EQUAL marks. (ii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

(iii) Candidate must draw two straight lines ( ) at the end to separate each question attempted in Answer Books.

Q.1. Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (5 each) (a) Laser (b) Nuclear reactor (c) Ceramics Q.2. Write briefly (not more than three to four sentences) about any five of the following:(2 each) (a) Asteroids (b) Black Hole (c) Aurora

(d) Sedimentary Rocks (e) Epiphytes (f) Ionosphere Q.3. Differentiate between the following Pairs: (5 each) (a) BIT and BYTE (b) RAM and ROM

(c) Epidemic and endemic (d) Photosynthesis and respiration (e) Herbivores and carnivores

Q.4. (i) What are endocrine glands? Name any TWO. (2+2)

(ii) Name the parts of human body from where the following secreted: (6) (a) Insulin (b) thyroxin (c) adrenalin (d) oestrogen (e) cortisol (f) testosterone

Q.5. (a) Briefly discuss the classification of plants giving suitable examples: (6) (b) Define the following: (4) (1) Vaccine (2) Antibiotic

(3) solar eclipse (4) Exothermic Q.6. Give scientific reasons of the following: (2 each)

(a) Why climbers get their food by climbing on other trees? (b) Mars is called red Planet. (c) Vitamin D is the essential component of the body. (d) The weight of the object is less at the equator than at the Poles. (e) Why do some people snore?

Q.7. Give description of different satellites and also give their functions. (10) Q.8. (a) What is balanced diet? (5) (b) How are characters transmitted from parents to offspring? (5)

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS–17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2007

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER–II

(CURRENT AFFAIRS) TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100 NOTE: (i) Attempt ONLY FIVE questions in all, including QUESTION NO.1 , which is COMPULSORY.

All questions carry EQUAL marks. (ii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

(iii) Candidate must draw two straight lines ( ) at the end to separate each question attempted in Answer Books.

Q.1. Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the question. (1) Patronas towers are located in: (a) Singapore (b) Chicago (c) Kaula Lumpur (d) None of these (2) Name of the present UN Secretary general is: (a) Kofi Annan (b) Bon Ki Moon (c) Batrus Ghali (d) None of these (3) The length of common border between India and Pakistan is: (a) 900 miles (b) 1000 miles (c) 1100 miles (d) None of these (4) Last SAARC conference was held in 2004 at: (a) Islamabad (b) Kathmandu (c) Colombo (d) None of these (5) China became the member of World Trade Organization in: (a) 1998 (b) 2002

(c) 2004 (d) None of these (6) The number of players in each team of basketball game is: (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) None of these (7) Which is the largest Surah of Holy Quran: (a) Surah Al-Imran (b) Sura Al-Baqarah (c) Surah Yaseen (d) None of these (8) The Olympic games in 2004 were held in: (a) Athens (b) Sydney (c) California (d) None of these (9) How many members the National Security Council (Pakistan) has: (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) None of these (10) Noble Peace Prize for year 2006 was awarded to: (a) Dr. Mahatir Mohammad (b) Dr. Mohammad Yunus (c) Dr. Abul Kalam (d) None of these (11) Denzil Washington is renowned as: (a) USA army general (b) British Naval Commander (c) Hollywood actor (d) None of these (12) The number of OIC member States is: (a) 55 (b) 57 (c) 59 (d) None of these

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER–II (CURRENT AFFAIRS)

(13) Mahbub-ul-Haq Human Development Center is located at: (a) Karachi (b) Lahore (c) Islamabad (d) None of these (14) Hugo Chavez is the president of: (a) Venezuela (b) Brazil (c) Bolivia (d) None of these (15) What is the name of the only Pakistani who won a Noble Prize: (a) Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad (b) Dr. Abdus-Salam (c) Dr. Abdul Qadeer (d) None of these (16) Maple leaf is the National emblem of: (a) Germany (b) China (c) Canada (d) None of these (17) Name of Bengladesh Parliament is: (a) People National Assembly (b) Majlis- i-Shoora (c) Jatia Sangsad (d) None of these (18) India has constructed 'Baglihar Dam' in occupied Kashmir’s district of: (a) Udhumpur (b) Doda (c) Jammu (d) None of these (19) 'Hamas' was founded in 1987 by: (a) Yasser Arafat (b) Ismail Haniye (c) Khalid Meshaal (d) None of these (20) Which of the following regions of Balochistan will be irrigated through Kachi Canal project: (a) Quetta (b) Zhob (c) Nasirabad (d) None of these

Q.2. What are the factors which contribute to the global warming? What measures have been

agreed in the Kyoto protocol to minimize the harmful effects of Pollution? Q.3. Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a success story of regional

organization. What lessons SAARAC can learn from the experience of ASEAN? Q.4. There is a perception that USA is preparing to attack Iran. Discuss the possibilities of this

scenario and its implications at global level specially in the Middle East, and on Pakistan. Q.5. China, India and Pakistan are three Nuclear States in the Asian Continent. Is this a

potential threat or strength for the continent? Analyse. Q.6. Pakistan is suffering from crises of governance at Institutional level. Suggest remedies to

mitigate this situation. Q.7. The organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) has not played any effective role in protecting the rights of member states. How can it become a vibrant organization to achieve its objectives? Q.8. Write notes on any TWO of the following:

(a) Neo-Conservatism in USA (b) Human Development (c) Geneva convention (d) Balkanization

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS–17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2007

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER–III

(PAKISTAN AFFAIRS) TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100 NOTE: (i) Attempt ONLY FIVE questions in all, including QUESTION NO.1 , which is COMPULSORY.

All questions carry EQUAL marks. (ii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

(iii) Candidate must draw two straight lines ( ) at the end to separate each question attempted in Answer Books.

Q.1. Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the question.

(1) The first Muslim general entered Victorious in the sub-continent Indo-Pak in the year:

(a) 612 AD (b) 712 AD (c) 812 AD (d) None of these (2) On the execution of Muhammad Bin Qasim, the rule of Caliph ended and Arab

princes in Mansura (Sindh) and Multan (Punjab) established their independent dynasties in Sub-continent in the year:

(a) 861 AD (b) 871 AD (c) 881 AD (d) None of these (3) Who became the first Sultan of newly established Muslim Sultanate of Delhi in

1207: (a) Shahabudin Ghuri (b) Qatub-din Aibek (c) Zaheer-u-din Babar (d) None of these (4) Who has written the book entitled "The Making of Pakistan" (a) Qurashi I.H. (b) Muhammad Ali Ch. (c) Waheed-uz-Zaman (d) None of these (5) Who was first appointed Nazim of Nadva-ul-ulema in 1883: (a) Maulana Shibli (b) Maulvi Abdul Ghafoor (c) Maulana Syed Muhammad Ali (d) None of these (6) Pakistan’s ideology is based on the ideals of: (a) Democracy (b) Theocracy

(c) Islam (d) None of these (7) Quaid-e-Azam called Islam "Our bedrock and sheet anchor" while addressing: (a) Punjab Students Federation (b) Muslim Students Peshawar (c) Indian Muslims (d) None of these (8) The resolution for formation of All-Indian Muslim League was passed at the meeting of All India Educational Conference (1906) and was moved by: (a) Nawab Viqar ul Mulk (b) Nawab Mohsin ul Mulk (c) Nawab Salim ullah (d) None of these (9) The demand of separate electorate for Indian Muslims was first accepted in the

Act of: (a) 1909 (b) 1919 (c) 1935 (d) None of these (10) The provincial governments of Congress resigned and All-India Muslim League

as a mark of relief observed the "Day of Deliverance" on: (a) 22 Oct. 1939 (b) 22 Nov. 1939 (c) 22 Dec. 1939 (d) None of these (11) The Lahore Resolution was amended and Pakistan was made an integral part of

League’s objective. The amendment was made in the Annual session (1941) of All India Muslim League, which was held at:

(a) Karachi (b) Lahore (b) Madras (d) None of these

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER–III (PAKISTAN AFFAIRS) (12) Radcliffe Commission submitted its formula for the division of India in to two

countries to Lord Mountbatton on: (a) 9 August 1947 (b) 19 August 1947 (c) 29 August 1947 (d) None of these (13) Ch. Rahmat Ali, the architect of the name of the Pakistan, died on: (a) Feb. 2, 1951 (b) Feb. 12, 1951 (c) Feb. 22, 1951 (d) None of these (14) Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, while addressing a meeting

at Rawalpindi was assassinated on: (a) Oct. 6, 1951 (b) Oct. 16, 1951 (c) Oct. 26, 1951 (d) None of these (15) The Legal Frame Work Order, which amended a constitution of Pakistan

unilaterally was issued by: (a) Yahya Khan (b) Ayub Khan (c) Zia-ul-Haq (d) None of these (16) The country, which supported the Pakistan Movement before the emergence of

Pakistan: (a) Iran (b) Indonesia (c) Saudi Arabia (d) None of these (17) Durand Line, which divides the borders of Pakistan and Afghanistan is as long

as: (a) 2252 Km (b) 2262 Km (c) 2272 Km (d) None of these (18) Which mountain range is located between China and Pakistan: (a) Siwaliks (b) Hindu Kush Range (c) Great Himalayas (d) None of these (19) What is the total area of Pakistan: (in square kilometer) (a) 695095 (b) 795095 (c) 796096 (d) None of these (20) The Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) was established among

Pakistan, Iran and Turkey in 1964 and was annualled in: (a) 1969 (b) 1979 (c) 1989 (d) None of these Q.2. Critically evaluate the contribution made by missionaries in the growth of Muslim society

in the Sub-continent of Indo-Pak. Q.3. The Deoband School stood for "definite religio- political goals with limited sphere of

influence." Discuss. Q.4. Elucidate Ideology of Pakistan. What are the reasons which contributed for the

development of two-nation-theory? Is two-nation-theory relevant after the fall of Dacca? Discuss.

Q.5. Minto Morely Reform was a "tool of change" in the political system of India. Discuss it

with special reference to the demands of Simla Deputation. Q.6. Local government system under the “Devolution of Power Plan 2001” has miserably failed in delivering service to the masses. Discuss. Q.7. "Pakistan is a federation in form and unitary in spirit." Discuss it keeping in view the strengths and weaknesses of Federation of Pakistan.

Q.8. Highlight the salient features of National Education Policy of 1998-99. How can we

improve the education standard of people of Pakistan?

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