CSS Pakistan Affairs Past Paper 2009
PART-1(Objective-MCQs) 20 Marks
Q.1. Select the best option/answer. (20)
1. Who rejected the verdict of jurists that idol-worshippers are liable to be murdered?
(A) Mahmood Ghaznavi
(B) Shams-ud-din Iltutmish
(C) Jalal-ud-din Feroz
(D) None of these
2. Who constructed five canals to remove scarcity of water?
(A) Alauddin Khalji
(B) Ghiayas-ud-din Tughlaq
(C) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Akbar
3. Who laid foundation of Agra city?
(A) Sikandar Lodhi
(B) Babur
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
4. Who wrote ‘Humayun Nama’?
(A) Shahabuddin
(B) Gulbadan Begum
(C) Humayun
(D) Qudrat ullah Shahab
5. Who accepted Akbar’s “Din-i-Elahi”?
(A) Todar Mal
(B) Ma’an Singh
(C) Birbal
(D) None of these
6. Which office held supreme judicial authority during Mughal rule?
(A) King
(B) Qazi-ul-Quzzat
(C) Sadar-us-Sadur
(D) None of these
7. Who supported Muslim-Participation in politics?
(A) Wiqar-ul-Mulk
(B) Mohsin-ul-Mulk
(C) Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
(D) Allama Iqbal
8. Who is the author of “Hunter Par Hunter”?
(A) Deputy Nazir Ahmad
(B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(C) Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
(D) None of these
9. Who drafted “Wardha Scheme” under the guidance of Gandhi?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Nehru
(C) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(D) None of these
10. How many Muslim seats were secured by All India Muslim League, in 1945-46 Election of Provincial legislatures?
(A) 396
(B) 425
(C) 441
(D) None of these
11. Who presided over the session of Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 10 August 1947?
(A) Quaid-i-Azam
(B) Liaquat Ali Khan
(C) Ch. Khaliquzzaman
(D) Sir Aga Khan
12. Who rejected the theory of composite nationalism, advanced by Indian National Congress?
(A) Maulana Maudoodi
(B) Allama Mashriqi
(C) Hussain Ahmad Madni
(D) Quaid-e-Azam
13. Who was convicted in Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case?
(A) Shorash Kashmiri
(B) Habib Jalib
(C) Faiz Ahmad Faiz
(D) None of these
14. In which constitution of Pakistan, the Ministers were neither members of the parliament nor answerable to parliament?
(A) 1956
(B) 1962
(C) 1973
(D) None of these
15. From which country, Pakistan purchased Gawadar?
(A) Kuwait
(B) Iran
(C) Muscat
(D) None of these
16. Which provincial Chief Minister was dismissed, on the issue of One Unit?
(A) Chief Minister NWFP
(B) Chief Minister Sindh
(C) Chief Minister Punjab
(D) Chief Minister Balochistan
17. Which Radio Station already existed at the time of creation of Pakistan?
(A) Peshawar
(B) Karachi
(C) Quetta
(D) None of these
18. Under Yahya’s LFO, what option did the National Assembly have if it could not frame the constitution within 120 days?
(A) Dissolved automatically
(B) President will dissolve it
(C) Extension in time-frame
(D) None of these
19. What percentage of total polled votes in East Pakistan, was secured by Awami League in 1970 Elections?
(A) 54%
(B) 60%
(C) 75%
(D) None of these
20. When was the state of Swat included in Pakistan?
(A) 4th April 1969
(B) 28th July 1969
(C) 29th June 1970
(D) None of these
PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions. (20×4)
Q.2. Keeping in view the diverse Muslim Reformist Movements of the sub-continent, delineate the sequential unity in the formulation of the Ideology of Pakistan.
Q.3. What specific steps were initiated by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan which later on became the agenda points of the movement for Pakistan? How did these steps orient the political system in Pakistan?
Q.4. Illustrate the role of Quaid-i-Azam in protecting the constitutional rights of Muslims of the sub-continent from 1916 to 1933.
Q.5. Referring to the evolution of the political system, identify the commonalities among Martial Law Administrators of Pakistan.
Q.6. Discuss and debate the strength of Pakistan’s diplomatic stance regarding the “War on Terror”. How can it be improvised in the present geo-political scenario?
Q.7. Compare and contrast the dynamics of the recent Civil Society Movement with other movements in the history of Pakistan. What impact would it have on the future of Pakistan?
Q.8. Despite having a strong research base, rich lands, reasonable water resources, and various land reforms, why has the agriculture sector remained less developed in Pakistan?