Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC)
Competitive Examination for Recruitment to BPS-17 Posts under the Federal Government
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100 Marks
Paper: Gender Studies
PART-2 (Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q. No. 2 Write a note on the status of women’s studies in Pakistan and give your views on the autonomy/integration debate in Women’s Studies.
Q. No. 3 What are the sites and forms of violence against women in Pakistan and how, in your view, can this menace be eliminated from our society?
Q. No. 4 What are the pros and cons of gender quotas in politics? Give your views on the impact of gender quotas in politics in Pakistan.
Q. No. 5 Write a note on the women’s movement in Pakistan. What are its strengths and weaknesses?
Q. No. 6 What are the theories of social construction of gender?
Q. No. 7 What is feminism? In what way is Radical feminism different from Socialist Feminism?
Q. No. 8 Critically review the Gender and Development Approaches on the following:
(i) Women in Development (WID)
(ii) Women and Development (WAD)
(iii) Gender and Development (GAD)
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