For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: Pakistan Studies (COMPULSORY)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Attempt FIVE questions in all, including Question No. 8 which is compulsory. Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q. 1 “The policies of Indian National Congress between 1937 to 1947 were such as to make the partition of India inevitable.” Discuss. (20 Marks)
Q. 2 What was the contribution of the Muslim press in the struggle for creation of Pakistan? Examine the role of prominent Muslim journalists in this regard. (20 Marks)
Q. 3 How do you substantiate that the speech of Quaid-i-Azam on 11 August 1947 was a great vision that designed the futuristic political and social structure of Pakistan? (20 Marks)
Q. 4 How did the partition of the Punjab in 1947 affect the communal harmony? (20 Marks)
Q. 5 Explain the economic challenges being faced by Pakistan. (20 Marks)
Q. 6 Discuss the important developments and events which shaped the Kashmir Liberation Movement during the last one decade. (20 Marks)
Q. 7 Write short notes on any TWO of the following: a) 18th Constitutional Amendment b) National Action Plan c) Diamer Bhasha Dam
Q. 8 Fill in the Blanks: (10 + 10 Marks) (2 × 10 = 20 Marks)
i) Quaid-i-Azam resigned from the Indian National Congress in ______ as a protest against ______.
ii) Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar started an Urdu daily newspaper in 1913 from ______.
iii) Quaid-i-Azam inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan on ______ and its first Governor was ______.
iv) Pakistan shares the largest border with ______ and the shortest border with ______.
v) Pakistan joined SCO as a full member on ______ at a summit in ______.
vi) The longest serving Chief Justice of Pakistan was ______ and the shortest serving was ______.
vii) The first United Nations agency Pakistan joined as a member was ______ in the year ______.
viii) The National Action Plan was launched by the government in ______ to crack down on terrorism, having ______ points.
ix) Pakistan took its first structural adjustment package from the IMF during the regime of ______ in the year ______.
x) Takht-i-Bhai is an archaeological site of ______ civilization, located near the city of ______ in KPK.
