PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2019
For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: Persian (Paper-I)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions:
Attempt ALL questions. Attempt in Persian, Urdu, or English.
Q.No.1
Write a detailed note on Old Persian.
(10 Marks)
Q.No.2
Write the importance of Persian language and literature for Pakistan.
(10 Marks)
Q.No.3
Discuss Persian prose and poetry in the Seljuk period.
(15 Marks)
Q.No.4
Critically evaluate the Masnavi of Rumi.
(15 Marks)
Q.No.5
Discuss the characteristics of Amir Khusro’s Persian poetry.
(15 Marks)
OR
Evaluate Gulistan of Saadi.
Q.No.6
Write a note on Payam-e-Mashriq of Allama Iqbal.
(15 Marks)
OR
Introduce the poetry of Hafiz Shirazi.
Q.No.7
Pick the correct answer of TEN statements only:
(2 × 10 = 20 Marks)
(i) Farrukhi Sistani was the court poet of:
(A) Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shah Jahan
(ii) In Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, the wife of Rustam was:
(A) Monizeh
(B) Rudabeh
(C) Tehmineh
(D) Farangis
(iii) Mathnavi Makhzan-ul-Asrar was composed by:
(A) Rudaki Samarqandi
(B) Abu Shakur Balkhi
(C) Daqiqi Tusi
(D) Nizami Ganjawi
(iv) Masood Sa‘d Salman lived during the reign of:
(A) Ghaznavids
(B) Tughlaqs
(C) Khiljis
(D) Mughals
(v) The book Majma-ul-Nawadir is also known as:
(A) Nawruz Nameh
(B) Nizam Nameh
(C) Chahar Maqala
(D) Siyar-ul-Muluk
(vi) The Mathnavi belongs to Amir Khusrow:
(A) Makhzan-ul-Asrar
(B) Khusrow-o-Shirin
(C) Matla-ul-Anwar
(D) Haft Paykar
(vii) The author of Seh Nasr is:
(A) Abdul Qadir Bada’uni
(B) Zahuri Tarshizi
(C) Muhammad Aufi
(D) Abul Fazl
(viii) The Mathnavi versified by Attar is:
(A) Nuh Sepehr
(B) Bustan
(C) Mosibat Nameh
(D) Qiran-us-Sa‘dain
(ix) Parishan was written in response to:
(A) Gulistan
(B) Tazkirat-ul-Auliya
(C) Fih Ma Fih
(D) Fawaid-ul-Fawad
(x) Sag-e-Welgard was written by:
(A) Sadiq Chubak
(B) Sadiq Hedayat
(C) Hushang Golshiri
(D) Bozorg Alavi
(xi) Goethe, the German writer and statesman, was much inspired by:
(A) Amir Khusrow
(B) Omar Khayyam
(C) Hafiz Shirazi
(D) Allama Iqbal
(xii) Rumi composed the Mathnawi at the request of:
(A) Shams Tabrizi
(B) Sultan Walad
(C) Salahuddin Zarkub
(D) Hussamuddin Chalabi
SUBJECT: Persian (Paper-II)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
