PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2020
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
What do you know about Pahlavi Literature?
(10 Marks)
Q.No.2
Write a detailed note on Persian influence on Urdu.
(10 Marks)
Q.No.3
Trace briefly the development of Persian literature under the Ghaznavids.
(15 Marks)
Q.No.4
Write a note on the life and works of Saadi Shirazi and critically examine his contribution to Persian lyric.
(15 Marks)
OR
Hassan Sijzi was at once a great writer, a great poet, a great scholar, and a great mystic. Elucidate.
Q.No.5
Give a life sketch of Masoud Saad Salman and estimate his position as a poet of imprisonment.
(15 Marks)
OR
Write a note on the life and poetry of Parveen I‘tesami.
Q.No.6
“The Mongol period was marked by the domination of mysticism in poetry.” Do you agree? Elucidate your answer.
(15 Marks)
OR
Sketch briefly the development of Persian literature under the Mughals of India.
Q.No.7
Pick the correct answer of TEN statements only:
(20 Marks)
(i) Rudaki Samarqandi lived during the period of:
(A) Ghaznavids
(B) Mughals
(C) Samanids
(D) Timurids
(ii) Ferdowsi dedicated his Shahnameh to:
(A) Mahmood Ghaznavi
(B) Akbar
(C) Balban
(D) Ismail Safawi
(iii) Mathnavi Matla-ul-Anwar was composed by:
(A) Farrukhi Sistani
(B) Amir Moezzi
(C) Amir Khusrow
(D) Nizami Ganjawi
(iv) Urfi Shirazi came to the sub-continent during the reign of:
(A) Ghaznavids
(B) Tughlaqs
(C) Khiljis
(D) Mughals
(v) The book Qaboos Nameh was written in:
(A) 3rd Century AH
(B) 4th Century AH
(C) 5th Century AH
(D) 6th Century AH
(vi) The Mathnavi belongs to Attar Nishapuri:
(A) Mantiq-ut-Tair
(B) Khusrow-o-Shirin
(C) Matla-ul-Anwar
(D) Haft Paykar
(vii) The author of Seh Qatreh Khoon is:
(A) Nizami Uruzi
(B) Sadiq Hidayat
(C) Amir Khusrow
(D) Abul Fazl
(viii) The Mathnavi versified by Sa‘di Shirazi is:
(A) Shahnameh
(B) Bustan
(C) Musafir
(D) Hadiqat-ul-Haqiqat
(ix) Baharistan was written by:
(A) Sa‘di Shirazi
(B) Mirza Ghalib
(C) Allama Iqbal
(D) Abdul Rahman Jami
(x) Rumi belongs to:
(A) 5th Century AH
(B) 6th Century AH
(C) 7th Century AH
(D) 8th Century AH
(xi) Allama Iqbal’s first book of poetry was:
(A) Javid Nameh
(B) Asrar-e-Khudi
(C) Payam-e-Mashriq
(D) Zaboor-e-Ajam
(xii) Mehr-e-Nimroz was written by:
(A) Allama Iqbal
(B) Amir Khusrow
(C) Sadiq Hidayat
(D) Mirza Ghalib
