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PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2023
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.1 Introduce Old Persian and its remains.
Q.2 In what ways did Persian culture and civilization impact the emerging Persian prose and poetry of the subcontinent?
Q.3 What is the future of Persian in Pakistan?
Q.4 Introduce the Persian prose literature produced during the later Mughal period.
Q.5 Write a detailed note on prose OR poetry produced during the Taimurid period.
Q.6 Write a note on Shahnamah-e-Ferdowsi OR Ghazaliat-e-Shams.
Q.7 Pick the correct answer of TEN statements only.
(10 × 2 = 20 Marks)
(i) Who defeated the Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(B) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
(C) Ibrahim Lodhi
(D) Sultan Sikander Lodhi
(ii) Rudaki belonged to:
(A) Samanids Period
(B) Ghaznavids Period
(C) Saljuqs Period
(D) Safavids Period
(iii) Baba Tahir Uryan was born in:
(A) Shiraz
(B) Hamadan
(C) Isfahan
(D) Khorasan
(iv) Javed Nama was composed in:
(A) 1918
(B) 1925
(C) 1928
(D) 1932
(v) The author of “Seh Taar” is:
(A) Sadiq Hidayat
(B) Nizami Uruzi
(C) Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
(D) Bedil
(vi) Who was the Malik-us-Shuara of Akbar’s court?
(A) Urfi Shirazi
(B) Faizi
(C) Naziri Nishapuri
(D) Bedil
(vii) Who is considered the father of modern Persian fiction?
(A) Muhammad Ali Jamalzada
(B) Sadiq Hidayat
(C) Muhammad Hejazi
(D) Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
(viii) The book Qaboos Nameh was also known as:
(A) Siyasat Nameh
(B) Fars Nameh
(C) Marzban Nameh
(D) Naseehat Nameh
(ix) Who was called Khatam-us-Shuara?
(A) Saadi Shirazi
(B) Khwaja Kirmany
(C) Maulana Jami
(D) Ibn-e-Yameen
(x) Gulistan-e-Saadi was written during the period of:
(A) Ghaznavid
(B) Saljuq
(C) Taimurid
(D) Ilkhanid
(xi) The author of Risala Akhlaq-ul-Ashraf was:
(A) Ubaid Zakani
(B) Naseer-ud-din Tusi
(C) Nizam-ul-Mulk Tusi
(D) Abdullah Razi
(xii) Kashaf-ul-Mahjoob was written during the period of:
(A) Saffarids
(B) Ghaznavids
(C) Sultanate
(D) Mughals
(xiii) The Mathnavi was versified by Amir Khusrow:
(A) Afreen Nameh
(B) Bahram Nameh
(C) Mantaq-ut-Tair
(D) Qiran-us-Sa’dain
Q.8 In what ways did Persian culture and civilization impact the emerging Persian prose and poetry of the subcontinent? (10 Marks)
Q.9 What is the future of Persian in Pakistan? (10 Marks)
Q.10 Write a note on Shahnamah-e-Ferdowsi OR Ghazaliat-e-Shams.
SUBJECT: Persian (Paper-II)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
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