PMS Philosophy Past Paper 2023 PDF
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2023
For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: Philosophy (Paper-I)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Attempt FIVE questions in all, Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q1. Is Plato’s Ideal State utopian or can it be established? Examine.
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Q2. Metaphysics of Aristotle is an attempt to overcome Plato’s defects in Theory of Ideas. Did he succeed?
Q3. State Spinoza’s “Doctrine of Ethics” and explain his views about “God, human mind, human desires and passions.”
Q4. Why Kant’s contribution in epistemology is considered as a Copernican Revolution?
Q5. Critically analyze Nietzsche’s concept of the superman.
Q6. Why is Logical Positivism regarded as turning point in philosophy at the dawn of the 20th Century? Discuss.
Q7. Which new Philosophy Richard Rorty developed in the twentieth century? Do you find it a valuable contribution to the Contemporary Analytical Philosophy?
Q8. Write in detail the central thesis of “Relativism.” Do you think “Truth” can be sought by adopting this thought? Comment.
SUBJECT: Philosophy (Paper-II)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Attempt FIVE questions in all, Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q1. Differentiate between philosophy and theology. How did the legacy of Greek philosophers penetrate into the thinking of Muslim intellectuals? (20 Marks)
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Q2. Explain Asharites position on the Attributes of God and their relationship with His Essence. (20 Marks)
Q3. Differentiate between Wahdat al Wajud and Wahdat al Shuhud. How diverse non-Islamic mystic theories influenced the Wahdat al Wajud? (20 Marks)
Q4. How Al Ghazali differs with earlier Muslim philosophers on the notion of Eternity of the World (20 Marks)
Q5. Explain the concept of “Islamization of Knowledge” in detail. Moreover, explicate Islam as the foundation of knowledge. (20 Marks)
Q6. For Iqbal, what the human ego means and why did he introduce its two aspects as efficient ego and appreciative ego? Discuss it at length.
Q7. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan looked upon God as the Author of nature and as the First Cause. Explain in the light of his concept of God, Man and Universe. (20 Marks)
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