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[h=2]Political Science 2010[/h]

[h=2]Political Science Paper I 2009[/h]
Political Science Paper-I.
MCQs.
Q.1. Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet.
(i) The turning point in the life of Plato came in the year 339 BC when he was of:
(a) 24 years
(b) 26 years
(c) 28 years
(d) None of these
(ii) " The cause of sedition is always to be found in inequality" is said by:
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Machiavelli
(d) None of these
(iii) According to Aristotle the end of state is:
(a) Logical
(b) Legal
(c) Ethical
(d) None of these
(iv) Allam Iqbal characterized as " the sharp agent of devil" to a political philosopher namely:
(a) Chanki Kutalia
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Karl Marx
(d) None of these
(v) Al-Mawardi was a jurist who followed the fiqah of:
(a) Imam Malik
(b) Imam Shafi
(c) Imam Abu Hanifa
(d) None of these
(vi) The concept of sovereignty was introduced for the first time into politics by:
(a) Hugo Grotious
(b) Jean Bodin
(c) Thomas Hobbes
(d) None of these
(vii) Khawaja Abu Ali Hasan bin Ali bin Ishaq is widely known in the history of Islamic political thoughts:
(a) Al-Farabi
(b) Al-Ghazali
(c) Al-Mawardi
(d) None of these
(viii) The Fascism of Plato got birth in 4th century BC, whereas the modern Fascism is the product of:
(a) 18th Century
(b) 19th Century
(c) 20th Century
(d) None of these
(ix)" Ilmul-Iqtasad" is written by:
(a) Ibn-Khuldun
(b) Allama Iqbal
(c) Nizam-ul-Mulk Tusi
(d) None of these
(x) " A summary of Plato's Laws" was written by:
(a) Al-Farabi
(b) Al-Ghazalli
(c) Al-Mawardi
(d) None of these
(xi) The doctrine which is a curious blend of German Idealism, English economics and French revolutionary and social thoughts is known as:
(a) Socialism
(b) Communism
(c) Fascism
(d) None of these
(xii) J.S. Mill wrote a famous book " On Liberty" in the year:
(a) 1759
(b) 1859
(c) 1895
(d) None of these
(xiii) Allam Iqbal did his M.A. in Philosophy from Government College Lahore in the year:
(a) 1890
(b) 1895
(c) 1899
(d) None of these
(xiv) "Re-construction of Religious Thought in Islam" was written by:
(a) Resenthal
(b) Al-Mawardi
(c) Ibn-Khaldun
(d) None of these
(xv) Machiavelli wrote " The Discourses of the first ten books on Titus Livius" in the year:
(a) 1735
(b) 1745
(c) 1755
(d) None of these
(xvi) Montesquieu restricts forms of Government upto:
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) None of these
(xvii) Rousseau was born on 28 June 1712 at:
(a) New York
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Geneva
(d) None of these
(xviii) " Man when seperated from Law and Justice is the worst of all animals" is the saying of:
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Machiavelli
(d) None of these
(xix) The great but ungrateful pupil of his master who was born in 384 BC was:
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Socrates
(d) None of these
(xx) " An essay concerning Human Understanding" was published in 1690, is the most important work of:
(a) J.S. Mill
(b) Bentham
(c) Thomas Hobbes
(d) None of these
Section –I
Q.2. Examine Montesquieu’s theory of separation of powers. Why has he been called the Aristotle of eighteenth century? Discuss.
Q.3. Write note on the follow

[h=2]Political Science Paper-II 2009[/h] Political Science Paper-II. MCQs. Q.1. Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet. (i) Any British national is eligible to become a member of House of Commons if he has attained the age of: (a) 18 years (b) 21 years (c) 25 years (d) None of these (ii) Lenin was elected as President on: (a) 24 October 1917 (b) 25 October 1917 (c) 21 November 1918 (d) None of these (iii) Approval of any draft at House of Lords requires minimum presence of: (a) 20 members (b) 30 members (c) 40 members (d) None of these (iv) As per 1st Communist constitution of Russia, the Presidium consists of: (a) 29 members (b) 33 members (c) 39 members (d) None of these (v) In the ancient times England remained under Roman rule for about: (a) 350 years (b) 400 years (c) 450 years (d) None of these (vi) American autonomy was admitted by the British empire in the year: (a) 1776 (b) 1783 (c) 1786 (d) None of these (vii) George Washington was appointed 1st President of U.S.A. on: (a) 6 April 1789 (b) 4 March 1789 (c) 20 January 1789 (d) None of these (viii) For 50 years during 1533-1583 Russia was ruled by: (a) Alexander the great (b) Ivan IV (c) Ivan III (d) None of these (ix) Tenure of French senate is: (a) 5 years (b) 6 years (c) 9 years (d) None of these (x) Out of total population of Turkey, muslims are: (a) 96% (b) 97% (c) 98% (d) None of these (xi) Referendum was conducted for approval of 1982 constitution of Turkey on: (a) 7 November 1982 (b) 17 November 1982 (c) 27 November 1981 (d) None of these (xii) The 1st French Republic was proclaimed on: (a) 8 August 1788 (b) 23 June 1789 (c) 10 August 1792 (d) None of these (xiii) Last emperor of China ruled the country till the year: (a) 1810 (b) 1912 (c) 1942 (d) None of these (xiv) Upto 83% Chinese farmers came under combined cultivation scheme in the year: (a) 1868 (b) 1946 (c) 1950 (d) None of these (xv) On return from France Allama Ayatullah Khumeini was very well received by the people of Iran on: (a) 1 January 1979 (b) 21 January 1979 (c) 31 January 1979 (d) None of these (xvi) Dr. Mussadiq, the then Prime Minister dethroned the Iranian King for implementation of democracy in the year: (a) 1953 (b) 1954 (c) 1954 (d) None of these (xvii)Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian parliament, consists of: (a) 1300 members (b) 1400 members (c) 1500 members (d) None of these (xviii) Minimum age to become a member of Rajya Sabha in India is: (a) 25 years (b) 30 years (c) 35 years (d) None of these (xix) Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah spent last days of his life at: (a) Ziarat (b) Quetta (c) Karachi (d) None of these (xx) Objectives Resolution was made a part of preamble of Pakistan Constitution of: (a) 1956 (b) 1962 (c) 1973 (d) None of these Section –I Q. 2. Discuss committee system in American congress and point out its demerits. Also compare it with British committee system. Q.3. How local government functions in France? Discuss. Q.4. what is Supreme Soviet? Discuss its powers and functions. Section-II Q.5. How political parties organize and func

[h=2]Political Science Paper I 2008[/h]

POLITICAL SCIENCE PAPER 1, 2008 PART-1(MCQ) (Compulsory) Q.1 Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the answer sheet. (1) “Justice as treating equals equally and unequals unequally” who said this: (A) Aristotle (B) J.S.Mill (C) T.H.Green (D) None of these (2) Which of the following are elements of Marxism? (A) Concept of surplus value (B) Dialectical Materialism (C) Doctrine of class struggle (D) none of these (3) The concept of ‘legal sovereignty’ was for the first time given by: (A) Hobbes (B) Locke (C) Bentham (D) None of these (4) The natural rights of the people according to Locke are: (A) Right to life, liberty and property (B) Right to self-preservation and right to property (C) Right to life and equality and right to property (D) None of these. (5) The welfare theory believes that the state is: (A) Means (B) An end (C) An organism (D) None of these (6) Which of the following is incorrect about Plato’s views on Communism of Wives? (A) Plato considers family as a stumbling block (B) Abortion was strictly prohibited (C) There should be a state controlled to get a nation perfect in body and mind (D) None of these (7) Aristotle was famous student of: (A) Anaxagoras (B) Hermes (C) Socrates (D) None of these (8) Plato wrote the famous book: (A) Leviathan (B) The Republic (C) The clouds (D) None of these (9) “The end of Politics is not knowledge but action” who said it: (A) Plato (B) Aristotle (C) Montesquieu (D) None of these (10) When did Machiavelli die? (A) 1469 AD (B) 1527 AD (C) 1523 AD (D) None of these (11) Machiavelli was by birth? (A) French (B) German (C) Spanish (D) None of these (12) The concept of justice in the sense of greatest happiness of the greatest number was postulated by: (A) Mark (B) James Mill (C) Spencer (D) None of these (13) Liberal Democracy means: (A) Government by majority (B) Government by people (C) Limited majority rule (D) None of these (14) The doctrine of proportionate equality was pronounced by: (A) Aristotle (B) Rousseau (C) Marx (D) None of these (15) The distinction between Real Will and Actual Will was made by: (A) Green (B) Bosanquet (C) Rousseau (D) None of these (16) “Two treatise on civil Government” was written by: (A) Thomas Hobbes (B) Montesquieu (C) John Locke (D) None of these (17) Who belongs to Shafite school of Fiqha: (A) Al-Mawardi (B) AL-Ghazali (C) Al-Farabi (D) None of these (18) Nizam-ul-mulk Tusi served as Prime Minister of the: (A) Seljuk empire (B) Roman empire (C) Turkish empire (D) None of these (19) Ahya-ul-uloom is the work of: (A) AL-Ghazali (B) Al-Mawardi (C) Ibn-Khaldun (D) None of these (20) Allama Iqbal delivered his famous Allahbad address in: (A) 1930 (B) 1929 (C) 1928 (D) None of these Part 2 SECTION-1 Q.2. " Plato intended to build an institution for scientific study of politics and training of statesman" elaborate Q.3. Explain the following. (1) "Life in state of nature was nasty,poor,brutish and short." (Hobbes) (2) "The natural rights of men are right to live,liberty and paoperty" [h=2]Political Science Paper II, 2008[/h] Political Science Paper 2, 2008 PART-1(MCQ) (COMPULSORY) Q.1 Select the best option/Answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer sheet. (1) Legislative powers of House of Lords in Britain were curtailed by: (A) Bill of Rights of 1689 (B) Magna carta of 1215 (C) The Parliament Act of 1911 (D) None of these (2) The first Prime Minister of Britain was: (A) Baldwin (B) Chamberlain (C) Robert Walpole (D) None of these (3) The position of the king was subordinated to Parliament by: (A) The Parliament Act of 1949 (B) The Glorious Revolution of 1688 (C) The statute of West Minister (D) None of these (4) British House of Lords as Highest Court of Appeal Consists of : (A) 26 members (B) 16 members (C) 9 members (D) None of these (5) Vice-President is the presiding Officer of upper house of Legislature in: (A) United states of America (B) India (C) Both A & B (D) None of these (6) Filibustering is a device practiced in : (A) British Parliament (B) French Parliament (C) American Congress (D) None of these (7) Kangroo Closure is a procedure followed by the Law-making body of: (A) Britain (B) USSR (C) America (D) None of these (8) System of “Administrative Law” is provided in the constitution of: (A) UK (B) USA (C) France (D) None of these (9) State of France is: (A) Unitary (B) Federation (C) Confederation (D) None of these (10) Tenure of French Senate is: (A) 5 years (B) 4 years (C) 9 years (D) None of these (11) The constitution of India was promulgated on: (A) 26th November, 1949 (B) 21st February, 1948 (C) 26th January, 1950 (D) None of these (12) Official name of China which emerged on world map on 1st October, 1949 is: (A) Nationalist Republic of China (B) People’s Republic of China (C) Communist Republic of China (D) None of these (13) The President of China is elected by: (A) The National Peoples Congress (B) Citizens of China (C) The state council (D) None of these (14) Majlis-e-shura in Iran consists of: (A) 270 members (B) 250 members (C) 200 members (D) None of these (15) Turkey was declared Republic on: (A) 1st November, 1922 (B) 29th October, 1923 (C) 3rd March, 1924 (D) None of these (16) Upper House of Indian Parliament is commonly known as: (A) Lok sabha (B) Rajya sabha (C) Vidhan Parishad (D) None of these (17) How many Indian’s were members of Simon Commission: (A) Two (B) Four (C) Seven (D) None of these (18) Lahore resolution of 23rd March 1940 was moved by: (A) Chaudhry Rehmat Ali (B) Maulvi Fazal-ul-Haq (C) Chaudhry Khaliq-uz-zaman (19) Stanley Wolpert is the author of: (A) Jinnah of Pakistan (B) Emergence of Pakistan (C) India Wins Freedom (D) None of these (20) Number of lists of subjects for law making in 1973 constitution is: (A) Three (B) Two (C) One (D) None of these Part - 2 SECTION-1 Q.2.How was George.W.Bush elected as president of U.S.A in 2004? Explain the role of the U.S President as executive head of the state. Q.3. Do you agree that sovereignty of the parliament is the dominant characteristic of British Political System? Explain in detail the role of British parliament. Q.4.Describe the sa

[h=2]Political Science Papers 2007[/h]

FPSC—CE.2007 Attempt ONLY FIVE questions in all including Q.8 which is compulsory. Select at least two question from each PART Political Science, Paper-I PART-A ​ Q.1. Aristotle was a REALIST and not an IDEALIST- explain w.r.t his theory of the Ends and functions of the state. Q.2. (a) LOCKE was the father of Modern Liberal Democracy-comment (b) Describe the basic features of Rousseau’s political philosophy. Q.3. AL-GHAZALI was the tourch bearer of the Muslim Rationalistic Renaissance. Analyse the statement in view of his status as a MUJADDID Q.4. Examine the contribution of Allama Iqbal as a Philosopher and as a supporter of Muslim unity. PART-B Q.5. Sovereignty is the most essential element of state hood-explain wrt the differences in the nature of western and Islamic concepts of sovereignty. Q.6. Discuss the importance of Political Parties in a Modern state and assess, Their role as effective instrument of mobilizing Public Opinion. Q.7. (a) What are the essential pre-requisites for successful Federal System? (b) Point out the problems and prospects of local –self Government in Pakistan. COMPULSORY QUESTION ​ Q.8. Write only the correct answers in the answer book. (1) Who is called the “Intellectual Father of French Revolution? (a) J.J Rousseau (b) Montesquiu (c) Nepolean (d) None of these (2) GENERAL WILL as concept was introduced by: (a) Rousseau (b) Hobbes (c) Locke (d) None of these (3) Karl Marx is known for his theory of : (a) Dielectical Spiritualism (b) Force as the Basis of State (c) Meterialistic Interpretation of history (d) None of these (4) “Man by nature is a social and political animal” is the cornerstone of the philosophy of: (a) Plato (b) Socrates (c) Aristotle (d) None of these (5) The author of the Book The Laws was: (a) Hormer (b) Plato (c) Solon (d) None of these (6) The center of Learning to the Greeks was the city state of : (a) Sparta (b) Athens (c) Carthage (d) None of these (7) which of the thinkers is a social contractualist? (a) Lenin (b) Marx (c) Hobbes (d) None of these (8) “Principle of Utility” as a formula was the idea of : (a) James Mill (b) Herbert Spencer (c) Geremy Bentham (d) None of these (9) Modern Political thought begins with (a) Machiavelli (b) Moutesquieu (c) Mill (d) None of these (10) Palto was a: (a) Realist (b) Idealist (c) Rationalist (d) None of these (11) “Two treatises on civil Government” constitute the basic source of Political thought of : (a) Sia Robert Filmer (b) Locke (c) Plato (d) None of these (12) Marx and Engels produced the famous book’ Common Manifesto’ In: (a) 1848 (b) 1845 (c) 1883 (d) None of these (13) “ Siyasatnama” and ‘Majma ul Wasaya’ are the two books on administration attributed to:

[h=2]Pol Science Paper[/h]

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