US History - 2007 Past Paper CSS

NOTE: (i) Attempt FIVE questions in all including question No. 8 which is compulsory. All questions carry EQUAL marks.
(ii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered
(iii) Candidate must draw two straight lines (==================) at the end to separate each question attempted in Answer Books.

1. What were the factors that ushered in the democratic era and the rise of the common man with the election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency in 1928?

2. Was the institution of slavery in the Southern States responsible for the Civil War? Discuss with examples.

3. How did Jeffersonian Democratic thinking differ in philosophy and purpose from the Jacksonian democracy?

4. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 said “This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and prosper”. Explain in light of the FDR presidency and the New Deal.

5. President Woodrow Wilson said in 1917 “The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion …” Discuss what your consider to be the main reason for the United Staes entry into World War I. Give reasons for your choice.

6. The Bush Doctrine is the name given to a set of foreign policy guidelines first unveiled by President George Bush in his commencement speech to the graduating class of West Point given on June 1, 2002. Explain with arguments.

7. Write short notes on any two of the following:
(a) Navigation Act of 1660
(b) The Declaration of Independence
(c) The Monroe Doctrine
(d) The war on terror

COMPULSORY QUESTION

8. Write only correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the question.

(1) Columbus discovered the New World in:
(a) 1096
(b) 1295
(c) 1492
(d) 1493
(e) None of these

(2) Jamestown was founded in:
(a) 1607
(b) 1616
(c) 1919
(d) 1628
(e) None of these

(3) In 1602:
(a) Pope Draw’s demarcation line
(b) Harvard College is established
(c) Hudson explores Hudson River
(d) Pilgrims land at Plymouth
(e) None of these

(4) George Washington became president in:
(a) 1781
(b) 1789
(c) 1801
(d) 1804
(e) None of these

(5) Thomas Jefferson was the ________ president of America.
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fifth
(e) None of these

(6) The 1783 treaty of Paris that defined original border of the United States was with:
(a) France
(b) Portugal
(c) Spain
(d) Great Britain
(e) None of these

(7) The Louisiana purchase completed in 1803 was negotiated by:
(a) George Washington
(b) James Madison
(c) Robert Livingston
(d) Martin Van Buren
(e) None of these

(8) The treaty of 1819 with Spain, that resulted in Spain’s cession of East Florida, Sabine Free State and surrender of Spain’s claim to Oregon State was called the:
(a) Rush-Bagot Agreement
(b) Adams-Onis Treaty
(c) Missouri Compromise
(d) Panama Congress
(e) None of these

(9) Virgin Islands were purchased from:
(a) Spain
(b) Denmark
(c) Portugal
(d) Great Britain
(e) None of these

(10) The Virgin Islands were bought for US $:
(a) 25
(b) 250
(c) 2500
(d) 25000
(e) None of these

(11) Which American president was elected for two non-consecutive terms:
(a) Chester A. Arthur
(b) Benjamin Harrison
(c) Grover Cleveland
(d) Woodrow Wilson
(e) None of these

(12) Jimmy Carter was the President of the USA from:
(a) 1969-1974
(b) 1974-1977
(c) 1977-1981
(d) 1981-1989
(e) None of these

(13) Give the correct order of the states’ entry into the Union:
(a) Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia
(b) Massachusetts, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland
(c) Maryland, Georgia, New Jersey, Texas
(d) New Hampshire, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia
(e) None of these

(14) Which joined the Union after Alaska:
(a) Arizona
(b) Oklahoma
(c) Utah
(d) Hawaii
(e) None of these

(15) The BAY of PIGS invasion of Cuba happened during the Presidency of:
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson
(c) Richard Nixon
(d) John F. Kennedy
(e) None of these

(16) The Declaration of Independence was formally adopted on:
(a) July 2, 1775
(b) July 4, 1776
(c) August 8, 1777
(d) None of these

(17) The constitution of the United States of America was adopted in the period:
(a) 1681-1682
(b) 1764-1765
(c) 1787-1788
(d) None of these

(18) In the amendments to the constitution of the USA freedom of religion, speech and the press and right to assembly are protected by:
(a) First Amendment
(b) Second Amendment
(c) Third Amendment
(d) Fifth Amendment
(e) None of these

(19) The National security of the USA is a document prepared by the:
(a) Executive Branch
(b) House of Representative
(c) Senate
(d) Brookings institute
(e) None of these

(20) “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” is the:
(a) First amendment
(b) Second amendment
(c) Sixth amendment
(d) None of these

English ESSAY - 2007 Past Paper CSS

1- The more developed a country, the more leathly it is armed.


2- Higher Education as an agent of change


3- The future of mankind in a global warming perspective


4- The image of Islam in the western world and responsibilities of the Muslim Ummah


5- A country is backward because it's people are backward


6- Globalization and electronic media


7- The present system of Education must assume some of responsibilities of our failure


8- Politics is the art of possible


9- Terrorism as a new threat to the contemporary world


10- The state of women rights in Pakistan

Islamiat 2007 Past Papers CSS

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM
MARKS: 100
NOTE: (i) Attempt ONLY SIX questions in all, including Question No.1 which is COMPULSORY and carries 20 marks. All other questions carry 16 marks each. Attempt in Urdu or English.

(ii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered,

(iii)Candidate must draw two straight lines at the end to separate each question attempted in Answer Book,

Q.1.(A) Translate the following Verses of the Holy Quran: (1 Mark each)

Q.1 (B) Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the question. (1 Mark each)

1. How many stages the Quran contains? .
(a) 8
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 12

2. Who was the first writer of "wahi" in Quraish?
(a) Harat Abdul Rahman bin Auf (RA)
(b) Hazrat Zaid bin Sabit (RA)
(c) Hazrat Abdulla bin Zubair (RA)
(d) Hazrat Ibn Masuod (RA)

3. Kitab-ul-Assar is compiled by:
(a) Imam Abu Hanifah (RA)
(b) Imam Shafi (RA)
(c) Imam Malik (RA)
(d) Imam Humbal (RA)

4. Imam Shafi took the office of "Religious Judgment" in the age of:
(a) 13 years
(b) 14 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 15 years

5. What was the name of faster sister of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)?
(a) Hazrat Salmah (RA)
(b) Hazrat Raqiyyah (RA)
(c) Hazrat Mariah (RA)
(d) Hazrat Shima (RA)

6. Namaz-e-Istisqa" is prayer for:
(a) Blessing of God
(b) Pardon
(c) Rain
(d) Sleep

7. Who is called "saqi zam zam"?
(a) Hazrat Abbas (RA)
(b) Hazrat Hamzah (RA)
(c) Hazrat Muaz bin Jabal (RA)
(d) Hazrat Muawiyah (RA)

8. The "Kissing of the Hajr-e-Aswad" is called:
(a) Saee
(b) Mabroor
(c) Istelam
(d) Shaut

9. What is the number of Ramzan in the Islamic Calender?
(a) 8th
(b) 9th
(c) 10th
(d) 11th

10. Give the name, who compiled first work of Hadith "Sahifa-e-Sadiqa."
(a) Hazrat Abu Bakar (RA)
(b) Imam Muslim (RA)
(c) Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (RA)
(d) Hazrat Abu Hurairah (RA)

Q.2.. Despite the scientific and technological advancement the present society is facing moral decline and mental anarchy. In these circumstances elucidate the importance and effictiveness of Religion.

Q.3. Identify the importance of the concept of "Towheed" and explain the practical results of this principle on the private as well as public aspects of the human life.

Q.4. Define the doctrine of "ROZA" and explain how to achieve the goals of mutual co-operation and collective justice besides the purification of individual soul through the application of this doctrine.

Q.5 The Holy Quran is the fountain-head at all kinds of knowledge" Discuss tully.

Q.6. The application of Islamic Shariah is equal to man and woman, however, some injunctions are only related to woman explain.

Q.7 What are the causes and Losses of "sectarian differences" in Pakistan and how this problem r :n be solved in light of Islamic teachings?

Q 8. Take into account the steps and pots of the western nations against the Islamic world in the present era and give solid suggestions for their eradication in tile light of Quran and Sunnah.

Q.9 What do u know about the concept of "enlightened moderation" Give your arguments in for and against this notion. '

English Precis and Composition - Past Paper English 2007

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST
IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,

Year: 2007
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER-I
English Précis and Composition

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS :100

Q#1 Make a précis of the given passage and suggest a suitable heading.

The author of a work of imagination is trying to effect us wholly, as human beings, whether he knows it or not; and we are affected by it, as human beings, whether we intend to be or not. I suppose that everything we eat has some effect upon us than merely the pleasure of taste and mastication; it affects us during the process of assimilation and digestion; and I believe that exactly the same is true of any thing we read.
The fact that what we read does not concern merely something called our literary taste, but that it affects directly, though only amongst many other influences , the whole of what we are, is best elicited , I think, by a conscientious examination of the history of our individual literary education. Consider the adolescent reading of any person with some literary sensibility. Everyone, I believe, who is at all sensible to the seductions of poetry, can remember some moment in youth when he or she was completely carried away by the work of one poet. Very likely he was carried away by several poets, one after the other. The reason for this passing infatuation is not merely that our sensibility to poetry is keener in adolescence than in maturity. What happens is a kind of inundation, or invasion of the undeveloped personality, the empty (swept and garnished) room, by the stronger personality of the poet. The same thing may happen at a later age to persons who have not done much reading. One author takes complete possession of us for a time; then another, and finally they begin to affect each other in our mind. We weigh one against another; we see that each has qualities absent from others, and qualities incompatible with the qualities of others: we begin to be, in fact, critical: and it is our growing critical power which protects us from excessive possession by anyone literary personality. The good critic- and we should all try to critics, and not leave criticism to the fellows who write reviews in the papers- is the man who, to a keen and abiding sensibility, joins wide and increasingly discriminating. Wide reading is not valuable as a kind of hoarding, and the accumulation of knowledge or what sometimes is meant by the term ‘a well-stocked mind.’ It is valuable because in the process of being affected by one powerful personality after another, we cease to be dominated by anyone, or by any small number. The very different views of life, cohabiting in our minds, affect each other, and our own personality asserts itself and gives each a place in some arrangement peculiar to our self.

Q.2 Read the following passage and answere the questions that follow:

Strong section of industrials who still imagine that men can be mere machines and are at their best as machines if they are mere machines are already menacing what they call “useless” education. They deride the classics, and they are mildly contemptiois of history, philosophy, and English. They want our educational institutions, from the oldest universities to the youngest elementary schools, to concentrate on business or the things that are patently useful in business. Technical instruction is to be provided for adolescent artisans; book keeping and shorthand forprospective clerks; and the cleverest we are to set to “business methods”, to modern languages (which can be used in correspondence with foreign firms), and to science (which can be applied to industry). French and German are the languages, not of Montaigne and Gorthe, but of Schmidt Brothers, of Elberfeld and Dupont et Cie., of Lyons. Chemistry and Physics are not explorations into the physical constitution of the universe, but sources of new dyes, new electric light filaments, new means of making things which can be sold cheap and fast to the Nigerian and the Chinese. For Latin there is a Limited field so long as the druggists insist on retaining it in their prescriptions. Greek has no apparent use at all, unless it be as a source of syllables for the hybrid names of patent medicines and metal polishes. The soul of man, the spiritual basis of civilization- what gibberish is that?

Questions

a) What kind of education does the writer deal with? (2)
b) What kind of education does the writer favour? How do you know? (3)
c) Where does the writer express most bitterly his feelings about the neglect of the classics? (3)
d) Explain as carefully as you can the full significance of the last sentence. (4)
e) Explain the underlined words and phrases in the passage (8)


Q-3 Note (250-300 words) on any one of the following

1- Honesty is the best policy but advertising also helps.
2- It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
3- A suspicious parent makes an artful child.
4- Spontaneity and creativity as symbols of freedom.
5- Means justify ends.


Q-4 Choose synonyms (only five)

1- LACUNAE
a-tiny marine life
b-shallow water
c-local dialect
d-missing parts

2-PAROXYSM
a-moral lesson
b-sudden outburst
c-contradiction
d-pallid imitation

3-GROTTO
a-statue
b-cavern
c-neighbourhood
d-type of moth

4-FETTER
a-rot
b-to restrain
c-make better
d-enable to fly

5-STOICISM
a-indifference
b-boldness
c-deep affection
d-patient endurance

6-SUCCULENT
a-edible
b-parched
c-generous
d-mature

7-MALEDICTION
a-compliment
b-summary
c-perfume
d-awkwardness

(B) Pick the most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized words.

1-TWINE
a-straighten
b-continue
c-unravel
d-detach

2-FRUGAL
a-prodigal
b-intemperate
c-extravagant
d-profuse

3-GAWKY
a-neat
b-handy
c-graceful
d-handsome

4-CAPRICIOUS
a-firm
b-decided
c-inflexible
d-constant

5-CONGEAL
a-liquify
b-molify
c-harden
d-solidify

Journalism 2007 CSS Past Paper

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST
IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,

Year: 2007
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER-I
JOUNALISM

SECTION –I

Q.1 what are the essentials of effective communication? Support your answer with argukents?

Q.2 give your evaluation of the role of print journalism in Pakistan?

Q.3 survey the development of electronic media in Pakistan?

Q.4. “the mass media in Pakistan are confronting many problems” Please comment.

SECTION --- II

Q.5. differentiate news “components” from “news values”

Q.6. describe the need and significance of editorial. 

Q.7. what is your opinion about the present status of Public Relations Practice in Pakistan

Q8 Survey the development of Advertising in Pakistan

COMPULSORY QUESTION

Q. 9 write only the correct answer in the Answer book. Do not reproduce the question.

1) Calcutta General advertiser is popularly known as:
a) Bengal jopurnal
b) Hicky`s Gazette
c) Calcutta Courier
d) Voice of Bengal

2) The first printed Urdu paper in the Sub-continent was:
a) Delhi urdu Akhbar b) Sadiq-ul-Akhbar c) Jam-e-jahan Numa d) Koh-I-Noor

3) The Pakistan Times was founded by:
a) quaid-e-Azam Mohd Ali Jannah b) Liaqat Ali khan c) Khawaja Nazim-uddin d) Mian Iftakhruddin

4) The term Artillery of the press was coined by :
a) James reston
b) Qilbur Schramm
c) MM clean
d) Lazarsfeld

5) S M C R model of communication process was produced by:
a) David K berlo
b) M M clean
c) E M Roger
d) C H Gerber

6) the modern version of old hero is .
a) Famous personality
b) Celebrity
c) V I P
d) Powerful personality

7) libel is :
a) Malicious defamatory joke
b) Malicious defamatory written accusation
c) Slander
d) Defamatory speech

8) intra Personal Communication is
a) Communication between two persons
b) Inner monologues-communications within self
c) Communication with more perople
d) Communication with masses

9) the originator of the phrase “press is the fourth estate” is:
a) Edmund Burke
b) Lord Macaulay
c) North Cliff
d) Rudyard Kipling

10) The Magic Bullet theory of mass communication was evolved by
a) Ball Rokeach
b) Klapper
c) George Gerber
d) None of these

Q 9 (b) Identify the following in Pakistan`s Media perspective.

11) A P N S
12) A P N E C
13) C P N E
14) P B C
15) A B C
16) P I D
17) P F U J
18) A P P
19) P E M R A
20) R P P O

Current Affairs 2007- CSS Past Paper

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST
IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,

Year: 2007
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER-ICURRENT AFFIRS 

TIME ALLOEED :THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS :100
NOTE: (i) Attempt ONLY FIVE question in all, including QUESTION NO.1, Which is COMPULSORY. All questions carry EQUALL marks.
(ii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be Considered.
(iii) Candidate must draw two straight lines(================) at the end to Separate each question attempted in Answer Book.

Q.1 write only correct answere in the Answere Book. Do not reproduce the question.
(1) Patronas towers are located in:
a. Singapore
b. Chicago
c. Kaula Lumpur
d. None of these

(2) Name of the present Un secretary general is :
a. Kofi Annan
b. Bon ki Moon
c. Batrus Ghali
d. None of these

(3) The length of common border between India and Pakistan is:
a. 900 miles
b. 1000 miles
c. 1100 miles
d. None of these

(4) Last SAARC conference was held in 2004 at:
a. Islamabad
b. Kathmandu
c. Colombo
d. None of these

(5) China became the member of the World Trade Organization in:
a. 1998
b. 2002
c. 2004
d. None of these

(6) The number of players in each team of basketball game is:
a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. None of these

(7) Which is the largest Surah of Holy Quran:
a. Surah Al-Imran
b. Sura Al-Baqarah
c. Surah Yaseen
d. None of these

(8) The Olympic games in 2004 were held in:
a. Athens
b. Sydney
c. California
d. None of these

(9) How many members the National Security Council (Pakistan ) has:
a. 11
b. 13
c. 15
d. None of these

(10) Nobel peace Prize for the year 2006 was awarede to:
a. Dr. Mahatir Mohammad
b. Dr Mohammad Yunus
c. Dr Abdul Kalam
d. None of these

(11) Denzil Washington is renowned as:
a. USA army general.
b. British Naval Commander
c. Hollywood actor
d. None of these

(12) The number of OIC member states is:
a. 55
b. 57
c. 59
d. None of these

(13) Mahbub-ul-Haq Human Development Center is locates at:
a. Karachi
b. Lahore
c. Islamabad
d. . None of these

(14) Hugo Chavez is the president of:
a. Venezuela
b. Brazil
c. Bolivia
d. None of these

(15) what is the name of the only Pakistani whi won the Nobel Prize:
a. Dr Ashfaq Ahmed
b. Dr. abdus- Salam
c. Dr. Abdul Qadeer
d. None of these

(16) Maple leaf is the National emblem of:
a. Germany
b. China
c. Canada
d. None of these

(17) Name of Bangladesh parliament is:
a. People National Assembbly
b. Majilis-I-Shoora
c. Jatia Sangsad
d. None of these

(18) India has constructed “Baglihar Dam” in occupied Kashmir`s district of:
a. Udhumpur
b. Doda
c. Jammu
d. None of these

(19) “Hamas” was founded in 1987 by:
a. Yasser Arfat
b. Ismail Haniye
c. Khalid Meshaal
d. None of these

(20) which of the following regions of Balochistan will be irrigated through Kachi cannal project:
a. quetta
b. Zhob
c. Nasirabad
d. None of these

Q.2 What are the factors which contribute to the global warming? What measures have been agreed in the Kyoto protocol to minimize the harmful effects of Pollution?

Q3. Association of the South East Asian Nation (ASEAN) is a success story of regional organization. What lessons SAARC can learn from the experience of ASEAN?

Q.4 there is a perception that USA is preparing to attack Iran. Discuss the possibilities of this scenario and its implication at global level specially in the Middle East, and on Pakistan.

Q.5 China, India and Pakistan are three Nuclear States in the Asian Continent. Is this a potential threat or strength for the continent? Analyse.

Q.6 Pakistan is suffering from crises of governance at Institutional level. Suggest remedies to mitigate this situation.

Q.7 the organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) has not played and effective role in protecting the rights of member states. How can it become a vibrant organization to achieve its objectives?

Q.8 Write notes on any Two of the following:
(a) Neo-Conservatism in USA
(b) Human Development
(c) Geneva Convention
(d) Balkanization

Past paper 2007 - Every Day Science (EDS) CSS

EDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST
IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,

Year: 2007
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER-I
EVERY DAY SCIENCE 

Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 100

Note: Attempt any ten questions. All questions carry equalmarks.

PART –II (MCQ TYPE) Question paper bearing 50 marls will be given to you at 10:40 AM which is to be solved on OMR sheet

TIME ALLOEED :100 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS :50
NOTE: (i) Attempt ONLY FIVE question. All questions carry EQUALL marks.
(ii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be
considered.
(iii) canidate must draw two straight lines(================) at the end to
separate each question attempted in Answer Book.

Q.1. write short notes on any two of the following (5 each)
(a) Laser 
(b) Nuclear reactor 
(c) Ceramics

Q.2. Write briefly (not more than three to four sentences) about any five of the following ( 2 each)
(a) Asteroids 
(b) Black Hole 
(c) Aurora 
(d) Sedimentary Rock
(e) Epiphytes 
(f) Ionosphere

Q.3 Differenitate between the following pairs: (2 each)
(a) BIT and BYTE 
(b) RAM and ROM 
(c) Epidemic and endemic
(d) Photosynthesis and respiration 
(e) Herbivores and carnivores

Q.4 (i) What are the endocrine glands? Name any Two. (2+2) 
(ii) Name the parts of human body from where the following secreted: (6)
(a) Insulin 
(b) thyroxin 
(c) adrenalin 
(d) oestrogen 
(e) cortisol
(f) Testosterone 

Q.5 (a) Briefly discuss the classification of plants giving suitable examples: (6)
(b) define the following: (4)
(1) Vaccine 
(2) Antibiotic 
(3) Solar eclipse 
(4) Exothermic

Q.5 Give scientific reasons of the following: (2 each)
(a) Why climbers get their food by climbing on other trees ?
(b) Mars is called red planet.
(c) Vitamin D is the essential component of the bidy.
(d) The weight of the oblect is less at the equator than at the poles.
(e) Why do some people snore?

Q.7 Give description of satellites and also give their functions. (10)

Q.8 (a) What is balance diet? (5)
(b) How are characters transmitted from parents to offspring? (5)