Federal Public Service Commission

Political Science I-II

Competitive Examination-2020

The 2020 Political Science paper shows a strong emphasis on core political theories and their modern relevance. It revisits thinkers like Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Karl Marx, and Ibn Khaldun. Alongside theory, it focuses on governance systems, globalization, and comparative politics involving United Kingdom, China, and Pakistan, reflecting a balanced mix of conceptual understanding and practical political analysis.


PAPER-I SECTION-A

Question No. 2

Why monistic or absolute concept of sovereignty has been abandoned? Analyse legal concept of sovereignty.

Question No. 3

Why monistic or absolute concept of sovereignty has been abandoned? Analyse legal concept of sovereignty.

Question No. 4

Critically analyze the Social Contract Theory of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau.

Question No. 5

Examine the view that the Hegelian spirit is nothing but evolution of human consciousness to the realization of political maturity for global human co-existence.

SECTION-B

Question No. 6

Critically examine the basic principles of Fascism.

Question No. 7

Bring out clearly the difference between unitary and federal forms of government.

Question No. 8

Write short notes on the following:-
(a). Ibn-e-Khaldun’s concept of Asbiyah
(b). Marx’s theory of Class Struggle

PAPER-II SECTION-A

Question No. 2

Discuss the way in which globalization could promote regionalization as an adaptation.

Question No. 3

Under the Unitary State System, how local government system works in UK?

SECTION-B

Question No. 4

Critically evaluate the role of Post-World War-II International Financial Regimes in the economic development of the less developed countries.

Question No. 5

Critically evaluate the role of Military in Turkish Politics?

Question No. 6

Discuss the powers and functions of China’s National People’s Congress?

Question No. 7

Make a comparative analysis of the Constitution of 1956 and amended Constitution of Pakistan 1973?

Question No. 8

In the Post World War-II period, what were the important patterns of the Balance of Power?

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