01 - Pakistan Affairs Mock I
01 - Pakistan Affairs Mock I
01 - Pakistan Affairs Mock I
Roll No Name
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-III
(PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)
TIME ALLOWED: (PART-I MCQS) 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS : 20
THREE HOURS
(PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS : 80
NOTE: (i) Attempt PART-I (MCQs) first on the same Question Paper which shall be taken back
after 30 minutes.
(ii) Overwriting/cutting of the options/answers will not be given credit.
4. The youngest Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai won Nobel Peace Prize for the year:
(a) 2013 (b) 2014
(c) 2015 (d) 2016
8. The 25th amendment to the Constitution was enacted into law in:
(a) 2018 (b) 2019
(c) 2020 (d) 2021
9. In Pakistan, financial futures including gold, silver, oil, are traded in:
(a) State Bank (b) Pakistan Stock Exchange
(c) Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (d) Securities and Exchange Commission
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10. After 19 years, national population and housing census was held in 2017. It was the
________ census.
(a) Fourth (b) Fifth
(c) Sixth (d) Seventh
12. Who is the Current National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan?
(a) Ahsan Iqbal (b) Sania Nishtar
(c) Moeed Yusuf (d) None of these
13. United States on 1st July 2021 has added Pakistan to the list of:
(a) Emerging economies (b) Authoritarian countries
(c) Countries with strategic deficiencies (d) Child soldier’s prevention act
14. Kavaan, the elephant, was moved from Islamabad Zoo on court’s order to:
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Cambodia
(c) Thailand (d) None of these
15. Pakistan needed _____ votes from FATF members to exit from grey list.
(a) 10 (b) 12
(c) 14 (d) None of these
16. The _____ advices the _____ for the appointment of COAS.
(a) Defence Minister, Prime Minister
(b) Prime Minister, President
(c) COAS, Prime Minister
(d) President, Prime Minister
17. According to World bank how much loss has been borne by Pakistan in US $ in the recent
floods:
(a) 20 Billion (b) 10 Billion
(c) 30 Billion (d) 40 Billion
18. IMF finally revived the stalled financing package for Pakistan on:
(a) 25 August 2022 (b) 27 August 2022
(c) 29 August 2022 (d) 31 August 2022
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Roll No MOCK EXAM-I CSS-2023 Name
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-III
PAKISTAN AFFAIRS
PART-II
Q.2 Draw the comparison between Shiekh Ahmad Sirhindi and Shah Waliullah. How much were
they able to influence the Muslims of their time and bring a meaningful reform? (20)
Q.3 Pakistan is facing the infestation of hybrid warfare. In your opinion hybrid warfare is a bigger
threat to the security and sovereignty of the country than the conventional warfare? (20)
Q.4 Explain the sequence of events that lead to the fall of Dhaka since the war of 1965? Do you
believe it could have been avoided? If yes, How? (20)
Q.5 Between the dragon and the hawk, Islamabad is stuck. The recent engagement with USA in
terms of dealing with IMF clearly pointed out the strategic flaw in the geo-economic shift of
Pakistan’s foreign policy. Comment (20)
Q.6 The economic indicators show a grim state of affairs in Pakistan and the default risk is constantly
oscillating on the extremes. What kind of Monetary policy should be opted by State Bank of Pakistan
and Fiscal policy by the government to better the economic indicators in the short term? (20)
Q.7 Delhi Framework was the last meaningful effort by the governments of India and Pakistan to
improve the relations along with Kashmir issue. In your opinion what lessons can be learnt by
Delhi Framework to design a future road map towards peace between the regional rivals. (20)
Q.8 Pakistan is facing a weak political culture which allows third parties to infiltrate the democratic
process and brute force the political will to bend in a certain way that favors them. Agree or
disagree with this statement of Christophe Jaffrelott. (20)
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