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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition) 1. Make a prévis ofthe given pa age. Suggest suitable tile. 20)| Most champions of democracy have been rather reticent in suggesting that democracy would itself promote development and enhancement of social welfare—they have tended tosce them as good but distinetly separate and largely independent goals, The detractors of democracy, on the other hand, seemed to have been quite unwilling to express their diagnosis of what they see as serious tensions between democracy and development, The theorists ofthe practical split—‘Make ep your mind: do you want democracy. of instead, do you want development?"—often came, st least to start with from East Asian ind their voice grew up in influence as several ofthese countries were successful—through the 1970s and 1980s and even later—in promoting economite growth without pursuing democracy. To deal vith these issues we have to pay particular attention to both the content of What ean be called development and tothe interpretation of democracy (in particular tothe respective roles of voting and of public reasoning). The assessment of development cannot be divoveed Irom the lives that people can lead and the real freedom that they enjoy, Development ean scarcely be seen merely in terms of enhancement of inanimate objects of convenience, such asa rise in GNP (or in personal incomes), or industrialization—important ag they may be as means to the real ends, Their value must depend on what they do to the lives and freedom ofthe people involved, which must be central to the idea of development. If development is understood ina broader way, with @ focus on human lives, then it becomes immediately clear thatthe relat » development and democracy bas to be seen partly in terms of their constitutive connection, rather than only through their external links, Even though the «question has often been asked whether political freedorn 's ‘conducive to development’, ‘we must not miss the erucial recognition that political hoertes end democratic rights axe ‘amoug “eenstituent component’ of development. Their relevance for development does not have to be established indirecily through their contibution to the growth o 2. Use TEN of the following phrases/dionis in sentences. (10) / 1, Outofhamess 2 To take arain check 94a! 4 3) Man of stave” © in ty ys 4. Aquid pro quo pf son! ar 3) Tobe in dribs and drabs=r ir © Tocatch atsrtarr aye 7. Wear the breiches . 8. ‘To know chalk from the cheese-{ ") Pay through the nose~lp 10. Robbing Peter to pay Paul 31. Bandy words with 12. Moot point 132To steal a march—f 70 JWSetting the Thames on f ‘To bea cross-purposes 3, Selec, Irom hie alternatives, the word that conveys the sarne meoning athe word given in capital eters. (10) 2 OrERIC TRUISM (a) Universal betiet(b) quick judgement (eF obvious truth ia 3. BAILIWICK Heakness Ob ace of (©) foolishness (0) fire diate gues, and origin Century, vast en ist y inguire how of ancient the 19% tracting to country, ane (a) Distress (by poverty (¢) emptin i © Bares (revert ©) emptiness edstion ® bead ) Sent (ey generosity (d) deveption (@) Moist (b) dear (2) twansparent (€) dar 7) SCURRIOUS men aark (@) Serious (b) unju 8 QUALM (2) Crisis (b) serupte (¢) alteration (d) attribute SC (©) alteration (¢) attribute (a) Tired (Uy Gnwilling (c) sickly (d) s ied (Ly insulting (@) justified ied 10, OPULENT. a (@) Poor (by sumptuous (c) drooping (df wealthy 4. Bete fae alee the word that is opposite in mreming to the word given in 1, ABSTEMIOUS - ° (0) Mesure (9) eonomien (SFunrestrained (d) controlled . ® apna (0) dreamy (@)‘inchanging (4) stimulating (a) Insulting (b) praise (c) sarcastic (d) backbiting. 4. SENTINENT = (a) Aware (b) attentive (c) informed (dy anconscious 5. SPORADIC (a) Periodic (b) odd (6Yegular (4) exceptional 6. INNOUCOUS-. Olsetn ese (a) Hanmless (b) naive (c) offensive (d) reliable 7. DELETERIOUS (a) Impulsive (b) salubrious (¢) pathetic (d) inclusive 8. INERT (a) Tight (8) immobite (c) moving (d) void 9. Piethora, 1 (a) Profiision (b) current (c) balance (dV shortage 10. AMENABLE Ut (a) Agreeable (b) bound (¢) submissive (4) unwilling 5. Read the following passage and answer the questions at the end in your own words (20) | 1am abways amazed when I hear people say that sports created goodwill between the nations, and that if only thé common people of the world could meet one another at football or cricket they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Nearly all the sports practised nowadays are competitive. You play to win and the gain has litte meaning unless you do your utmost to win. Anyone who has played even in a school I match knows this. Atthe international level, spor is frankly mimic warfare, But ificant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectator ations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously ing a hall are tests oF tion of playing the game avcording ‘ide on top and the other side (ory gained through cheating or through the n when the spectators don't intervene cally, se luence by cheering their own side and rating opposing players a tons sports ha nothing lo wit ae pay cs bound up with sy egand of al ules and sadise pease in witnessing 1gs of rivalry are aroused, the 1 o the rules alviays vanishes. People want to see one j,and they forget that vi nof the crowed is meaningless. Ever -words itis war min us shoo cblahing about the elvar, healthy rivalry inthe football ayed hy the Olympic Games in binging the nations together. iy mons wet 40 ancl why this modern cult of sport arose, Most of the games ve now play are seriously between Roman times and wily financed activity, capable of ss theinan va fection spread from count itis the mos viet eombatve srs lal rl ox oe ct vig, bat sport has not bse taken ve the a conary T games were built up into a he roti as ont dosing savage sion, and th io count «f boxing, that have iH Jhole thing is bound up with the mt, with the lunatie modern habit of i hee orn habit of identifying oneself with large power aanits and seeing everything in terms of eonmpetiti Lata paral more likely to Nourish in urban communities where the average being lives a sedentary or at least ‘ aang ee sejentr oF least « confine life and does not get much opportuni for ercati labour, Ina rustic community, a boy or a young man works off ‘good deal of bis surplus enctgy by walking, svimming, imbing trees, Ti ses and by various sports involving eruelty to animals, such as fishing, cock fi ferreting for rats. In BiB town one must indulge in groups activities if one wants an outlts For one physical strength. Questions ny 1 ey what sense the international levelf sportjmimicry ‘of wat? What roles do. spectators play in it? Why do organized games flourish in urban communities? eee ae rght in saying te serious sports is nothing v0 do with Far play’? 4 ‘Arnatie community needs no organized games, why? ov did the modem cult of sports arise? spreal the widest, There eannot be mu ich doubt that the wl of national reinktot 6. Write a paragraph of about 200 words beginning with the following sentence and developing the same idea. (10) / 5 tis abvays disadvantageous tobe the only ei inthe Tami. 7. Doas directed (10). | % 4 she Sato anes “Can you mention three books that have shaped your fe?” (cbamge naeation) Ths have desi to cal ita day. change votes) CO Fhe Ts amoved to tears at the sight of the miserable BRE {change voice) GD Te sid to me. “Hs there any possibilty of my Bens promotion tis year?” (change naration) ce The government bythe nobility sealed (choose Ye Cone word) (a) Bureaueracy (by Aristocracy (¢) Autocracy (4) Oligarchy °) The thicves- ja stolen ear. (choose the correct word) (a) Mai up (b) made off (6) made in @) made over ( ane before she arrived. (choose the correct word) SG) ad lft) tel (chad a ot) il have Je Gh) Hes your brother is he? (provide the right tay) AB [a sounan wit das brown hes called (hoes the correct word) onde ¢b) Philogyrist ) Brunette (4) Dotard Pe et ea Ga) OF day (2) by (2) from 8, Punctuate the following paragraph. (10) 5 “Then tran with incredible speedeurving ike a races ees the darkness ina glittering parabola of light and plunged soundlessy into the Black hell ‘of watenbelow where like a ra satan extinguished for ever obliterate. For the ininity of 8 second as he frtled thiough the air Denis knew what had happened whe Bok KnynE AMBER PAKIITUNKTIW, Competes Hees eA BURL RUC "COMMISSION ¢ Exam For Provincial Planning. Service (BPS-1 ‘Time Allowed: 2:00 Hours ‘Total Marks: SAY Note: Write a ; ite a comprehensive essay on any ONE of the rollowing topies- 1. Itis the mark of an eduested mind to be able to entertain a thovaht without accepting it. 2. Well begun is half done. 3, It'snot the size of the dog in the fight; it's the sizz of the fight in the dog. 4, No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiet: 5, Roads were made: for journeys, rict destinations. is that you end up 6. One of the penalties for refusing to participate i politi being governed by your inferiors. fo ( Beonomie growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand. & Failing to plan is planning to fail. kK KI hyber Pakhiunkhwa Public Service Commission Competitive Exam for Provincial Planning Service (BPS-1D) Economics Time allowed: I: 3:00 hours a ‘Total Marks: 100 36 Note: Attemy Attempt any five (5) questions. All questions carry equal marks. (@) List the “Ceteris Paribas variables that affect demand and usta the shift he @® demand curve due to these variables? iow does less than perfect competition impact the price inthe marker? Discuss the positive and negative externalities in detail? ® Qe ~ @. @ What are the difficulties in measuring Gross Domestic Product of a developing economy? (// By : Qs, What are the non-tax souroes of revenue fr the government? Discuss the fiscal rationality of such taxes? (os Discuss the interdependence of Allocation of Resources ‘and Distribution of Resources 1» @ ‘an economy? » ow can the monetary policy toot help t conte curent account. deficit? ot 8. What isan Investment Multiplier? Dra a diagram and discuss its mechanism? 9. Discuss the types of Exchange Rate Systems? Which system (6) has been followed in Pakistan? i) jesues in Pakistan? Suggest measures tosotve —(/ (Q10. What are the most important economic 4 these problems? Negaree Gow tov pomicad mngtalr £f TA KHYBER PAKHTUny IKHWA COMPETITIVE EXAM Eo PROM SERVICE COMMISSION, COMPETITIVE Ex _ SCALPLANNING SERVICE (BPS-17) Paper Total Time: 3 hours Senwralnoledge, 4 Follow the inst somarks:150 | 2! 'ructions given in each section of the paper. Tort wansi3s r Section & Note: At ‘conomy of Pakistan) 70 marks _ oT nad a au estions. Question No 1 is conipulscry. ¢ y define/deserive the folowing tems/eonceps (20, 2 Economie development an economic growth psolute Poverty and Relative Poverty 3. Privatization and deregulation 4, Dernand and Supply PD Domestic Product — G2)Wiow far Bad Governance, Energy Crises and Poticl instability s hindering the industrial development in Pakistan? (15) — Q.3. What were: the Land Reforms of Ayub Khan and how it affected Pakistan? (25) Q 4, Discuss the nationalization policy ofZ.A. Bhutto. (25) 5. Whats the role of migration and foreign remittances in Pakistan's economy? (25) _- 6) What are the cost and benefits of Foreign Aid for @ county like Pakistan? (5) = GF. contaitution of Agriculture to Pakistan Economy was 53% 1n 1947 but fs 4020 sin fecent years. Why has it happened? (15) ~ — Q&8)How population oewowsty affect,the economic development of Paki nr CIS) © Section B — (Current Affairs) 50 marks ae Note: Attempt any five questions. (241¢ 0. 1 How the Covid-19 affected the social and economic life of people in Pakistan? (20)_>_ 0.2, SAARC could not perform as compared to EU. What are the main reasons? (10) 0.3. Pakistan's successfully distanced herself from the Saudl-Yamen crisis primarily due to the role of Pakistan Parliament. Elaborate. (20) -) 4. What ae the internal and external challenges to CPEC? (20) 7 a. iscuss the Post Taliban scenario in the region. (10) 0.6. What is meant by globalization and how it affects the world? (10) > 17, Pakistan s portrayed negatively inthe word. How tis image can be improved (20) é (8. Geo Strategie location of Pakistan is both a strength and a weakness, How? Elaborate. <2. ) 1 (0) section ¢ {€ enyday Science) 30 marks Note: attempt any three questiens. - {0.1 Define what is science and what are the different steps taken fora scientific. / investigation? (10) (# ays 0. 2. Why itis hard for countries to switch predominantly to renewable energy for electricity production? (10) €Q. 3. Write down the effects of rotation and revolution of earth around its axis and the sun. xHYBER PURHTUNKIWA, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PATIVE EXAM Fi UATIVEESAM FOR PROVINCIAL PLANNING SERVICES (BPS-17 Islamiyat rime allowd:2:00 ime allo Hours + Total Markassi 7 Atte : , (31) NOTE: Attempt Any of five Questions from the following in Urdu or English. >” tp Bb Finca Loev be Lbieneried No} | Write a note on need and role of religion in human life. attednlaenrberaedenia| Marks 4 | QNo.2 7 Describe the fundamental beliefs of Islam. ~ oosancevi| 1 Mares QNo3_}Discuss the importance of Zakat in Islam. " 5 we fesgeanbotizcur| 1OMONS ~ QNo4 | Write a note on the importance of Qiyas in Islamic shariah. ed wi gee Stee A SI QNo.5__+Discuss the social system in Islam. ap Fergpisetpis| 1 Mans) QNo.6 | Describe the Politicai system of Islam. aghoperepisun| Marks QNo.7 | Translate Surah “Al-Feel”. bare" Bing | 10Marks .No, Translate Surah “Al-Nas”. f~ er : gfanitrgenen| Marks [C7 i

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