Current Affairs CSS Paper 1990

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION 1990
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PAPER II

Maximum Marks: 100 Time Allowed: 3 Hours

Note: Answer any five questions. All questions carry equal marks. The number of the questions attempted should be the same in the answer sheet as in the question paper.

1. Briefly describe the various proposals that have been advanced to resolve the impasse in Afghanistan. Which one, in your opinion, is more realistic and likely to be acceptable to all parties concerned?

2. What is NPT? What arguments do India and Pakistan advance in refusing to sign it?

3. Environmental pollution is emerging as the greatest threat to mankind, Comment.

4. What impact do you think the emerging world order would have on the Third World?

5. What are the problems faced by Federalism in Pakistan?

6. Survey the trouble spots of the world today and analyse any one of them.

7. Liberal democracy seems to have emerged as the universal ideal. Comment and assess its impact on Eastern Europe.

8. (a) Identify the following: (i) Helmut Kohl (ii) Boris Yeltsin (iii) Kenneth Kaunda (iv) Diego Maradona (v) Aung San Suu kyi

(b) Name the authors of the following books: (i) From Jinnah to Zia (ii) Myth of Independence (iii) The Emergence of Pakistan (iv) Witness to Surrender (v) Breaking the Curfew

(c) What do the following terms mean? (i) Balance of payments (ii) Market economy (iii) Barter trade (iv) Floating Currency (v) Inflation

(d) What is the significance of the following location? (i) Wall Street, New York (ii) Fleet Street, London (iii) Ginza, Tokyo (iv) Kremlin, Moscow (v) Tiananmen Square, Beijing

(e) What the following abbreviations stand for? (i) UNHCR (ii) GATT (iii) UNESCO (iv) SAARC (v) OIC