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Pakistan Affairs Notes by Dr. Moiz Khan (Download Book in PDF)

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Pakistan Affairs Notes
by Dr. Moiz Khan (Assistant Professor)
Dept. of History, University of Karachi

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In 1600 C.E. East India Company was established in England. Queen Elizabeth granted the charter to East India Company to trade in areas East of Africa. This included Sub-continent, Indonesia, and Malaysia etc. In the start the East India Company tried their luck in islands of Indonesia but they were unable to extract desirable profits from there. To make trading more difficult they had a formidable opposition in the form of Dutch. The Islands of Indonesia were already claimed by Dutch and Portuguese. In 1623 an incident permanently convinced British to turn towards India. Twenty one men were killed by Dutch in Amboyna out of which ten were the servants of British East India Company, the incident in known as Amboyna Massacre.

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Jihad and Terrorism Most Expected in CSS Islamiat Paper

Jihad and Terrorism in CSS Islamiat Paper

Jihad and Terrorism
Most Expected Topic in CSS Islamiat Paper

I. Jihad as a fundamental pillar of Islam

A. Root word jihada mean to struggle, to strive for anything good for human beings
B. It is not holy war as propagated by the west

II. Types of Jihad

A. Individual level jihad -Means believing in the unity of Allah in its entirety-inner struggle
B. Collective jihad-Jihad as a general concept
1. Intellectual jihad-Inviting people to good deeds and discouraging from bad acts
2. Economic jihad-Investing oneself in person and in terms of resources in the way of Allah for greater goodness
3. Physical jihad-Fight in the cause of Allah on behalf of the oppressed

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Important & Selected ISLAMIAT MCQs For Competitive Exams (Set IV)

Important & Selected ISLAMIAT MCQs For Competitive Exams (Set-IV)

Important & Selected ISLAMIAT MCQs For Competitive Exams (Set IV)

151. Sulaiman bin Ashat is the name of Imam Abu Dawood. Who was Ahmad bin Shoaib?
(a) Imam Bukhari
(b) Imam Nisai
(c) Ibne-Maja
(d) None of these
Answer: B

152. The famous book of Fiqh “Kitab-ul-Kharaj” was written by:
(a) Imam Abu Hanifa
(b) Imam Shafe’i
(c) Imam Abu Yousaf
(d) Imam Malik
Answer: C

153. He was called as the kidnapper of the scholars:
(a) Haroon-ur-Rasheed
(b) Mahmood Ghaznavi
(c) Abu Jafar Mansoor
(d) Alamgir
Answer: B

154. Which of the following was mystic?
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Dara Shakoh
(c) Alamgir
(d) None of these
Answer: B

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CSS International Relations MCQs with Explanation (Set-II)

International Relations MCQs with Explanation (Set-II) for CSS Exams

International Relations MCQs with Explanation (Set-II) for CSS Exams

26)        Who among the following held the view that the “State comes into existence for the sake of life and it continues for the sake of good life”?
(a) J. Bentham
(b) T.H. Green
(c) Aristotle
(d) Plato
Answer. (c)

27)        Congress of Vienna took place in: (CSS 2000)
(a) 1648
(b) 1815
(c) 1899
(d) None of these.
Answer: (b)

28)        The term nationality is derived from a Latin word: (CSS 2004)
(a) NATIO
(b) Nation
(c) NATIA
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)

29)        According to Quincy Write the approaches to the study of international politics are: (CSS 2004)
(a) 18
(b) 21
(c) 23
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)

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The Conquest of Sindh (CSS 2016-2017 & CSS Paper Solved)

The Conquest of Sindh CSS Paper Solved

The Conquest of Sindh (CSS 2016-2017 & CSS Paper Solved)

The conquest of Sindh, located in today’s Pakistan, happened in stages. During the Caliphate of Omar ibn al Khattab, Muslim armies approached the coast of Makran, but Omar withdrew the troops in response to reports of a harsh and inhospitable terrain. Emir Muawiya subdued eastern Afghanistan and the Northwest Frontier areas. However, it was not until the reign of Walid I (705-713) that much of what is today Pakistan was brought under Muslim rule.

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CSS Essay Poverty Alleviation | Complete Solved Essay (CSS Exams Solved Past Paperes)

CSS Essay Strategies for the alleviation of property

Q.1   Strategies for the alleviation of poverty (CSS 2005)

Solved CSS Essay: Poverty Alleviation

“Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere”. It is a scrooge and one of the worst curses and miseries that a human can face. According to Homer. “This, this is misery! The last, the worst, that man can feel”.

Poverty can be measured either in absolute terms, for example, the number of those who cannot afford more than two pairs of shoes, or in relative terms, for example, the number of the poorest ten percent of house-holds. In either sense it is a concept, which is defined arbitrarily. Poverty exists not only because incomes are low, but also because the needs of certain low income households are high.

Poverty has many dimensions, which include economic, political, social, environmental and human dimensions. In economic terms a county, a region or a household is poor when the per capita income of a country or the income of a household is very low. Similarly the purchasing power of a poor country or household is below a certain minimum standard; there are low medical care and health facilities, productivity is very low and there is illiteracy.

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Important Space and Universe Facts (Solved MCQs) for Competitive Exams

Important Space and Universe Facts (Solved MCQs) for Competitive Exams

Important Space and Universe Facts (Solved MCQs) for Competitive Exams

1) To a space traveler on moon, how does the lunar sky during day time appear?
Answer: Black

2) NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
Answer: Tempel 1 (official designation: 9P/Tempel)

3) How is Albedo defined?
Answer: The amount of insolation reflected back to the space by the top of atmosphere, by clouds and ice-covered areas of the earth’s surface

4) The largest amount of reflection of the solar radiant energy which is reflected back into space before reaching the earth’s surface why happens this?
Answer: clouds

5) The incoming short-wave solar radiation is balanced by an equal amount of long-wave radiation from earth going back to space. What is this?
Answer: Heat balance of earth

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Gender Studies Solved MCQs for CSS Exams (Set -1) | Download PDF

Gender Studies Solved MCQs for CSS Exams

Gender Studies Solved MCQs for CSS Exams (Set -1)

1) Mark the correct answer about Gender’s Studies from the following:
(a) It is a Social Science.
(b) It is an academic discipline.
(c) It is narratives of women by women.
(d) Both a and b
Answer: (d)

2) Gender as an area of research, teaching and action has emerged only after:
(a) 1860
(b) 1910
(c) 1947
(d) 1975
Answer: (d)

3) Gender as an area of research, teaching and action has emerged only after:
(a) 1860
(b) 1910
(c) 1947
(d) 1975
Answer: (d)

4) Which is not related to Women’s Studies?
(a) Gender equity
(b) Consciousness rising
(c) Interdisciplinary study of women
(d) Subjugation of men
Answer: (d)

5) Women’s studies became an academic discipline during
(a) First wave feminism
(b) Second wave feminism
(c) Third wave feminism
(d) Fourth wave feminism
Answer: (b)

6) In Pakistan, the first Psychology department to offer a course of Gender Studies in their programs was
(a) LUMS
(b) Beacon house National University
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah University
(d) Shaheed Benazir Bhutto City University
Answer (b)

7) Among the following statements which is not an objective of Gender Sensitization Programme:
(a) Promoting societal awareness to gender issues
(b) Review of curriculum and educational materials to remove gender bias
(c) Removal of all derogatory, references to the dignity of women
(d) Removal of caste hierarchy from the society
Answer: (d)

8) Which of the following statements is correct about Women’s Studies as an academic discipline?
(a) It studies the social reality from feminist perspective, placing women’s experiences at the centre.
(b) It accepts the existing theories for analysis.
(c) It covers all studies conducted on women’s issues and their solutions.
(d) It applies existing social science research methodology for further research.
Answer (a)

Social Construction of Gender MCQs for CSS

9) Which of the following is incorrect about “Queer Studies?”
(a) Studies of non-normative and homosexuality.
(b) It is new term for gays and lesbians.
(c) These are post-modern studies.
(d) These are studies with gender perspective.
Answer: (d)

10) Which is incorrect statement regarding ‘Masculinities’ and ‘Femininities’
(a) Based on Biological determinism.
(b) Changing across time and space.
(c) Socially constructed.
(d) Gendered rather than non-gendered.
Answer: (a)

11) Masculinity is not synonymous with
(a) Strength
(b) Power
(c) Aggression
(d) Emotions
Answer: (d)

12) Androgynous persons show ________ traits.
(a) Positive masculine and feminine
(b) Negative masculine
(c) Positive feminine
(d) Positive masculine
Answer: (a)

13) Feminist Research aims to
(a) Research on women, by men and for women.
(b) Research for women, by women and on women.
(c) Research on women, about women, and of women.
(d) Research of women by women and for women.
Answer: (c)

14) Which is incorrect statement regarding ‘Masculinities’ and ‘Femininities’
(a) Based on Biological determinism.
(b) Changing across time and space.
(c) Socially constructed
(d) Gendered rather than non-gender
Answer (a)

15) Who have coined the terminology ‘Interactive Methodology’ for feminist research?
(a) Joan Huber and Killy
(b) Nancy Kleiber and Linda Light
(c) David Morgan and Keohane
(d) Bernard Helen Roberts
Answer (b)

16) Transformation of grass root women into mere beneficiaries to active participants is coined as:
(a) Socialism
(b) Feminism
(c) Clientelism
(d) Dualism
Answer: (b)

17) Feminist Research is:
(a) Interdisciplinary
(b) Multidisciplinary
(c) Cross-disciplinary
d) All the above
Answer: (d)

18) Among the following persons identify the male feminist:
(a) Harriet Taylor
(b) Betty Friedan
(c) Iris Young
(d) J.S. Mill
Answer: (d)

19) Feminist Research aims at:
(a) Addressing women’s issues with women’s perspective
(b) Promotion of women research scholars
(c) To study women as an object
(d) Study of women’s education
Answer: (a)

 

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CSS International Relations MCQs with Explanation (Set-I)

CSS International Relations MCQs with Explanation (Set-I)

International Relations MCQs with Explanation (Set-I) for CSS Exams

1) International relations is a __
(a) Pluralistic
(b) Antagonistic
(c) Esoteric
(d) Stoic
(e) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Explanation: “Pluralists argue that international activity is not just a matter of the behaviour of states but of other actors too. Further, but logically separate, they argue that states are not quite as security and power conscious as the realists make out. For example, economic issues are issues in their own right”
Michael Nicholson ‚”Theories of International Relations.‛ International Relations: A Concise Introduction “(p. 99)

2) Important Subject of International Relations is…………………….
(a) Protection of Human rights
(b) Study of sovereignty
(c) Study of world Govt.
(d) International Co operation
Answer: (d)

3) International society is regulated by:
(a) A benign form of cosmopolitan democracy
(b) Imperial expansion
(c) Diplomacy, law, and the balance of power
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)

4) About which of the following thinkers it has been said that his theory of the State is “an incongruous mixture of natural rights and physiological metaphor”?
(a) Bradley
(b) Spencer
(c) Johann Caspar Bluntschli
(d) Burke
Answer. (b)

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5) In international Relations, a global system containing two dominant powers is labeled with which of the terms?
(a) Bipolar
(b) Nationalist
(c) Isolationist
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation: Bipolarity can be defined as a system of world order in which the majority of global economic, military and cultural influence is held between two states. The classic case of a bipolar world is that of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, which dominated the second half of the twentieth century.

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The Cold War and Its Impacts – Introducing the Cold War Phenomenon (Part II)

The Cold War and Its Impacts - Introducing the Cold War Phenomenon

NON-ALIGNMENT MOVEMENT (CONTINUED)

NAM’s Role in International Relations

NAM played a limited role in supporting the OPEC price rise, in the formation of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the formation of the Group of 77 and articulating the New International Economic Order.

NAM has grown in size and can potentially be very influential but it has been unable to fulfill its lofty objectives and thus stands discredited. Most of the member states, which are a part of it, do not use the NAW platform to resolve disputes nor do they contribute much effort to making it more effective.

Yet the need for peaceful coexistence and better North-South relations makes the need for NAM even more urgent with
its visionary blend of idealism and realism.

Criticism of NAM

NAM has failed to help promote peace and many of its members have been involved in bloody internal and external violence (for example the civil war in Cambodia, or the war between Iran and Iraq).

NAM has also been unable to bear on lingering disputes like the ME conflict and the problems in Kashmir causing tensions between Pakistan and India and in the Cyprus which is resulting in tensions between Turkey and Greece.

There is a dichotomy between what NAM leaders preach and practice; often they have adopted stances in the UN at variance with consensus developed in NAM.

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