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Last Hour Revision Plan for Political Science CSS Papers

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Last Hour Revision Plan for Political Science CSS Paper-I

1. Emphasis should be on the preparation of Part 1 related to theory for this paper.

2. Prepare the political theory of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Montesqieu, Hobbs, Locke, Rosseau, Hegel and Karl Marx from the portion of western political thought it is certain that one out of the two questions would come from these philosophers. It is also a fair probability that both of the questions would come from them.

3. For Islamic political theory revise the thoughts of Al Farabi, Al Mawardi, Imam Ghazali, Nizam ul Mulk Tusi, Ghazali, Ibn Khaldun and Allama Iqbal. It is 50-50 chance that second question on theory would be from these philosophers or from the ones mentioned in point one or there would be a comparison of thoughts.

4. For Part 2 if you have background knowledge and prepared the subject thoroughly earlier than there is very little need of revision in this section.

5. Just have a look at “forms of government” and “political ideologies” topics and any other in which you find some difficulty or find it too important to ignore.

6. In MCQs special attention should be given to the main concept of philosophers, names of their books, where they are born, and any catching feature which makes them unique. Also take help of past papers for prep of MCQs. 

Last Hour Revision Plan for Political Science CSS Paper-II

1. From Part A only revise political systems of UK and USA. There would be one question about them certainly in paper.

2. Revise political system of India, Turkey and China. If you have good familiarity with Pakistan’s constitutional and political system you can leave Indian system as both have great similarity. One question would be from these topics in Part B.

3. Expect a question on Jinnah, Iqbal or Sir Syed so revise these personalities by keeping in mind various aspects of their life and political struggle.

4. Revise the three constitutions with special focus on 1973 and its amendments upto date and their consequences.

5. Pakistan as a Federation, as a Parliamentary Democracy and, as a Presidential form of government prepare these too.

6. Revise MCQs from past papers and also from any good book you are using for that purpose.

Good Luck!

Regards:

Malik Hassan Ali (CSS-2018 Written Qualifier)

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Last Hour Revision Plan for Islamiat CSS Paper

Last Hour Revision Plan for Islamiat CSS Paper

Last Hour Revision Plan for Islamiat / Islamic Studies for CSS Paper
by: Malik Hassan Ali (CSS-2018 Written Qualifier)

1. Seerah of Holly Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him)
Revise the various aspects of Seerah of Holly Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) one question will come from it.

2. Islamic concept on Human Rights
Revise Islamic concept on Human Rights and Status of women.

3. Islamic civilization
Revise various distinguishing features of Islamic civilization.

4. Public Administration
Revise the Islamic concept on Public Administration.

5. Khulfa-i-Rashiden
Take a brief look on various administrative measures and life of Khulfa-i-Rashiden.

6. Islamic Studies MCQs
Revise MCQs from past papers and any book you are using for that purpose.

Good Luck!

Malik Hassan Ali (CSS-2018 Written Qualifier)

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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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CSS Tips Pakistan Affairs

CSS Pakistan Affairs Attempt Techniques (By: Saeed Wazir)

CSS Pakistan Affairs, Pakistan Affairs Paper 2019, Pakistan Affairs CSS Paper

The paper of Pakistan affairs in CSS consists of three major parts: pre-partition, post-partition and the current developments. Pragmatically, each part warrants distinct, clinical and comprehensive approach. Today, I have received a lot queries regarding time mismanagement and study plane. The following are the golden principles of attempting Pakistan affairs paper in CSS.

I. Synthesize information by making an outline

II. Formulate a thesis that answers the question.

III. Organize your supporting points

IV. Practice past papers(means papers of 5-year)

V. Read all questions carefully

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Last Hour Revision Plan for Current Affairs & Pakistan Affairs CSS Paper

Last Hour Revision Plan for Current Affairs and Pakistan Affairs

Last Hour Revision Plan for CSS Current Affairs and Pakistan Affairs
by: Malik Hassan Ali (CSS-2018 Written Qualifier)

1. Cover the topics which are common to both subjects first they are related to Pakistan. By doing this you can tackle both papers with single revision.

2. In Current Affairs syllabus, paper of 60 marks would be from Pakistan related topics in course outlines portion I “Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs” has 20 marks and “Pakistan’s External Affairs” has 40 marks. Try to cover maximum topics from them.

3. For Current Affairs the easy way to cover topics is not to read in detail but just type the name of topic and go to the news tab in Google search, read between three to five recent news on every topic and that is enough.

4. After covering Pakistan related topics, all or maximum number of them, upto your satisfaction, pick between 5 to 8 topics which you think are the most important ones from the rest of the portion on “Global Issues” and do the same practice mentioned in point 3.

5. After this revise important facts and figures of recent economic survey of Pakistan.

6. Then prepare the MCQs from past papers or any good book you have for MCQs on current Affairs / General Knowledge.

7. On the next day, for Pakistan Affairs most of the revision is already complete while revising for Current Affairs, only focus on remaining part which is topic one of the syllabus “Ideology of Pakistan etc”

8. Prepare MCQs afterwards and anything which you deem very important.

Good Luck!

Regards
Malik Hassan Ali (CSS-2018 Written Qualifier)

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CSS Current Affairs Paper Attempt Techniques (By: Saeed Wazir)

CSS Current Affairs Paper Attempt Techniques

Current Affairs in CSS and PMS need innovative, critical and comprehensive approach. History and unnecessary information tend to overshadow the essence of issues primarily of contemporary nature. It calls for fresh and current events based approach rather than philosophizing past and history.

1. Strategies to ace current affairs paper

i. Understanding the questions holistically

Current affairs topics are generally open-ended; do not have a planned ending, so it may develop in several ways. They are teeming with pregnant meanings, having two dimensions i.e. intellectual and practical. Unfortunately, due to lack of clinical and multi-dimensional understanding and knowledge, mostly candidates come up with unproductive work instead of balance between different dimensions. There appears to be a marked disconnect in cognitive abilities to handle a subject matter skillfully, rendering the whole exercise patchy and unconvincing.

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Last Hour Revision Plan for CSS Paper “General Science and Ability “

Last Hour Revision Plan for CSS General Science and Ability Paper

Last Hour Revision Plan for CSS General Science and Ability Paper
by: Malik Hassan Ali (CSS-2018 Written Qualifier)

  1. From part one of “General Science” prepare portion of Physical sciences topic wise but very briefly like four to five lines about every topic and sub topics within. The easier way to do is to use google type each topic/sub topic’s name and read the first link which appears on it as a result of search, in written form, read just first paragraph or few lines about it if not satisfied by the link then directly go to Wikipedia’s link about topic and read not more than first paragraph about that topic/sub topic. Not to burden your mind with trivial/excessive details.
  2. Prepare the portion of biological and environmental sciences likewise.
  3. Prepare only one from food sciences or IT portion on the pattern shared above.
  4. Or any four of the five main divisions can be prepared from physical, biological, environmental, food sciences and IT. (It is better to leave the one having least sub topics but best to prepare all five of them that is up-to you what time you are left with)
  5. From part two of “General Ability” your final revision should only include preparing for the basic mathematics portion try to use past papers in it and check what type of questions are coming from them try to memorize all formulas afresh specially ratio, proportions, rates, percentage, angles, triangles etc.
  6. If you have consulted and prepared from a good book for rest of the General Ability like “Test of Reasoning by Edgar Thorpe” you don’t need to revise other sections of this portion. The things you learned will retain in your mind even well after CSS papers for other competitive exams as well, and if you haven’t prepare that portion no need to bother your mind with these topics at eleventh hour they wont be covered in full. Just leave them. Only you have to score some extra in other two papers of General Knowledge (Pakistan Affairs and Current Affairs) to make up for this deficiency later.
  7. Move to MCQs portion then, for that consult past papers and if you have any good book for science related MCQs that will do but if you don’t have it arrange from somewhere general science books of class 6th, 7th and 8th (all or as many of them as you can arrange) and just revise all the MCQs of the exercises of those books plus the summaries given at the end of the chapters.
  8. Take proper care of your sleep it is the most important thing during exams.

Good Luck!

Regards:
Malik Hassan Ali (CSS-2018 Written Qualifier)

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Last Hour Revision Plan Before English Precis & Composition Paper

Last Hour Revision Plan Before English Precis & Composition Paper

Last Hour Revision Plan
Before English Precis & Composition paper

1.Precis Making Rules

Go through all the rules of precis making.

2. Conversion of Narration Rules

Go through all the rules of conversion of narration once again.

3. No need to prepare for things like paragraph comprehension, translation, sentence correction and punctuation etc you will do great in them.

4. After doing the above things dedicate all the remaining time on preparation of vocabulary for that no need to read words rather go to Youtube and listen/watch various CSS related vocabulary videos as much as you can in the left over time. The chances of retention via watching+listening+reading a video are far greater than only reading through any book or list. Watch a video twice if you think it has very important words but not more than that. Remember these solid 30 marks (20 for objectives and 10 for pair of words/idioms) which are related to vocabulary are crucial on how well you perform in the paper. Try to take maximum marks out of them.

5. Have faith in Allah and your hard work, you will perform well.

6. Take a good 7 to 8 hours sleep before exam. It is of paramount importance to go in paper with fresh mind.

Good Luck!


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Malik Hassan Ali (CSS-2018 Written Qualifier)

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Expected Topics for CSS 2019 (By: World Times)

Expected Topics for Essay CSS 2019

Expected Topics for Essay CSS 2019

  1. Implications of Globalization:

  • Social (MDG’s and SDG’s, HDI)
  • Political (Neo-Imperialism, Alliances and Counter Alliances, Populism, Nationalism)
  • Economic (BREXIT, IMF, FATF, World Systems Theory, SAP’s)
  • Strategic (Nuclear Proliferation, Deterrence, 5th Generation Warfare)
  • Cultural (Identity Crisis, Cultural Invasion)
  • Technological (Social Media, Interconnectivity, Freedom of Expression, Post Truth)
  • Environmental (Climate Change and Global Warming)

  1. National Integration

  • Provincialism
  • 18th Amendment
  • Creation of New Provinces
  • Unity in Diversity
  • United We Stand, Divided We Fall
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Essay on Water Crisis in Pakistan | Essays for CSS

Essay on Water Crisis in Pakistan

Outline:Water Crisis in Pakistan

Water security has a direct impact on human security. It is a multidimensional challenge with complex undertones, as water security is both an increasing concern as well as critical for sustainable development. Before it is too late and Pakistan faces a drought across its entire territory, a comprehensive water policy needs to be prepared and implemented.

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