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Federal Public Service Commission: Roll Number

This document contains instructions and questions for the International Relations paper of the Federal Public Service Commission competitive examination for BS-17 level posts in the federal government of Pakistan in 2020. It outlines that the exam has two parts, with Part I being multiple choice questions limited to 30 minutes, and Part II consisting of four essay questions to be answered in the separate answer book provided, with each question worth 20 marks. The questions cover various topics in international relations including approaches to studying state behavior, pre-emptive self-defense under international law, international political economy and economic dependency, strategic culture and determinants of Pakistan's strategic culture, economic liberalism and neo-imperialism, analysis of the US Indo-Pacific policy and containment

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Federal Public Service Commission: Roll Number

This document contains instructions and questions for the International Relations paper of the Federal Public Service Commission competitive examination for BS-17 level posts in the federal government of Pakistan in 2020. It outlines that the exam has two parts, with Part I being multiple choice questions limited to 30 minutes, and Part II consisting of four essay questions to be answered in the separate answer book provided, with each question worth 20 marks. The questions cover various topics in international relations including approaches to studying state behavior, pre-emptive self-defense under international law, international political economy and economic dependency, strategic culture and determinants of Pakistan's strategic culture, economic liberalism and neo-imperialism, analysis of the US Indo-Pacific policy and containment

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2020
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, PAPER-I

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20


PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

PART-II

Q. No. 2. How the Neo-Realist and Constructivist approaches differ over the study of state (20)
behavior in the contemporary international politics?

Q. No. 3. Describe the concept of Pre-Emptive Self-Defense in the context of International Law (20)
and critically evaluate the legitimacy of US use of force against Iraq.

Q. No. 4. What do you understand by International Political Economy? How it promotes (20)
economic dependency in the developing states?

Q. No. 5. Define the concept of Strategic Culture and highlight the major determinants of (20)
Pakistan's Strategic Culture.

Q. No. 6. Explain the concept of Economic Liberalism and relate its core interests with the (20)
concept of Neo-imperialism.

Q. No. 7. Critically evaluate the US Indo-Pacific policy. Do you believe the current US strategies (20)
are aimed at containing growing economic super power China?

Q. No. 8. Describe the geo-strategic importance of Indian Ocean and highlight its impacts on (20)
Pakistan’s Maritime security.

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