Political Science Paper I Past Paper 2012

Quotations carry the Political Science Paper I past paper 2012. Q.2 quotes Plato’s plan for an institution that trains statesmen and studies politics as a science. Q.3 takes the line that calls Montesquieu the father of modern historical research, faults and all. Q.4 credits Ibn-Khaldun as the first philosopher to see how economics drives politics. Q.5 sets notes on Rousseau’s general will and Al-Farabi’s theory of state. Section-B turns practical. Q.6 asks what political science is and how scientific the study of politics can be. Q.7 weighs parliamentary against presidential government with Pakistan in view. Q.8 closes with notes on Marx on socialist revolution and on classical liberalism. This file holds the Part-II sheet only.

What this paper contains

  • This file carries Part-II (the descriptive part) of the paper.
  • Part-II — attempt four questions: TWO from Section-A (Q.2–Q.5) and TWO from Section-B (Q.6–Q.8); each question carries 20 marks (Part-I holds the 20 MCQs, per the printed header)

Part-II questions

Section-A

Q.2 — “Plato intended to build an institution for scientific study of politics and training of statesman”. Elaborate. (20)

Q.3 — “Montesquie with all his faults and irregularities is the father of modern historical research”. Explain and discuss. (20)

Q.4 — Ibn-Khaldun perhaps was the first philosopher to realize the relevant importance of economics to politics. Discuss. (20)

Q.5 — Write short notes on the following: (10+10=20)
(i) Rousseau’s theory of General will.
(ii) Al-Farabi’s theory of state.

Section-B

Q.6 — Define political science. To what extent can one be systematic in a study of the political process? How “Scientific” is political science? (20)

Q.7 — Discuss the principal advantages and disadvantages of parliamentary over presidential form of government with special reference to Pakistan. (20)

Q.8 — Write short notes on the following: (10+10=20)
(i) Views of Marx on Socialist revolution.
(ii) Classical Liberalism

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