Economics Paper II Past Paper 2022

Poverty, CPEC and ideas share the Economics Paper II past paper 2022. Q.2 tests the claim that poverty in Pakistan is a rural phenomenon. Q.3 asks what strategic framework can take Pakistan to the sustainable development goals by 2030. Q.4 asks which industries CPEC should promote. Q.5 traces the trends in Pakistan’s imports and exports. Q.6 separates conventional banking from interest-free banking and asks how interest-free banking can aid development. Q.7 reads Richard Thaler’s work as making economics more human. Q.8 closes with logical notes on two listed topics. 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 any FOUR questions from Q.2–Q.8; each question carries 20 marks (Part-I holds the 20 MCQs, per the printed header)

Part-II questions

Q.2 — “In Pakistan, poverty is a rural phenomenon”. Elaborate this statement keeping in view uni-dimensional and multidimensional aspects of poverty. (20)

Q.3 — Keeping the economic, political and social systems in perspective, what should be the successful planning strategic framework for Pakistan to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030? (20)

Q.4 — Under CPEC initiatives, what kind of industry needs to be promoted across the trade routes and why? Explain in the context of proposed industrial zones in the country. (20)

Q.5 — What are the trends and tendencies of imports and exports of Pakistan? How the country can enhance its “terms of trade” favorable with particular reference to trade with China? (20)

Q.6 — Clarify the difference between conventional banking and interest free banking. How interest free banking can help in the economic and financial development of Pakistan? (20)

Q.7 — Noble Laureate Richard H. Thaler has made Economics more human. Keeping his ideas of Behavioral Economics, what sort of revolutionary changes are required in the socio-economic fabric of Pakistan? (20)

Q.8 — Write logical notes on two of the following: (10 each) (20)
(i) Environmental Degradation
(ii) Debt dilemma of Pakistan
(iii) Impact of Climate Change

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