Current Affairs Past Paper 2022

A war in Europe and a takeover in Kabul frame the Current Affairs past paper 2022. Q.2 asks for foreign policy options for Pakistan after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Q.3 weighs the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the anticipated policies of the Taliban government and the regional and global response. Q.4 tests US-Russia strategic nuclear deterrence under the New START treaty of 2021 and its implications for Pakistan’s nuclear programme and defence policy. Q.5 laments a Muslim Ummah that has failed to unite and seeks ways and means to unite it with a workable approach. Q.6 notes that parliamentary and presidential systems both ran in Pakistan with limited success and asks candidates to draft their own practical system for good governance. Q.7 reads the US-China trade war, running since 2018, as a possible Second Cold War and asks candidates to judge the future world order. Q.8 offers short notes on poverty and trade in South Asia, a leadership comparison of Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

What this paper contains

  • This file carries Part-II (the descriptive part) of the paper.
  • Part-II — attempt four questions from Q.2–Q.8; each question carries 20 marks (Part-I holds the 20 MCQs, per the printed header)
  • Q.2 — Foreign policy options for Pakistan after the Russian invasion of Ukraine (24 February 2022)
  • Q.3 — The 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan: Taliban policies and the regional and global response
  • Q.4 — US-Russia nuclear deterrence under the New START treaty of 2021; implications for Pakistan’s nuclear programme
  • Q.5 — The Muslim Ummah’s failure to unite; ways and means to unite it
  • Q.6 — Parliamentary and presidential systems in Pakistan; draft a practical system for good governance
  • Q.7 — The US-China trade war as a Second Cold War; the future world order
  • Q.8 — Short notes on any two: poverty and trade in South Asia and the role of SAARC; leadership qualities of Xi Jinping and Joe Biden compared; the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the politics of the Arab World
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