Political Science Paper I Past Paper 2021

Thinkers of decline and rebirth lead the Political Science Paper I past paper 2021. Q.2 asks for Aristotle’s classification of the state. Q.3 sets Rousseau’s state of nature against the versions of Hobbes and Locke. Q.4 reads Ibn Khaldun on decline: outside pressure counts, but inside decay decides. Q.5 turns to Shah Waliullah and a socio-political thought rooted in his religious philosophy. Section-B comes home to Pakistan. Q.6 lists the political and legal constraints on the sovereignty of parliament. Q.7 argues that the parliamentary system grew out of Pakistanis’ own past experience. Q.8 closes by defining capitalism and tying it to democracy. 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 — What is the Aristotelian classification of state? (20)

Q.3 — What is the difference of between Rousseau’s notion of ‘the state of nature’ and that of Hobbes and Locke? (20)

Q.4 — Ibn I Khaldun while acknowledging the external factors, emphasizes more on the internal systemic factors as decisive for the decline of states. Elaborate. (20)

Q.5 — Explain the socio-political thought of Shah Waliullah which is greatly ingrained in his religio-philosophical thought. (20)

Section-B

Q.6 — What are the political and legal constraints over the sovereignty of parliament in Pakistan? (20)

Q.7 — The adoption of parliamentary system in Pakistan is the result of political experiences of Pakistanis in the past. Elaborate. (20)

Q.8 — What is capitalism and what is its relation with democracy? (20)

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