Political Science Paper I Past Paper 2023

Utility, khilafat and intellect run through the Political Science Paper I past paper 2023. Q.2 opens with Bentham and his greatest happiness of the greatest number. Q.3 lists Al-Ghazali’s pre-requisites for becoming a Khalifa. Q.4 expounds Iqbal’s vision for the rise of Muslims in South Asia under colonialism. Q.5 asks for short notes on existentialism and on Descartes’ cogito. Section-B shifts to the state at work. Q.6 calls rights and duties two facets of one coin. Q.7 treats Islam as a complete code of life that guides the management of political power. Q.8 closes on the marks of a professional and apolitical bureaucracy. 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 — Explain Bentham`s greatest happiness of the greatest number. (20)

Q.3 — What are Al-Ghazali`s pre-requisites for becoming a Khalifa? (20)

Q.4 — Expound Iqbal`s vision for rise of Muslims in South Asia in the era of colonialism. (20)

Q.5 — Write short notes on the following (10 each) (20)
(a) Existentialism is humanism
(b) Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am)

Section-B

Q.6 — Rights and duties are two facets of the same coin. Elaborate. (20)

Q.7 — In an Islamic state, Islam is considered a complete code of life, which provides guidelines for proper management of political power. Elaborate. (20)

Q.8 — What are salient features of a professional and apolitical bureaucracy? (20)

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