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PLATO
1. DISCUSS AND EXPLAIN THE PLATONIC CONCEPT OF THE PHILOSOPHER KING. (PMS-2021)
2.CRITICALLY EXAMINE PLATO’S CONCEPT OF JUSTICE.(PMS-2015)
3.CRITICALLY EXAMINE PLATO’S IDEAL STATE.(PMS-2014)
4.DISCUSS IN DETAIL PLATO’S INFLUENCE ON FARABI’S OVERALL PERCEPTION OF IDEAL
STATE. ( PMS-2013)
5.THE IDEAL STATE, IN THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO WAS A UTOPIA. SUBSTANTIATE YOUR
ANSWER WITH EXAMPLES.(PMS-2012)

ARISTOTLE
1.ARISTOTLE IS CALLED THE FATHER OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.(PMS-2012)
2.MAKE AN ESTIMATE OF ARISTOTLE AS A FATHER OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.(PMS-2014)
3.EVALUATE ARISTOTLE CLASSIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT IN DETAIL?(PMS-2019)
4.ANALYZE ARISTOTLE’S NOTION REGARDING CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DISTRIBUTIVE
JUSTICE.(PMS-2020)

MACHIAVELLI
1.THE PRINCE RESULTED FROM MACHIAVELLI’S CONCERN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND
MAINTENANCE OF ITALIAN UNITY. DISCUSS IT. (PMS-2021)
2.MACHIAVELLI’S PHILOSOPHY IS THE PRODUCT OF HIS TIME. DISCUSS WITH REFERENCE
TO PRINCE.(PMS-2015)

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SOCIAL CONTRACT PHILOSOPHERS
1.ROUSSEAU’S THEORY OF GENERAL WILL IS THE BASE OF TRUE DEMOCRACY IN MODERN
TIMES. DISCUSS.(PMS-2020)
2. WHY HOBBES IS IN FAVOR OF ABSOLUTE GOVERNMENT? GIVE YOUR COMMENTS. (PMS-
2016)
3. COMPARE LOCKE’S VIEW ON NATURE OF MAN WITH ROUSSEAU’S VIEW ON THE SAME.
(PMS-2016)
4.THE LEVIATHAN OF HOBBES IS THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY.
EXPLAIN THE THEORY WITH REFERENCE TO HIS CONCEPT OF ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGNTY.
5.MAKE AN ESTIMATE OF LOCKE’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. ( PMS-2012)

MARXIST, COMMUNIST AND SOCIALIST

1.SHORT NOTE ON MAO’S PHILOSOPHY.(PMS-2021)
2.DISCUSS MARXISM IN TERM OF THEORY OF SURPLUS VALUE AND PROLETARIAN
DICTATORSHIP (PMS-2020)
3.SOCIALISM IS BASIC IDEOLOGY OF CHINESE POLITICAL SYSTEM. EXPLAIN WITH
REFERENCE TO MAOISM (PMS-2017)
4.MAKE A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF MARX’S DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM. (PMS-2014)

INPUT-OUT FUNCTIONS
1.DEMAND AND DECISION ARE LINKAGE BETWEEN INPUT-OUTPUT. EXPLAIN. (PMS-2017)

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MUSLIM PHILOSOPHERS
1.DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTION OF ALLAMA MUHAMMAD IQBAL AS AN EXPONENT OF
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF ISLAM IN THE MODERN AGE. (PMS-2021)
2.IQBAL EPITOMIZED THE PHENOMENON OF SELF-ACTUALIZATION. HOW FAR IT IS
RELEVANT FOR PRESENT DAY MUSLIM?(PMS-2020)
3.EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF IDEAL STATE AS PRESENTED BY AL-FARABI. (PMS-2019)
4.GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF AL GHAZALI’S THEORY OF KHILAFAT? (PMS-2019)
5.CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE THEORY OF RISE AND FALL OF DYNASTIES GIVEN BY IBN
KHALDOON. (PMS-2016)
6.DISCUSS ALLAMA IQBAL’S CONCEPT OF SELF. DOES THIS HAVE SIMILARITY WITH
NIETZSCHE OR GOETHE? ( PMS-2016)
7.MAKE AN ESTIMATE OF IMAM GHAZALI’S THEORY OF IMAMATE. (PMS-2014)
8.EXPLAIN ALLAMA IQBAL’S VIEWS ON NATIONALISM, INTERNATIONALISM AND MARD E
MOMIN. (PMS-2012)

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CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
1.CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE ROLE OF MILITARY IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE THIRD-
WORLD COUNTRIES. (PMS-2021)
2.EVEN THE WORST FORM OF DEMOCRACY IS BETTER THAN THE BEST FORM OF
DICTATORSHIP. ELUCIDATE.(PMS-2015)

SOVEREIGNTY, DEMOCRACY, POLITICAL

PARTICIPATION, ELITE, PARLIAMENTARY OR
PRESIDENTIAL, FEDERALISM, PUBLIC OPINION,
BUREAUCRACY
1.DISCUSS PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT HIGHLIGHTING
THEIR MERITS AND DEMERITS. WHICH POLITICAL SYSTEM SUITS PAKISTAN?
(PMS-2021)
2.DEFINE DEMOCRACY AND DISCUSS ITS PRE-REQUISITES. (2014)
3.EXPLAIN DIFFERENT MODES OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN PRESENT DEMOCRATIC
STATES.(PMS-2021)
4.CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.
(PMS-2017)
5.DEFINE THE KINDS OF POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEM AND DISCUSS THE MERITS AND DE-
MERITS OF MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM. (2014)

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1.WRITE A NOTE ON ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: RIGHT IMPLIES DUTY, MAO’S
PHILOSOPHY AND ROLE OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP (PMS-2021)
2.PRESSURE GROUPS HAVE SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN DEMOCRATIC STATES. ELABORATE
YOUR ANSWER WITH FEW EXAMPLES.(PMS-2020)
3.PRESSURE GROUPS PLAY KEY ROLE IN INTEREST ARTICULATION A BASIC FUNCTION OF
POLITICAL SYSTEM. EXPLAIN. (PMS-2019)
4.DIFFERENTIATE FEDERATION FROM CONFEDERATION. IS FEDERAL SYSTEM FEASIBLE
FOR HETEROGENEOUS STATE? (PMS-2020)
5.DIFFERENTIATE FEDERATION FROM CONFEDERATION. DISCUSS THEIR MERITS AND DE-
MERITS. (2016)
6.WHAT ARE PROBLEMS IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN? ELUCIDATE. (2016)
7.WRITE IN DETAIL THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN ISLAMIC AND WESTERN
CONCEPT OF SOVEREIGNTY. (PMS-2020)
8.THE RISE OF MODERN SOVEREIGN STATE NEGATES THE CONCEPT OF ABSOLUTE
SOVEREIGNTY. DISCUSS. (2017)
9.WHAT IS ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF SOVEREIGNTY? ELUCIDATE. (2016)
10. WRITE A NOTE ON ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, JUDICIAL
REVIEW AND MODES OF PUBLIC OPINION. (PMS-2020)
11. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE ROLE OF BUREAUCRACY IN POLITICAL SYSTEM.
(PMS-2019)
12. EXISTENCE OF AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IS ESSENTIAL FOR POLITICAL
DEVELOPMENT. WHAT TYPE OF MEASURES CAN BE ADOPTED OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF
JUDICIARY IN A DEMOCRATIC STATE? (PMS-2019)

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13. WHAT IS JUDICIAL ACTIVISM? DISCUSS ITS MERITS AND DEMERITS. (2016)
14. WRITE A NOTE ON ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND
LIBERTY, FUNCTIONS OF A WELFARE STATE AND PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION.
(PMS-2019)
15. WHAT ARE THE SAFEGUARDS OF LIBERTY? ELABORATE.
16. CHARISMATIC LEADER HAS SOME EXTRA ABILITIES THEN AN ELITE. DISCUSS. (2017)
17. WRITE A NOTE ON ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL
SYSTEM, MONARCHY AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT. (2017)
18. KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING. EXPLAIN WITH REFERENCE TO BRITISH
MONARCHY. (2016)
19. WRITE A NOTE ON ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: RULE OF LAW, SINGLE MEMBER OR
MULTI-MEMBER COMMUNITY, PUBLIC OPINION AND PROPAGANDA AND PROPORTIONATE
REPRESENTATION. (2016)
20. DOES MASS MEDIA PLAY ANY ROLE IN FORMATION OF PUBLIC OPINION? (2016)
21. DISCUSS BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM WITH REFERENCE TO HOLY QURAN AND
HADITH (2019)

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