FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll No.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2020
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ESSAY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:(i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE
of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance
and clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book
must be crossed.
1. Do we really need literature in our lives?
2. Women universities as agents of change.
3. Pakistan and the future of Kashmir cause.
4. Polarized politics: the issues and challenges of democracy in Pakistan.
5. Global power dynamics and Pakistan’s foreign policy.
6. Pakistan’s informal economy: the way forward.
7. Promoting tourism in Pakistan: opportunities and challenges.
8. I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.
9. Is Pakistan ready for digital revolution?
10. IMF bailouts: roads to stability or recipes for disaster.
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll No.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2021
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ESSAY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:(i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE
of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance
and clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book
must be crossed.
1. “Do not waste water even if you were at a running stream”.
2. Meaning purposive education.
3. COVID-19: A wake up call for Pakistani researchers.
4. Human inventions move the societies backward.
5. Universal human equality is utopic.
6. Bureaucracy doldrums.
7. Gender equality: A popular slogan.
8. Pros and cons of globalization.
9. Intercultural communication is panacea to avoid 3 rd world war.
10. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed”.
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll No.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2022
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ESSAY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:(i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE
of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance
and clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book
must be crossed.
1. An analysis of the concept of globalization of markets.
2. Digital democracy: social media and political participation.
3. Global trade and trade policies of China.
4. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
5. Global politics and international relations.
6. The controversial issues of feminism in contemporary women’s rights movements.
7. World food systems: the economics of agriculture.
8. Is there such a thing as ethical consumerism?
9. Human development and economic sustainability.
10. How is terrorism and its perception shaped by the Mass Media?
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll No.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2023
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ESSAY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:(i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE
of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance
and clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book
must be crossed.
1. Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.
2. The one who uses force is afraid of reasoning.
3. Not all recycling projects are cost effective.
4. The fool speaks, and the wise listens.
5. A friend walks in when everyone else walks out.
6. Online learning is not only convenient but often more effective than traditional classroom
instruction.
7. To encourage healthy eating, higher taxes should be imposed on soft drinks and junk food.
8. People have become overly dependent on technology.
9. Both parents should assume equal responsibility in raising a child.
10. Boys will be boys.
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2024
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ESSAY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE: (i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE of
the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance
and clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
1. Hope: the greatest driving force.
2. CPEC and “Indo-Middle East – Europe”, new war fronts.
3. The power of propaganda and Muslim
World.
4. Phase out of fossil fuel and Arab Economics.
5. Pragmatism vs Passion in politics.
6. Brics and Pakistan: Prospects of Recovery.
7. Artificial Intelligence: The death of creativity
8. Pathways to Pakistan’s prosperity.
9. Globalization and National Economics.
10. Political Polarization; Governance and Society.
