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Exams of CSS 2017 are over. It is high time aspirants started their preparations for CSS 2018 exam. With reference to CSS preparation, aspirants are often confronted with a very basic question i.e. where to start from? In fact, the answer to this question is neither simple nor easily understandable. It involves a meticulous planning before one starts preparing the …

President Obama will be most remembered for his so-called “Pivot to Asia” policy which emphasized that the United States needed to rebalance its diplomatic and economic efforts in the direction of Asia, particularly in the light of how important this region would be for US interests in the future. That was essentially what motivated the shift, and it manifested itself …

“One of the most pathetic aspects of human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial and universal values most convincingly, and claims immortality for its finite existence at the very moment when the decay which leads to death has already begun.” — Reinhold Niebuhr If the allegations about Russia holding a “sex tape” on President …

Political reforms introduced by the British in India had instilled in Muslims a feeling that they would never get power to govern their lives and that they will become a permanent minority in a democratic system. This feeling was not unjustified or irrational at all because Muslims constituted only one-fourth of the total Indian population a big chunk of which …

Two of the drivers of world affairs that manifest in the daily decisions that affect our lives are ideology and religion. Ideology is the term widely used to describe the underlying set of values, myths, ideas, attitudes, beliefs and doctrine that shape the behavioural approach to political, economic, social, cultural and/or ecological activities of an individual or an organisation. This …

Introduction Corrupt man corrupts society Kinds of corruption a. Moral corruption b. Political corruption c. Economic corruption Impacts of corruption a. Social Impacts i. Lack of trust ii. Nepotism, cronyism and favouritism iii. Merit is killed iv. Crisis of unemployment v. Abysmal poverty vi. Anarchy in society b. Political Impacts i. Political instability ii. Precarious law and order situation iii. …

1. Categories of peoples who are entitled to receive Zakat: 8 2. The period of Islamic Caliphate lasted for nearly: 30 years 3. Salat-e-Istisqa is offered for: Rain 4. Scribe of the Treaty of Hudaibiya: Hazrat Ali (RA) 5. Literal meaning of Hajj is: Intend to go somewhere 6. In Ghazwa-e-Khandaq, the salats combined by the Holy Prophet (PBUH): Zuhr …

1. Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam was founded in: September 1884 2. Moen Jo Daro was discovered in: 1922 (By R. D. Banerji) 3. Current Ambassador of Pakistan to China: Masood Khalid 4. The Simla Deputation met the Viceroy: Lord Minto 5. Author of “My Life A Fragment”: Mohammad Ali Jouhar (6) Seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan: Malik Feroz Khan Noon 7. 18th Amendment …

1. FIFA World Cup 2018 will be hosted by: Russia 2. Number of OIC Muslim states: 57 3. Number of European Union member states: 28 4. Cold war period: 1947 – 1991 5. NPT is: Non-Proliferation Treaty 6. AFP is the news agency of: France 7. Headquarters of ICJ: The Hague (Netherlands) 8. Oldest satellite site is in: Kazakhstan 9. …

1. Stone used in whitewash: Limestone 2. Gas is used for ripening of fruits: Ethylene 3. Planet closest to the earth: Venus 4. Sulphuric acid made by: Jabir bin Hayyan 5. Lock jaws is another name of: Tetanus 6. Branch of physics related to nuclei: Nuclear Physics 7. Sonar is used to calculate: Ocean depth 8. Radar receives waves called: …