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CSS Past Papers of Town Planning & Urban Management 2018

NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.




Q. No. 2.As a town planner, suppose you have been assigned a project lead position to prepare a master plan of a metropolitan city. Develop your project team by explaining which other professionals will be engaged by you. Also discuss, which services will be provided by them for the successful completion of the assignment? (20)

Q. No. 3.Explain the general urban form characteristics of historical European cities. Also, discuss whether these characteristics offer any advantage in pursuing the goals of sustainable development? (20)

Q. No. 4. Differentiate ‘urbanization’ from ‘urban sprawl’. Are large Pakistani cities facing both of these processes simultaneously? Discuss. Support your viewpoint with examples. (20)

Q. No. 5.Discuss different ways and approaches to reduce the housing cost for the low income people in order to promote equitable development.(20)

Q. No. 6.Can socio-environmental problems of urban areas be addressed through urban design guidelines? While discussing, provide relevant examples and illustrations, where possible. (20)

Q. No. 7.Which various factors are responsible for growing intense competition among different stakeholders over the use of natural resources? Also, suggest different measures to resolve the conflicts arising from such intense competition. (20)

Q. No. 8. Write short note on any TWO of the following: (10 each)

(a) Significance of GIS application in urban planning
(b) Role of building and development control in managing urbanization
(c) Planning features of Indus Valley Civilization

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES

PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80

NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

Q. 2.
(a) How many layers are in the TCP/IP stack? What are the names? (4)
(b) How digital evidences can be preserved from a crime scene. Write in details by taking examples of digital devices commonly used these days. (4)
(c) What are the responsibilities of Operating system kernel? (3)
(d) List down any four best practices for coding standards. (3)
(e) Why do modern processors use more power when their clock frequency is increased? (2)
(f) Ali is telling Ahmad that he is representing a -ve number and its most significant bit is 1, Ahmad immediately shouted you are representing numbers using 2's compliment. True or False. And why? (2)
(g) If time slice is of 50 milliseconds and context switch requires a microsecond, how many processes can the machine service in a second? (2)

Q. 3. (a) Write a program grade average calculator, User will input marks for five subjects and program will output the average of its marks. Print appropriate message on the base of its mark's average e.g.; Well done, Keep it up, Better luck next time etc.

(b) Given that i,j,k,n & m are integer variables. Write a condition such that:
i- hello is only printed when, any of the following conditions are met: i is twice the value of j, j is smaller than k and less than n, or m is negative.

inti,j,k,n,m; cin>>i>>j>>k>>n>>m;
if(
)
cout<<”hello”;

ii. hello is only printed when i does not lies in the interval 6-9

inti; cin>>i;
if(
)
cout<<
“hello”;

(c) Write equivalent instruction to following instruction without the use of += operator: where w,z are integers.

w+=2*z+4;

(d) Predict the values of variables a & b after every instruction integer a=5 b=6
a=(b++) + 3; b=--a;

(e) Complete the code such that it prompts the user for +ve number n. Then displays the output.(whatever the value of n is)(HINT: instead of triangles of stars its triangles of increasing numbers)[marks]

1 2 3 4 . . . n
1 2 3 4 ..n-1
. . .
. . .
1 2
1

for n=4 it will print
1 2 3 4
1 2 3
1 2
1
void main()
{
int n; cin>>n;

// your loops will go here

}


(f) In following code replace the character at posth location in the string st with the ,character ch. For example in string helloworld replacing 2nd character with i would result in hilloworld

void main( )

{char st[15]; int pos; char ch;
int size=0;
cin>>st;
cin>>pos>>ch;
while(st[size]!='\0')
{
size++; // calculating length of current string
}
// write your code here

}

Q. 4. Consider the inheritance hierarchy shown below. Each part of this question is independent.

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(a) In which class(es) would it make most sense to have protected members? Which class(es) would be able to access those protected members directly? (5)

(b) Which class(es) can access private members of class C directly? (5)

(c) Suppose class C contains a pure virtual function. Suppose we wish to instantiate objects of this hierarchy. Which class(es) are or could be abstract and which are concrete? (5)

(d) Consider the following list of classes: Car, SteeringWheel, Vehicle, Van, Minivan, AudioSystem, ParkingLot. Your task is to describe all of the is-a and has-a relationships between these classes. Include an inheritance hierarchy for all classes that fit. Fill in the table with is-a or has-a relationship while leaving the cells empty where no relation is applicable. (5)

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Q. 5.
(a) What is dangling pointer? (3)
(b) What data structure would employ to build a text editor and why? (5)
(c) Random insertion of nodes into a binary search tree would result in what types of tree shape. Elaborate. (7)
(d) How would you modify a link list based queue so that first and last node can be accessed in a constant time regardless of data nodes in the queue? (5)

Q. 6.
(a) Define balanced tree both for AVL and Binary search tree. (4)
(b) What is informed or heuristic search what type of algorithm is used to do such a search? (6)
(c) Differentiate between graph and trees. Which is special case of the other? (5)
(d) Explain what type of problems can be solved by genetic algorithm. (5)

Q. 7.
(a) Outline the difference between software verification and software validation. (4)
(b) Give an outline of the unit testing process for verification. (4)
(c) Agile Development is a process that values responding to change over following a plan. Discuss three issues a Software Engineer should be mindful of when adopting this approach during software development. (4)
(d) What type of project is not suited to incremental methods? (4)
(e) Outline the difference between Black box and White box testing. (4)

Q. 8.
(a) What is the difference between lexers and parsers? (5)
(b) Write a grammar (BNF) for the language of palindromes. (5)
(c) Here DFA is given for the language L find the DFA for L2 (5)



(d) Convert the following DFA to a RE: (5)

CSS Past Papers of International Law 2018

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES

PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80

NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

Q. No. 3. What do you mean by subject of law? Discuss individuals as subjects of International law with special reference to Reparation for injuries suffered in the service of United Nations Organization case 1949. (20)

Q. No. 4. According to Starke, the subject of recognition can be presented, “Less as a body of clearly defined rules or principles than as a body of fluid, inconsistent and unsystematic state practice”. Discuss. (20)

Q. No. 5. To what extant, if at all, are the powers of the Security Council confined to the contents of Chapters VI and VII of the United Nations Charter? (20)

Q. No. 6. Critically analyze the powers of the General Assembly and Security Council in the settlement of International Disputes. (20)

Q. No. 7. “Although Security Council has resolved most of the issues relating to threat to international peace and security but the real problem today is about its composition”. Discuss. (20)

Q. No. 8. Elucidate and Justify: “The United Nations, inspite of its imperfections, is the only organization that can save humanity from disaster and complete annihilation”. (20)

CSS Past Papers of Current Affairs (GK-II) 2018

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES

PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80

NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.




Q. No. 2. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is considered as a game-changer. How the CPEC can be helpful to uplift the Pakistan’s economy? Discuss. (20)

Q. No. 3. Discuss in detail the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and challenges to it. (20)

Q. No. 4. How the United States is trying to keep its dominant position in the Asia-Pacific and what is the China’s response to it? (20)

Q. No. 5.Critically analyze the newly established Islamic Military Alliance and its future implications for the Muslim World? (20)

Q. No. 6. Describe the 2017 Qatar Diplomatic Crisis and its impact on the Middle East. (20)

Q. No. 7. Critically examine the Donald Trump’s Policy for South Asia and its implications for Pakistan and the region. (20)

Q. No. 8. What are the opportunities and challenges for Pakistan as one of the new members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)? (20)

CSS Past Papers of English Essay Paper 2018

1. Real development should transform people's lives, not just economic statistics.

2. Higher education in Pakistan: ills and remedies.

3. Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

4. China – Pakistan economic Corridor (CPEC) and it's socio-economic implications for the region and the world.

5. Beware the barrenness of a busy life!

6. The emerging power of social media: prospects and problems.

7. In the fight against terrorism and corruption, it is imperative not to compromise human rights and civil liberties.

8. The threat global warming and the ways to counter it.

9. Will the "Rule of Law" always remain an impracticable myth in our country?

10. Democracy in Pakistan: Hopes and Hurdles