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Pakistan Studies, Islamiyat and Urdu: Post your doubts here!

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hey can any plz help me understand marking schemes?? i knw dis might be a little laim but i just couldnt get them. the way they are written. wht do they axactly mean?? especially pak studies 1. here ix 1, if anyone of u could help me explain wht the marking scheme actually says about question 3 part b.......thnx!!
i didm't even know how to write my answers till three months ago but Praise be to Allah, i saw the mark scheme and now i do have a clear idea.
Take the RTC one for example.
You began with a simplistic statement, just write anything that seems relevant or such to you, in this case.

Q. How successful were the three Round Table Conferences of 1930-32? Explain your answer.

Level 1: The Round Table Conferences had some achievements and failures, this happened due to a number of reasons.

Level 2: There were three RTCs held in London, The first was one was attend by most parties except Congress, the second was attended by almost everybody whereas the third was merely a formality as Jinnah, nor Gandhi attended this.

Level3: The first RTC could not reach any definite conclusion but it had some successes,The Govt. approved a federal constitution for India, gave Sindh a separate identity, formation of responsible govt. in provinces. Princely states also gave their co-operation for an All India federation.
Basically, you combine level 3 and level 4, it's just their to tell you that if you just describe the successes without the failures, you will get a level 3 criteria mark. i have only explained the successes, but this is just for one RTC, you need to do the same for the others.
Level 4: The first RTC could not reach any definite conclusion but it had some successes,The Govt. approved a federal constitution for India, gave Sindh a separate identity, formation of responsible govt. in provinces. Princely states also gave their co-operation for an All India federation. On the other hand it was totally boycotted by the Congress and they were deadlock on Federal system, since it was the major political party, without this the successes were useless as no conclusion could take place in their absence and the Minorities sub-comitte also could not reach a conclusion.
The second RTC was called due to the failures of the first and Lord Irwin signed a pact with Gandhi so he released him from jail in order to get him to attend the Conference so that results could be achieved, but it was a failed attempt as Gandhi displayed rude and stubborn behaviour, did not accept the rights of the minorities so it remained unsolved, he also did not take part in the discussions properly. Coalition government had formed on Britain and it was least concerned with any settlemement in India, however it had some successes, minorities entered into an agreement on their demands and all parties attended it.
The third RTC was merely a formality, Gandhi went back and began his civil disobedience movement again, Jinnah resigned from politics as he was sick of the political chaos in India, so neither attended this conference.

Level 5 : Therefore, in my opinion, all of the RTCs had more failures than achievements as it is clear due to the aforementioned points, so they were not very successful, however, British were now aware of Indian demands would keep them in their mind when forming a future constitution as it was seenn in the Govt. of India act in 1935.
 
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marking scheme says:
Why do some legal scholars reject the use of analogy (qiyas)? [4]
Excellent answers here will be able to give a sound analysis of the use of analogy (qiyas)
with possible, but clear, examples to illustrate the point. Examples should be about analogy
and not confused with any of the other sources of law.
Candidates could mention that it is a source used when others do not offer guidance, and
compares an existing accepted situation with a new one. There is more individual thought
that goes into the decisions than with primary sources.
Better answers will mention why it’s rejected by some scholars, due to the varying and
conflicting answers that can be given.

examiner report says:
There were some good answers to this question, but generally answers were vague. The best
answers offered reasons about the weakness of qiyas as a general source of law, explaining that it
was due to the fact that the personal opinion of an individual may be subject to error, and why
some scholars preferred the alternative ijma or the Shi’a preference of using ‘aql.
However, many answers had a general comment on qiyas not being liked because it is based on
individual reasoning, and there were a significant number of candidates who tried to argue that
qiyas is not needed in Islamic legal thinking, so instead of trying to answer why some scholars
reject qiyas they made a general statement about it not being reliable and so rejected by all
scholars.

aand,:) my notes say:
''Qiyas is the Fourth source of law, subordinate and subsidiary to the Quran, Hadith and Ijma. It is a principle of extension of islamic law on the basis of a likeness in two situations, one of which is explained in the primary sources, which it can not contradict.Qiyas must be applied only when there is no solution in the earlier sources.
An example of Qiyas: Drugs like opium or cocaine were not known during the time of the Prophet, so they have not been mentioned explicitly as prohibited. However a Hadith (primary source!) is : '' Every intoxicant is Khamr, so every intoxicant is Haraam.'' Thus, since it is known that these drugs are highly intoxicating, these are also Haram.
However, some scholars reject the concept of Qiyas on the basis of the Ayah: ''..And We have sent down to thee a Book explaining all things..'' (16:89).
Their opinion is that there is too much personal opinion involved in Qiyas, thus resulting contradicting ideas of different people. These various opinions are not considered binding and authoritative by many Sunni scholars, and Shia scholars reject Qiyas in favour of their use of Aql.''

pheww.. hope it makes sense, and helps you out!:)
Some of the Scholars such as Zahris & Shia reject
Qiyas because of several reasons….
1. A verse of the Qur'an says: "0 ye who believe! Put not yourselves
forward before God and His Apostle...." [Qur'an 49 : 1)
These Scholars claim that Qiyas (analogy) means "putting
yourself forward‘
2. There are many sayings of the Companions in which they
have condemned the use of ra’i/ (personal opinion), and
analogy is personal opinion.
3. Analogy leads to discord among the Muslims, because it
does not lead to exactly the same opinion when different
jurists are exercising it and what leads to differences should
be shunned.
4. It cannot be said that the ahkam of the shari'ah are based
upon similarity and equality.
 
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Did educational reforms have a more important effect on the Indians than the social,
religious and economic ones introduced by the British during the years 1773 to 1856?
Explain your answer.


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Plz can any 1 provide me with the complete answr ?? :p !! *likes guaranteed*
 
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this question? :
''The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was the only beacon of hope for Hindu-Muslim Unity between 1914-1930. do you agree? give reasons for your answer.''
november 2004 q2 c
what which one is to be described at first either the one which is given in statement or according to timeline?
 
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In this we have to describe the following reforms:
-Morley-minto reforms 1909
-Montague Chelmsford reform 1919.
-Lucknow pact 1916 also
what which one is to be described at first either the one which is given in statementor according to timeline?
 
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he meant that if the major reason has not been given in the question then do you write the conclusion at the begin or end,
in my opinion, obvious end as only then you'll be able to conclude properly since you cant just give a conclusion without explanation
yes correct!!
 
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Did educational reforms have a more important effect on the Indians than the social,
religious and economic ones introduced by the British during the years 1773 to 1856?
Explain your answer.


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Plz can any 1 provide me with the complete answr ?? :p !! *likes guaranteed*
 
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Did educational reforms have a more important effect on the Indians than the social,
religious and economic ones introduced by the British during the years 1773 to 1856?
Explain your answer.


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Plz can any 1 provide me with the complete answr ?? :p !! *likes guaranteed*
dude are you really serious the whole answer!! :eek:
 
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Many reforms were made by British which resulted in the war of Independence 1857 led by the Indians.

One of the most important reform was the educational reforms. Under these reforms British made English as the medium of the teaching which was totally understood by most of the students and Christianity was taught by the British irrespective of the religion of students, it made difficult for the children to study in the schools as they are mostly Hindu and Muslim. These reforms effected Indian so much that now they can't even send their children to educational institutes due to which they started to lack behind in education.

The other important reform was the economic reform, British was giving very less wages to the Indian soldiers and they even did not have a chance of getting promoted. It means most of the Indian soldiers will remain poor and they will not be able to get rich. The other reforms were Social and religious in which British announced the new cartridges. The cartridges had an opening and soldiers had to bite it to reload and that opening was made of the flesh of pig and cow. Muslims are not allowed eat the flesh of pig as it is haram in their religion and Hindus were also not allowed to eat the flesh of cow as it was sacred in their religion. Therefore, it soon becomes the main reason for the war of independence 1857.

According to many historians Educational reforms had a great effect on the people of Indian subcontinent as it did not allow any student to study in the educational institutes which soon became the reason for the lack of education in the people of the Indian subcontinent. Therefore I do agree with the statement. plz correct me if i m wrong! :) i hope it does helps
 
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and mark scheme
(b) Why did Jinnah produce his 14 Points in 1929? [7]
LEVEL 1: Simplistic statement (1)
It was a good opportunity to set out his demands/lists 14 Points.
LEVEL 2: Identifies reasons (2–4)
They wanted a separate homeland. Muslims were different.
LEVEL 3: Explains reasons (5–7)
The 14 Points set out the demands of any future negotiations with either Congress or the
British Government. The demands were also to form the basis of the Muslims demands for a
separate homeland. It also convinced them that the Hindus and Muslims were two separate
nations.
 
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hey can any plz help me understand marking schemes?? i knw dis might be a little laim but i just couldnt get them. the way they are written. wht do they axactly mean?? especially pak studies 1. here ix 1, if anyone of u could help me explain wht the marking scheme actually says about question 3 part b.......thnx!!
Why did jinnah produce his 14 points?
give em a simple statement ( copy the mark scheme one )
now identify the reasons without explaining them such as, to counter nehru report, put forward muslim demands and to prove that they were independent of the british and congress.
now explain the above reasons, briefly but enough that it fits one page.
 
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