ExamPak · FPSC test preparation
Director General (BS-20), Board of Investment
Test pattern
- MCQs in total
- 200
- Part-I
- 100
- Part-II (Professional)
- 100
- Qualifying standard
- 50%
- Per wrong answer
- −0.25
Syllabus
Part-I
English (40 Marks)
- Comprehension
- Grammar Usage
- Vocabulary
- Sentence Structuring
- Sentence Correction
- Grouping of Words
- Pairs of Words
- Idiomatic Phrases
- Synonyms/ Antonyms
- Translation
Constitution/Rules (60 Marks)
- Constitution of Pakistan
- Rules of Business
- Civil Servants Act & rules made thereunder
- General Financial Rules, 2025
- Financial Management and Powers of Principal Accounting Officers Regulations, 2021
Part-IIProfessional
100 marksPublic Policy Formulation and Implementation
- The Policy Making Process: How Policies are Made (Six stages including diagnosis and six stages with cautions to be exercise at each stage)
- Policy Implementation & Role of Bureaucracy (Training, Pervasive Inertia and how to break it, Lack of Decision Making, Culture of postponement and delays, Lack of resources, Political interference, Ability to say "No.")
- Policy Analysis, The Quest for Solutions (Lack of research in policy analysis, Lack of coordination among departments, secrecy, openness)
- Policy Evaluation: Assessing The Impact of Public Policy, Program Evaluation- Success and failure of Govt
Act, Ordinance, Rules etc. Relating to Investment
- Special Economic Zones Act, 2012
- Special Economic Zones Rules, 2013
- Board of Investment Ordinance, 2001
- Foreign Private Investment (Promotion & Protection) Act, 2022
- Economic Indicators (Latest Pakistan Economic Survey)
Human Resource and Financial Management
- Definition, Significance and Scope of Human Resource Management
- Organization--Types of Organization, Theory of Organization, Principles of Organization, Organization of the Federal and Provincial Governments, Public Sector Enterprises
- Approaches to Human Resource Management
- Personnel Administration--Tools of Personnel Management: Selection, Training, Promotion, Compensation, Discipline
- Communication, Communication Channels and Principles of Public Relations
- Human Behaviour and Organizations Administration
- Elements of Financial Administration, Performance Programmed Budgeting, Capital Budget, Principles of Budgeting, Auditing and Accounting
Governance & Public Administration
- Principles of Public Administration
- Bureaucratic System & Reforms
- E-governance and digital transformation
- Policy formulation and implementation
- Ethics
- Accountability and Transparency
- Nature and Scope of Public Administration
- Role of Public Administration in Welfare State
Basic Concept of Quality Management
- ISO-9000
- ISO-13000
- other certifications regarding quality measurement
- management
- management for Results
- Setting Performance Goals and Targets
- Job Analysis
- Job Description
- Job Specification
- Performance Evaluation