European History CSS Paper 2021

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2021
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BS – 17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

EUROPEAN HISTORY

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
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.
(iv) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II

SECTION I

Q. No. 2. Describe Concert of Europe foundational principles. Why did the Concert of Europe decline? (20)

Q. No. 3. Describe how Napoleon’s military conquests changed both the map and political balance of power in Europe? (20)

Q. No. 4. Evaluate the inherent strengths of Prussia combined with Bismarck’s political skills helped to achieve German unification. (20)

Q. No. 5. Congress of Vienna inspired nationalist movements across Europe in the revolutions of 1830 and 1848. Analyze. (20)

SECTION II

Q. No. 6. Describe how the map of Europe was changed because of World war I and post-war treaties? (20)

Q. No. 7. In what ways did the Marshall plan, the dividing of Berlin, the communist takeover of power in Czechoslovakia, and the formation of NATO contribute to the development of the Cold war? Analyze. (20)

Q. No. 8. Write notes on any TWO of the following: (a) European Economic Community (EEC) (b) Balkan Crisis 1990s (a) German Question (10 marks each) (20)

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