KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES (BPS-17) 2013
EUROPEAN HISTORY, PAPER-II
TIME ALLOWED: 03 HOURS MAX: MARKS: 100
Note: Attempt any Five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1: Evaluate the Underlying the Causes of the first World War, assessing the significance of Imperialism, militarism, the alliance system, Industrial and Technological advances, and the relationship between these factors.
Q.2: Evaluate Lenin’s role in Bolsheviks rise to power, and the activities of the first Communist government, its major problems and policies.
Q.3: Assess Wilson’s Fourteen Points that how they might relate to the problems faced by the allies in late 1918.
Q.4: Analyse the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and its Strengths and Weaknesses.
Q.5: Describe the causes of downfall of League of Nations.
Q.6: Trace the development of Fascism in Italy, its causes and the role of Mussolini of Consolidating power.
Q.7: Define totalitarianism, and compare and contrast the totalitarian regimes in Italy, Germany and Russia.
Q.8: Assess the means by which the Soviet Union extended control over Eastern Europe after 1945, and evaluate the results of this control in the 1950s and 1960s.
