BALOCHISTAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF SECTION OFFICERS (B-17)
EUROPEAN HISTORY
MARKS:150 JUNE 09, 2003 TIME: 03 HOURS
NOTE: Attempt any FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q-1 How did Napoleon Bonaparte strengthen or weaken the French Revolution?
Q-2 “The History of Europe from 1815 onwards has been the history of undoing the cardinal error of Congress of Vienna.” Elucidate.
Q-3 What can be learned from Metternich’s period as to the best means of combating criticism of existing political, social and economic conditions?
Q-4 What were the means adopted by Bismarck to preserve the status quo in Europe between 1871-1890?
Q-5 How did the Treaty of Berlin 1878, help to settle the Turkish Problem in Europe?
Q-6 Critically analyse the elements of Weakness in Social and Political Structure of Russia at the end of 19th and 20th Centuries.
Q-7 “The Peace Settlement of 1919 was the monument of Inaptitude and short sightedness.” Discuss this opinion.
Q-8 What do you understand by the term “Economic Depression”? How Europe was confronted with it, immediately after the World War – I?
Q-9 “A Study of the History of Europe is both Instructive and inspiring.” Explain.
Q-10 How do you find the future of U.N.O. after Iraq War of March 2003?
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