FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION -2016
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS 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
PART II
SECTION I
Q 2. The connection between the ideas of French Philosophers and the revolution was indirect and remote. The philosophers did not preach revolution rather they undermined the faith of people in the old order. Discuss. (20)
Q.3 What aims and objectives did Congress of Vienna try to achieve? How far was it proved to be successful in the light of future course of events in European History? (20)
Q.4 Compare and contrast the revolution of 1830 and 1848. (20)
Q.5 Unification of Italy and Unification of Germany occurred simultaneously. Their histories touch and overlap at points and at times helped each other. Discuss. (20)
SECTION II
Q.6 Critically evaluate the causes of allied victory in World War I. (20)
Q.7 Discuss the general causes of the rise of dictatorship in Europe after the First World War. (20)
Q.8 Write short notes on any TWO of the following. (10 each) (20)
(a) Bolshevik Revolution (b) Cold War (c) European Union