FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2002
BRITISH HISTORY, PAPER – I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100
NOTE: Attempt five questions in all, including question no. 8 which is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Analyze the foreign policy of England under William III (1989 – 1702).
2. The most important event of the reign of Queen Anne (1702 – 1714) was the war of Spanish Succession. Analyze the causes, events and results of the war.
3. What were the reasons for the supremacy of Whig oligarchy from 1714 – 1760? What were the merits and demerits of Whig ascendancy?
4. Critically analyze the character and achievement of Robert Walpole.
5. Comprehensively discuss and analyze the statement that “The 18th Century Wars in English History were Trade Wars”.
6. Critically analyze the causes and results of Americans war of Independence. How did the war affect British colonial policy?
7. Write notes on any TWO of the following:
(i) Events of glorious revolution
(ii) Jacobite Revolt of 1745.
(iii) Causes and results of seven years war.
COMPULSORY QUESTION
8. Write only the correct answers in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the questions.
(1) Bill of Rights was passed in
(a) 1689
(b) 1693
(c) 1967
(d) None of these
(2) Queen Mary died in
(a) 1962
(b) 1694
(c) 1696
(d) None of these
(3) Queen Anne had
(a) Three children
(b) Nine children
(c) Eighteen children
(d) None of these
(4):George III reigned England for
(a) 40 years
(b) 50 years
(c) 60 years
(d) None of these
(5) Who developed the Cabinet System in government in England?
(a) Walpole
(b) Gladstone
(c) Palmerston
(d) None of these
(6) The State of Prison was written by
(a) John Lock
(b) John Howard
(c) John Chancellor
(d) None of these
(7) George IV Ruled England for:
(a) 10 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 30 years
(d) None of these
(8) During the reign of George IV Death Penalty was done with
(a) 60 offences
(b) 80 offences
(c) 100 offences
(d) None of these
(9) The Test Act and Corporation Act were repeated in:
(a) 1826
(b) 1828
(c) 1830
(d) None of these
(10) Who was refined a seat in the parliament after winning election in 1828
(a) Daniel O’Connell
(b) John Hawkins
(c) Robert Smith
(d) None of these
(11) Who was called the “Whig of the Revolution”?
(a) George II
(b) George III
(c) George IV
(d) None of these
(12) Pitt the elder resigned from the office in:
(a) 1761
(b) 1771
(c) 1781
(d) None of these
(13) Who was the Prime Minister of England from 1770 –1782?
(a) Lord Asquith
(b) Lord North
(c) Lord Townshend
(d) None of these
(14) “George be a King”. Who said this to George III?
(a) His Mother
(b) His Father
(c) His Wife
(d) None of these
(15) England granted independent parliament to Ireland in
(a) 1762
(b) 1772
(c) 1782
(d) None of these
(16) Population of England in 1815 was
(a) 21 Million
(b) 31 Million
(c) 41 Million
(d) None of these
(17) Sir Humphrey Davy invented the safety lamp in:
(a) 1810
(b) 1815
(c) 1820
(d) None of these
(18) Pitt the younger died at the age of
(a) 27
(b) 37
(c) 47
(d) None of these
(19) Who wrote the book “Reflections on the French Revolution”?
(a) Edmund Burke
(b) Tom Paine
(c) Napoleon
(d) None of these
(20) After the Napoleonic war the National Debt of England has risen to
(a) 800 Million Pounds
(b) 1000 Million Pounds
(c) 1200 Million Pounds
(d) None of these