British History CSS Paper II 2015

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2015
BRITISH HISTORY, PAPER-II
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.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Palmerston was conservative at home and liberal abroad. Discuss and conclude with arguments. (20)
Q. No. 3. Describe the emergence of Methodist Movement in England. What were its good and bad effects on the people? (20)
Q. No. 4. Analyze the characters and policies of Gladstone and Disraeli with special reference to foreign affairs. (20)
Q. No. 5. What was the background in the context of which Crimean war broke out? Discuss and Analyse also the results that followed the cessation of hostilities. (20)
Q. No. 6. How has the idea of British Common Wealth of Nations developed? In what ways its significance differ from the term British Empire? (20)
Q. No. 7. Why Britain had adopted the policy of Splendid Isolation from 1870 onwards in external affairs? How this policy was abandoned by the end of the 19th century. Discuss and Analyze. (20)
Q. No. 8. Describe and critically analyze the foreign policy of England from 1919 to 1939. (20)