Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission, Peshawar
Competitive Examination for the posts of Provincial Management Service (BPS-17) – 2013
British History Paper I
Time Allowed: 03 Hours
Max Marks: 100
Note:- Attempt any Five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1: Under what circumstances the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688 took place? What effects this Revolution had on the eighteenth Century Politics of England?
Q.2: Discuss in detail the reasons for ‘Jacobite Rebellion’.
Q.3: Elaborate the impact of American Revolution on the colonization policy of England.
Q.4: What is Industrial Revolution? Discuss its effect on the economics of British Empire.
Q.5: Who were the ‘ Liberal Tories’. What reforms did the Liberal Tories introduce between 1822 and 1830 to deserve this title?
Q.6: What were the aims of Statesmen who met at Vienna in 1814-15 and to what extent were their aims fulfilled in the Vienna Settlement?
Q.7: Under what circumstances the Reform Act of 1832 was introduced. What were the terms of the Act and how far did they improve the old system?
Q.8: Why did the ‘Chartist Movement’ came into existence? What were the Chartists’ aims and why were Chartists unsuccessful?
