FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2002.
EUROPEAN 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.
- Discuss the developments in France from 1791 to 1793 with particular regard to the Legislative Assembly, foreign War and the National Convention.
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Discuss the Continental system in theory and practice, including its effects on Great Britain, the Continent and neutral nations. Was it a success or failure and why?
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Analyze the Congress of Vienna, its purposes territorial settlement and major participants. Assess the Congress in terms of its success and failures.
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Why were the liberal revolutionaries of 1848 defeated? What effect did these revolutions have on European Conservatives, liberals and nationalists?
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Assess the potential strengths and weaknesses of Marx’ Socialist Philosophy.
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Trace the growth and development of the alliance system in Europe from 1871 to 1914.
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Write short notes on any Two of the following:
(i) The pattern of British expansion in South Asia (ii) Marx’s dialectical materialism (iii) The Franco – Prussian War (iv) The Crimean War
COMPULSORY QUESTION
- Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the questions.
(A)Identify the following in short statements:
(1) Industrial revolution (2) The American Revolution (3) The French Revolution (4) The Russian Revolution (5) The Revolution of 1830 (6) The Revolution of 1848
(B)Fill in the blanks:
(2) Napoleon was born in _________ at _________.
(3) The Bourbon regime restored in _________ in _________.
(4) Bismarck came to power in Prussia in _________ and Resigned in _________.
(C)Who made the following statements:
(5) “Mr. Livingstone I presume.”
(6) “Workers of the World Unite. You will lose nothing except your chain.”
(7) “I do not agree with what you say but till my death I would defeat your right to say it.”
(8) “O’ Liberty! What Crimes are committed in thy time.”
(D)Who wrote the following books:
(9) A history of Modern World
(10) A history of Modern France
(11) Europe since Napoleon
(12) International Relations between the Two World Wars.