European History CSS Paper I 2012

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2012

EUROPEAN HISTORY, PAPER-I

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

Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II.

Q.2 What were the similarities and differences in the views of Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau? Enumerate their achievements.

Q.3 ‘If the conquests of Napoleon were ephemeral, his civilian work in France was built upon granite’. Explain.

Q.4 ‘I have come to the world either too early or too late’. (Metternich). Explain this and make estimate of his work as a statesman and as a prime minister.

Q.5 Explain the causes of the establishment of the Bourgeoisie monarchy of Louis Philippes. Do you hold it responsible for the Revolution of 1848 in France?

Q.6 Compare the ideals of Cavour and Bismarck in achieving the unification of their respective countries.

Q.7 ‘The eastern question had long perplexed the powers of Europe, and had, at the same time, lured then on to seek their own advantage in its labyrinthine mazes’. Discuss.

Q.8 Write short notes on any two of the following..

1. Treaty of Chaumont
2. The French in North Africa
3. The Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
4. The triple entente 1907