European History CSS Paper II 2003

NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all, including question No. 8 which is COMPULSORY. All questions carry EQUAL marks.

1. The Peace of Versailles paved the path to the Second World War. Discuss.

2. Highlight the ideals for which League of nations stood for and explain the causes of its failure.

3. Discuss the factors which helped the rise of Hitler to power. Highlight his foreign policy.

4. Give an estimate of Mussolini’s services to Italy and the principles the fascist party stood for.

5. Highlight the achievements of UNO up to 1960 and describe its major organs.

6. Discuss de Gaulle’s domestic and foreign policy.

7. Write short notes on any Two of the following:
   (a) Marshall Plan (b) Warsaw Plan (c) European Common Market (d) Atlantic Charter

1. Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the questions.
   (1) Mein Kampf was written by:
   (a) Tito (b) Hitler (c) Mussolini (d) None of these

(2) Prague was occupied in:
(a) 1915 (b) 1911 (c) 1931 (d) None of these

(3) Italy though bound to Germany by Triple Alliance joined the Allies in:
(a) 1915 (b) 1918 (c) 1919 (d) 1917 (e) None of these

(4) The Battle of Jutland was fought in 1916 in:
(a) North Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Red Sea  (d) Aegean Sea (e) None of these

(5) USA entered the First World War in:
(a) 1914 (b) 1915 (c) 1917 (d) None of these

(6) ILO stands for:

(7) NATO stands for:

(8) Germany joined the League of Nations in:
(a) 1921 (b) 1926 (c) 1929 (d) None of these

(9) Famous Fourteen Points were given by President Wilson in:
(a) 1914 (b) 1918 (c) 1919 (d) None of these

(10) The treaty of Versailles limited German Army to ____________ men.
(a) 110000 (b) 1100000 (c) 11000 (d) None of these

(11) The treaty between the Allies and Austria after the 1st World War was called:
(a) Treaty of Trianon (b) Treaty of Lausanne (c) Treaty of St. Germain (d) None of these

(12) The League of Nations failed to stop _______ aggress against Abyssinia.
(a) French (b) German (c) Italian (d) None of these

(13) What was the duration of Second World War?
(a) 1939 – 1942 (b) 1939 – 1946 (c) 1941 – 1945 (d) None of these

(14) The project of Baghdad Railway was conceived by:
(a) France (b) Russia (c) Germany (d) None of these

(15) The Bolsheviks shot dead ____________ in July 1901.
(a) Tsar Alexander I (b) Tsar Nicholas I (c) Tsar Alexander II (d) None of these

(16) The most spectacular achievement of Mussolini was the conquest of:
(a) Tunisia (b) Yalta Conference (c) Mesopotamia (d) None of these

(17) In 1945, Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill attended:
(a) Malta Conference (b) Yalta Conference (c) Both of the above (d) None of these

(18) A British Army under _________ surrendered to Turks at Kut-el-Amara in 1915.
(a) General Townshend (b) General Maude (c) General Slim (d) None of these

(19) In 1918, by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk __________ surrendered Poland and Baltic.
(a) Austria (b) Russia (c) Belgium (d) None of these

(20) The Atlantic Charter was drawn in:
(a) 1939 (b) 1941 (c) 1945 (d) None of these