European History KP PMS Paper I 2018

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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF PMS-2018

EUROPEAN HISTORY PAPER-I

Time Allowed: 03 HOURS Max: Marks: 100

NOTE: Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.

Q.1 Examine the part played by economic and political grievances in bringing about the French Revolution.

Q.2 Examine the part played by (a) Russia, (b) Prussia, in the overthrow of Napoleon.

Q.3 What was the continental System and in what way did it militate against Napoleon’s ultimate success?

Q.4 Write a critical note on Bismarck’s policy of “Blood and Iron”.

Q.5 What were the Colonial policies of European powers during the late 19th and early 20th century?

Q.6 What do you understand by the term “Eastern Question”? Analyze the main events from 1833 to 1878.

Q.7 What were the causes of the Franco-German War of 1870? How it made Germany United?

Q.8 Is it right that Treaty of Versailles sowed the seeds of the World War II?