European History KP PMS Paper II 2013

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF

PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES (BPS-17) 2013

EUROPEAN HISTORY, PAPER-II

TIME ALLOWED: 03 HOURS MAX: MARKS: 100

Note: Attempt any Five questions. All questions carry equal marks.

Q.1: Evaluate the Underlying the Causes of the first World War, assessing the significance of Imperialism, militarism, the alliance system, Industrial and Technological advances, and the relationship between these factors.

Q.2: Evaluate Lenin’s role in Bolsheviks rise to power, and the activities of the first Communist government, its major problems and policies.

Q.3: Assess Wilson’s Fourteen Points that how they might relate to the problems faced by the allies in late 1918.

Q.4: Analyse the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and its Strengths and Weaknesses.

Q.5: Describe the causes of downfall of League of Nations.

Q.6: Trace the development of Fascism in Italy, its causes and the role of Mussolini of Consolidating power.

Q.7: Define totalitarianism, and compare and contrast the totalitarian regimes in Italy, Germany and Russia.

Q.8: Assess the means by which the Soviet Union extended control over Eastern Europe after 1945, and evaluate the results of this control in the 1950s and 1960s.