PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, ETC – 2023
CASE NO. 1C2024
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS SUBJECT: HISTORY (PAPER-I) MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:
i. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of different places.
ii. Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
iii. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
iv. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
NOTE:
Attempt any FIVE Questions in all. Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q.No.1 Discuss the impact of the Black Death on European feudalism. (20 Marks)
Q.No.2 What are the definitional watermarks of Modernity? Give historical descriptive connectivity between the Age of Reformation and Modernity. (20 Marks)
Q.No.3 Every crisis in Europe resulted in the further improvement of the case of Nation State. Comment. (20 Marks)
Q.No.4 According to Hamza Alvi, Indian subcontinent was witnessing the emergence of indigenous bourgeoisie before colonial intrusion. Shed light on this thesis. (20 Marks)
Q.No.5 Discuss the Space Age as a frontier of Cold War hostilities between the USA and USSR. (20 Marks)
Q.No.6 Discuss the criticisms of the thesis of clash of civilizations. (20 Marks)
Q.No.7 In the intellectual history of Muslim India, who were the main thinkers who tried to converge western intellectual ideas into the indigenous knowledge system? (20 Marks)
Q.No.8 What are contractual thinkers? How did they contribute to the making of modern Europe? (20 Marks)
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