BALOCHISTAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Samungli Road, Quetta Cantt
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF SECTION OFFICERS B-17
IN THE S&GAD GOVT OF BALOCHISTAN
INDIAN HISTORY PERIOD – II
Total Marks 150 April 9, 2012 09:30 AM Time Allowed 03 Hours
NOTE Attempt any Five questions At least Two Questions from each part All Questions carry equal marks
PART-I
Q No 1 “If Sher Shah had been spared the Great Mughals would not have appeared on the stage of history” Estimate the achievements of Sher Shah in the light of above
Q No 2 Explain the following in detail relating to the Administration of Akbar the Great
i Revenue System ii Mansabdari System
Q No 3 “If Spanish ulcer ruined Napoleon, the Deccan ulcer ruined Aurangzeb” Discuss
Q No 4 Discuss in detail the North West Frontier Policy of Mughals also throw light on its impact on the future of Mughal Empire
Q No 5 Write short notes on any Two of the following
i Mir Jumla ii Din-i-Ilahi iii Sir Thomas Roe iv Guru Gobind Singh
PART-II
Q No 6 “If the battle of Plassey had made the English a powerful factor in the politics of Bengal, the victory of Buxar made them a great power of Northern India and contenders for the supremacy of the whole country” Explain
Q No 7 “The annexation of Sind was one of the shameless acts perpetrated by the British” Discuss
Q No 8 Explain the meaning and application of “The Doctrine of Lapse” The seeds of revolt of 1857 lay in Lord Dalhousie’s policy of annexation Discuss
Q No 9 “William Bentinck was undoubtedly the first Governor General openly to act on the theory that the welfare of the subject people was main, perhaps the primary duty of the British in India” Explain
Q No 10 “The revolt of 1857 was far more than a mutiny- Yet much less than a first war of independence” Discuss the nature and character of the revolt of 1857 in the light of above
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