FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR

RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2014
BRITISH HISTORY-I
(PART-I MCQs) 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS:
TIME ALLOWED: 20
THREE HOURS (PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS:
80
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(iv) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(v) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. No. 2. Account for the development of the Political Party System in England during the 19 th (20)
century.

Q. No. 3. What were the changes brought about in the structure of British Parliament by the Act (20)
of 1832?

Q. No. 4. What do you understand by the “Victorian Age”? Write in brief about the (20)
achievements of this age.

Q. No. 5. Write comprehensively on the “Whigs oligarchy” in England. (20)

Q. No. 6. “No Taxation Without representation”. Also narrate the causes and results of war of (20)
American Independence.

Q. No. 7. Describe the role played by England in the downfall of Napoleon. (20)

Q. No. 8. “England had become the work shop of the world with the beginning of the Industrial (20)
Revolution”. Discuss.

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2014
BRITISH HISTORY-II
(PART-I MCQs) 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS:
TIME ALLOWED: 20
THREE HOURS (PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS:
80
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(iv) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(v) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. No. 2. Produce and Analytical Essay on the four Tenures of office of Gladstone, with (20)
particular reference to His reforms and Foreign Policy.

Q. No. 3. How was scramble for Africa carried out by the various Imperialist Powers especially (20)
Britain and what was its climax?

Q. No. 4. Trace back the background, genesis, evolution and culmination of FABIANISM and (20)
GUILD SOCIALISM.

Q. No. 5. Bring out the Debit Side and Credit Side of the Entente Cordiale between England and (20)
France in early 20th century.

Q. No. 6. Highlight the pivotal Role of Britain in the Inter-Wars Period. (20)

Q. No. 7. Who floated the idea of “European Common Market”? How did it see the daylight and (20)
what was its after-math?

Q. No. 8. Shed light on the British involvement in the war on Terror after Nine Eleven. What is (20)
your personal view whether positive or negative role has been played by Britain.
Support your point with watertight arguments.

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