European History CSS Paper I 2007
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2007.
EUROPEAN HISTORY, PAPER – I
TIME ALLOWED3 hours MAXIMUM MARKS:100
NOTE: (i) Attempt ONLY FIVE questions including question No 8 which is compulsory.All questions carry EQUAL marks.
(ii) Extra attmept of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
Q.1. Explore the symbolism of French Revolusion.
Q.2. Debate whether th e Napoleonic regime was a military dictatorship or was it the triumph of the state.
Q.3. Critically examine the terms of political arrangements reaached at the congress of vienna
Q.4. Elucidate on the Turkish dilemma in the face of Greek and European ambition for independence
Q.5. Research the nationalist ideology of the Pan Slav movement which began to emerge following the end of the wars in 1815.
Q.6. Give details of how did the defiance of the reappearing Balkan nations draw the rest of Europe into war.
Q.7. Write on any TWO of the following:
(a) The representation of Liberty as a counterpart to the French Revolution
(b) Lalla Fadhma (or Fatma) n’ Soumer Werja, Kabylie 1830-B’eni Slimane 1863.
(c) Ismail Gaspirale (Gasprinsky) March 8,1851-September 1,1914.
(d) The transformation of the world through fast and intense change at the turn of the twentieth century.
COMPULSORY QUESTION
Q.8. Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the question.
(1) The remains of Voltaire were transferred to the Pantheon in paris on ————:
(a) 8 July 1792 (b) 8,July 1790 (c) 8,July 1793 (d) None of these
(2) Villeneuve was attacked on October 21, ———— by Nelson off Cape Trafalgar:
(a) 1803 (b) 1805 (c) 1807 (d) None of these
(3) Ireland was incorporated into United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland in ————:
(a) 1802 (b) 1803 (c) 1798 (d) None of these
(4) In Novmeber 1830 Lord ———— and Whigs came to power after election victory in England:
(a)White (b) Grey (c) Brown (d) None of these
(5) Inspired by the revolutino in ————the Enlightened thinkers argued that same kind of systematic thinking could apply to all forms of humn activity:
(a) physics (b) Economics (c) liberal arts (d) None of these
(6) Liberalism has its roots in the western Age of ————:
(a) Enlightenment (b) science (c) Liberal arts (d) None of these
(7) The Treaty of Berlin was the final Act of the Congress of Berlin which took place from June 13 to ————:
(a) July 13,1876 (b) July 15,1878 (c) July 13,1878 (d) None of these
(8) The “Duties of Man”———— artues that your country is like your family and it is a necessity that you love and care for it:
(a) Cavour (b) Mazzini (c) Voltaire (d) None of these
(9) European Unification was a logical continuation of ————:
(a) Italian unification (b) the rise of Prussia (c) German unification (d) None of these
(10) By the end of ————Poland had been divided among Prussia ,Austria and Russia :
(a) 1770 (b) 1790 (c)1794 (d) None of these
(11) Otto Edwad Leopold, Price von Bismark ,Duke of Lauenburg died on July 20 ————:
(a) 1896 (b)1898 (c)1899 (d) None of these
(12) In ————,a secret deal was made between the United Kingdom and France that decided the fate of the African countries :
(a) 1878 (b) 1877 (c)1876 (d) None of these
(13) On the pretext of a slight to their counsul,the Frech invaded Algiers in ————:
(a) 1832 (b) 1831 (c) 1830 (d) None of these
(14) The border between Africa and Asia is considered to go along the Isthmus of ————:
(a) Sirai (b) Suez (c) The Dead Sea (d) None of these
(15) In wars with Turkey and Persia Alexander I of Russia gained Bessaralia by the Treaty of Bucharast(1812) and Caucasian by the Treaty of ————:
(a) Bostan (b) Gulistan (c) Gulzar (d) None of these
(16) Tolstoy was able to use his Crimean war experiences in his book ————:
(a) War and Peace (b) Anna Karenina (c) The Kingdom of God is within You (d) None of these
(17) Armenia is geographically locted in the continent of ————:
(a) Asia (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) None of these
(18) Following the Napoleonic Wars, the ———— Empire became the world’s leading power,controling one-quarter of the worlds population and one-third of the land area:
(a) French (b) American (c) British (d) None of these
(19) Electricity,steel and petroleum fueled a second Industrial Revolution which enabled Germany,Japan and ———— to become Great powers that raced to creat empires of their own:
(a) the United states (b) France (c) Italy d) None of these
(20) At the center of Young Turk Revolusion stood the ————:
(a) committee of Reform and Unity (b) committee of Development (c) committee of Union and Progress (d) None of these