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CSS British History Past Papers
11 CSS British History papers from 2016 to 2026, as text, each with its instructions, questions and marks as FPSC printed them.
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About the paper
CSS British History is an optional paper in Group IV of the CSS written exam, worth 100 marks. The 2026 paper allowed 3 hours. The 11 papers here, 2016 to 2026, set 77 questions between them.
Topics in the syllabus
- The Glorious Revolution (1688)
- Hanoverian Era (1714-1790)
- The Union of England and Scotland
- Union of England and Ireland
- The Old Colonial system
- The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
- Industrial and Agricultural Revolution
- Robert Peel and return of Torries
- Victorian Era (1837-1901)
- Edwardian Era (1901-1910)
- Britain, World War I and its Aftermath
- Britain ,World War II and its Aftermath
- Great Britain and Cold War
- Thatcherism to Cameron (1979-2012)