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CSS British History Past Paper 2017

CSS British History 2017 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
7

How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

SECTION-I

  1. Q. 2
    What were the merits and demerits of the Whig rule? What led to the downfall of Whig ascendancy? Analyze comprehensively.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Industrial Revolution drastically changed methods of production in England. How did it affect the Social, Economic, Political and Cultural life of the English people?
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Give a comprehensive account of chartist movement. Why did it fail? Explain and Analyse.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    “Gladstone’s domestic policy was the climax of liberalism”. Discuss it comprehensively.
    (20)

SECTION-II

  1. Q. 6
    Explain the Eastern Question and critically analyse the attitude of England towards this question from 1820 to 1913.
    (20)
  2. Q. 7
    What do you understand by British Commonwealth of Nations and how it developed? How does it differ from the term British Empire?
    (20)
  3. Q. 8
    What are the advantages and disadvantages of Brexist for England? Analyse with arguments.
    (20)
  1. Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
  2. Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
  3. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
  4. Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
  5. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
  6. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

FPSC's wording, numbering and marks, as printed. Obvious misprints (a garbled word, a broken number) are corrected; everything else is kept as FPSC printed it.

The written exam starts with the MPT

Only candidates who pass the MCQ screening test (MPT) sit the written papers. Practice the 200-question MPT under exam conditions first.