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CSS British History Past Paper 2019

CSS British History 2019 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 was so glorious about the Glorious Revolution? Discuss its significance in the British History.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    What was the political and constitutional significance of the Hanorerian succession in England?
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Explain the factors that led to the Industrial Revolution and discuss how did it affect the social, political, economic and cultural life of the English people?
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    The Reform Act of 1832 made possible the series of political and administrative reforms that laid the foundation of modern Britain. Discuss.
    (20)

SECTION-II

  1. Q. 6
    How successfully did the Labour government of 1945-51 tackle the economic and social problems of Post-World War II in Britain?
    (20)
  2. Q. 7
    What were the motives behind the Britain’s move to decolonisation after 1945? Also explain why and how did the British leave India in 1947?
    (20)
  3. Q. 8
    Explain why John Major and the Conservatives won the general election of 1992 but lost the election of 1997?
    (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. 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 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.