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CSS British History Past Paper 2024

CSS British History 2024 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-A

  1. Q. 2
    How far did Robert Peel’s methods of governance differ from those of his predecessors; viz a viz; Liverpool, Canning, and Wellington?
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Define “Irish Question”. Also, discuss the policy of Liberal party on the said issue from 1886 to 1894.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Describe the reasons due to which million people united in support of the Chartist Movement in the mid-19th century for attaining the democratic rights for the working classes.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    How did the Methodist Movement begin? Also, explain its salient features and reasons of success.
    (20)

SECTION-B

  1. Q. 6
    Define the term “Thatcherism”. Discuss Margaret Thatcher’s economic and educational reforms and their impacts on people’s lives.
    (20)
  2. Q. 7
    How did World War II and the Cold War trigger the decolonization of the British Empire?
    (20)
  3. Q. 8
    Write short notes on any Two of the following: (10 each)
    (20)
    • (a)
      Falkland War
      (10)
    • (b)
      Reforms under David Cameron
      (10)
    • (c)
      Creation of Common Wealth
      (10)
  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.