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CSS European History Past Papers
11 CSS European 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 European 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 French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (1789-1815)
- The Concert of Europe (1815-1830)
- Forces of Continuity and Change in Europe (1815-1848)
- The Eastern Question (1804-1856)
- Unification of Italy
- Unification of Germany
- The Origins of First World War (1890-1914)
- The First World War and its aftermath
- Dictatorships in Europe
- The Second World War and its Effects on Europe
- Post- War Europe
- Cold War Europe (1955-1991)
- Europe (1991-2012)