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CSS European History Past Paper 2016

CSS European History 2016 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
    The connection between the ideas of French Philosophers and the revolution was indirect and remote. The philosophers did not preach revolution rather they undermined the faith of people in the old order. Discuss.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    What aims and objectives did Congress of Vienna try to achieve? How far was it proved to be successful in the light of future course of events in European History?
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Compare and contrast the revolution of 1830 and 1848.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    Unification of Italy and Unification of Germany occurred simultaneously. Their histories touch and overlap at points and at times helped each other. Discuss.
    (20)

SECTION-II

  1. Q. 6
    Critically evaluate the causes of allied victory in World War 1.
    (20)
  2. Q. 7
    Discuss the general causes of the rise of dictatorship in Europe after the First World War.
    (20)
  3. Q. 8
    Writer short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each)
    (20)
    • (a)
      Bolshevik Revolution
      (10)
    • (b)
      Cold War
      (10)
    • (c)
      European Union
      (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. 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.