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CSS European History Past Paper 2021

CSS European History 2021 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

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

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

Q. 2
Describe Concert of Europe foundational principles. Why did the Concert of Europe decline?
(20)
Q. 3
Describe how Napoleon’s military conquests changed both the map and political balance of power in Europe?
(20)
Q. 4
Evaluate the inherent strengths of Prussia combined with Bismarck’s political skills helped to achieve German unification.
(20)
Q. 5
Congress of Vienna inspire nationalist movements across Europe in the revolutions of 1830 and 1848. Analyze.
(20)

Q. 6
Describe how the map of Europe was changed because of World war I and post war treaties?
(20)
Q. 7
In what ways did the Marshall plan, the dividing of Berlin, the communist takeover of power in Czechoslovakia and the formation of NATO contribute to the development of the Cold war? Analyze.
(20)
Q. 8
Write notes on any TWO of the following: (10 marks each)
(20)
- (a)
  European Economic Community (EEC)
  (10)
- (b)
  Balkan Crisis 1990s
  (10)
- (c)
  German Question
  (10)

Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.