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BRITISH HISTORY, PAPER–I Optional CSS 2007 Paper

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS–17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2007
BRITISH HISTORY, PAPER–I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

NOTE: (i) Attempt ONLY FIVE questions in all, including QUESTION NO.8, which is COMPULSORY.
All questions carry
EQUAL marks.(ii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.(iii) Candidate must draw two straight lines ( ) at the end to separate each
question attempted in Answer Books.

Q.1. Write a note on the Constitutional progress during the reign of William III and Mary from
1689 to 1702.
Q.2. “The peace of utrecht marks the true end of the 17t h century and the beginning of the 18th,
in the history of Europe. Wars of religion came to an end and wars for trade and Colonial
empires took place. Above all the peace marks the final failure of the plans of Louis XIV.
His pride was now humbled and the power of France was shattered.” (Southgate)
Comment.
Q.3. What was the ‘personal rule’ of George III. How it was established and also narrate the
causes of its failure.
Q.4. ‘It has often been said that this system (the old Colonial System) was conceived wholly in
the interest of the mother country’. (Ramsay Muir) Comment.
Q.5. What were the results of American war of independence. It is said that it not only liberated
America but also Britain. Discuss.
Q.6. What measures were adopted by England to check the French Revolution for its spread in
Europe (1793 – 1797) Narrate the measures.
Q.7. Write notes on any TWO of the
(a) John Wilkes
(b) Agrarian Revolution
(c) Parliamentary Reform Act 1832
(d) Sir Robert Peel
COMPULSORY QUESTION
Q.8. Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the question.
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(1) Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle made in:
(a) 1748 (b) 1744
(c) 1746 (d) None of these
(2) Pitt’s India Act was passed in:
(a) 1761 (b) 1780
(c) 1784 (d) None of these
(3) Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender at Yorktown in:
(a) 1781 (b) 1777
(c) 1783 (d) None of these
(4) The battle of Nations took place:
(a) 1809 (b) 1812
(c) 1813 (d) None of these
(5) The Union of England and Ireland took place:
(a) 1799 (b) 1800
(c) 1789 (d) None of these
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(10) Bank of England was founded in:
(a) 1694 (b) 1700
(c) 1698 (d) None of these
(11) “Wealth of Nations” is written by:
(a) David Ricardo (b) Thomas Malthus
(c) Adam Smith (d) None of these
(12) From the Romantic poets, only one survived upto the reign of Queen Victoria.
He was:
(a) Byron (b) Keats
(c) Wordsworth (d) None of these
(13) Gibralter was captured in 1704 by:
(a) Admiral Nelson (b) Admiral Rooke
(c) Admiral Vernon (d) None of these
(14) Battle of Ramillies was fought:
(a) 1706 (b) 1709
(c) 1708 (d) None of these
(15) The Durham Report was a valuable and beneficial document on the subject of:
(a) British Colonial policy (b) Its war policy
(c) British Home policy (d) None of these
(16) Steam Engine was invented by:
(a) James Margreen (b) James Watt
(c) William Murdock (d) None of these
(17) Robert Clive fought the battle of plassey in:
(a) 1750 (b) 1757
(c) 1760 (d) None of these
(18) Famous Munroe Doctrine was enunciated in:
(a) 1820 (b) 1822
(c) 1823 (d) None of these
(19) Castlereagh became Foreign Secretary in:
(a) 1810 (b) 1812
(c) 1800 (d) None of these
(20) Seringapatam, the Capital of Tipu Sultan was Captured by:
(a) Marquis Wellesley (b) Sir Arthur Wellesley
(c) Lord Cornwallis (d) None of these

(a) 61 years (b) 54 years
(c) 58 years (d) None of these
(7) Pitt the Elder became Prime Minister in:
(a) 1755 (b) 1760
(c) 1766 (d) None of these
(8) George III was taught by his:
(a) Father (b) Mother
(c) Grand-father (d) None of these
(9) “Reflections on the French Revolution” was written:
(a) Montaque (b) Voltair
(c) Edmund Burke (d) None of these

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