EUROPEAN HISTORY, PAPER-I
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17 UNDER
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2010
EUROPEAN HISTORY, PAPER-I
(PART-I) 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS:20
TIME ALLOWED:
(PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS:80
PART – I (MCQ)
(COMPULSORY)
Q.1. Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet. (20)
(i) ‘Taille’ was:
(a) Land tax (b) Church tax
(c) Rent (d) None of these
(ii) The French Revolution gave an impetus to the movements of Reforms in England
(a) Parliamentary Reforms (b) Social Reforms
(c) Financial Reforms (d) None of these
(iii) ‘Reflections of the Revolution in France
(a) PITT the Younger (b) E. Burke
(c) William Godwin (d) None of these
(iv) ‘The Social Contract’ became a gospel to a renounced revolutionary of France
(a) Danton (b) Mirabeau
(c) Robespierre (d) None of these
(v) Tom Paine wrote a book in 1791 which created an alarm in England
(a) Rights of Man (b) Political justice
(c) England
(vi) Admiral Nelson lost his life in the battle of:
(a) Nile (b) Trafalgar
(c) England
(vii) Lovis phillipe was placed on the French throne by:
(a) Congress of Vienna
(c) Revolution of 1848 (d) None of these
(viii) Peace of villafranea was concluded on:
(a) August 1860 (b) July 1859
(c) September 1859 (d) None of these
(ix) Alexander-I, the Czar of Russia
(a) Cousin (b) Brother
(c) Uncle (d) None of these
(x) Napoleon III was completely defeated and taken prisoner at _________.
(a) Sadowa (b) Modena
(c) Sedan
(xi) Scheleswing was a fief of Denmark
(a) German confederation (b) Austrian
(c) Hungary
(xii) Von Moltke was a general of __________.
(a) Austria
(c) Russian (d) None of these
(xiii) Bucharest
(a) Hungary Bulgaria
(c) Romania
(xiv) Who propounded the ‘Principle of Legitimacy’ in the Congress of Vienna ___________.
(a) Czar Alexander (b) Castlereagh
(c) Talleyrand (d) None of these
NOTE: (i) First attempt PART-I (MCQ) on separate Answer Sheet which shall be taken back
after 30 minutes.
(ii) Overwriting/cutting of the options/answers will not be given credit.
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(xv) Pan-Slavic Nationalism was championed in Balkan by ________.
(a) Montenegro Serbia
(c) Croatia
(xvi) ‘Palacky’ was the _______.
(a) Bohemian Historian (b) Hungarian writer
(c) Austrian playwright (d) None of these
(xvii) ‘The Drangnach osten’ means to Germany
(a) The advance to Eastwards (b) The advance to Northwards
(c) The advance to the far-east (d) None of these
(xviii) Who dispatched ‘the panther’ to Agadir on July 1911 _______________.
(a) The Porte (b) Germany
(c) Franch (d) None of these
(xix) The League of Balkan States consists of ____________.
(a) Serbia Bulgaria Greece Montenegro Serbia Greece Albania Macedonia
(c) Serbia Romania Croatia Greece
(xx) ‘Stolypin’ was ___________.
(a) The Russian Bismark (b) The Prussian Minister
(c) The King of Poland
PART – II
NOTE:
(i) PART-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. All questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be
considered.
Q.2. ‘A little part of the middle of the 18th Century, the mental Revolution-necessary fore-runner of the
actual Revolution had already taken possession of the major section of the French Society. (F.
Scheville) Discuss it. (20)
Q.3. Why is the period between 1815 – 1848 in Europe is called ‘the age of Mettervich’? Describe the
main features of the political and diplomatic system which prevailed at that time? (20)
Q.4. Discuss the motives of different European powers who participated in the Crimean war? (20)
Q.5. Napoleon III was the ‘great sphinx’. Give an estimate of him. (20)
Q.6. What is the Eastern Question? Write down its developments from the Treaty of Adrianople (1829) to
Treaty of Berlin
Q.7. What was the ‘Triple Alliance? How did it come into existence and how did it affect the diplomacy of
the European Powers? (20)
Q.8. Write short notes on ANY TWO of the following: (20)
(i) The Holy Alliance
(ii) Cavour
(iv) The Young Turk Movement
(v) Convention of Gastein (1865)
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