NOTE: Attempt five questions in all, including question no. 8 which is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.

1. When and why and how did England became “Great Britain”? Explain the principal advantages to the countries directly affected by this change.

2. “A glorious success until 1761, and then failure”. Do you agree with this estimate of the career of Chatham?

3. Give the causes of the struggle between George III and the Whigs till the triumph of the king over the Whigs.

4. Give an account of the French Revolution from the Treaty of AMIENS to the Battle of Waterloo.

5. Explain, “If England reached in 1815 the zenith of political and military prestige she reached the nadir of Industrial dislocation and social discontent”,

6. Write an account of the achievement of Sir Robert Peel to his country. What are his the so-called Three betrayals of his party?

7. Write notes on TWO of the following:
(a) “Chartist Movement was the barometer of people’s poverty”.
(b) In what way can the Treaty of UTRECHT be regarded as one of the great lad marks in British and European History?
(c) Give an account of WAR OF JENKINS EAR (1739)

8. Write only the correct answers in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the questions.

(1) William III ascended the throne of England in
(a) 1689
(b) 1691
(c) 1693
(d) None of these

(2) Queen Anne ruled England for:
(a) 10 years
(b) 12 years
(c) 14 years
(d) None of these

(3) The Parliamentary Union between England and Scotland took place in:
(a) 1703
(b) 1705
(c) 1707
(d) None of these

(4):George II personally led his force against France in 1743 at the battle of
(a) Silesia
(b) Detigen
(c) Fonteney
(d) None of these

(5) Maria Theresa was confined as the ruler of Austria by the Treaty of
(a) Treaty of London
(b) Treaty of Aix-La-Charelle
(c) Treaty of Paris
(d) None of these

(6) GREFORIAN calendar was adopted in England in:
(a) 1741
(b) 1745
(c) 1751
(d) None of these

(7) Who was Prime Minister of England from 1744 – 1754?
(a) Newcastle
(b) Carteret
(c) Pelham
(d) None of these

(8) Who followed the policy of “Let sleeping dogs lie”?
(a) Stanhope
(b) Pit
(c) Walpole
(d) None of these

(9) The BOSTON MASSACRE occurred in:
(a) 1760
(b) 1765
(c) 1770
(d) None of these

(10) The Congress of PHILADELPHIA was held in:
(a) 1754
(b) 1764
(c) 1774
(d) None of these

(11) Lord Cornwallis surrendered in 1781 at:
(a) LEXINTON
(b) BROOKLYN
(c) YORK TOWN
(d) None of these

(12) Who asked the English Parliament to remove many of the restrictions in Irish Trade?
(a) Lord Fitz William
(b) Lord North
(c) Lord Castlereagh
(d) None of these

(13) Napoleon was defeated by Wellington at the battle of Waterloo in:
(a) 1810
(b) 1815
(c) 1820
(d) None of these

(14) Pitt the younger became member of the Parliament at the age of:
(a) 25 years
(b) 23 years
(c) 21 years
(d) None of these

(15) The famous Poem, “The Deserted Village”, was written by the poet:
(a) Johnson
(b) Goldsmith
(c) Wordsworth
(d) None of these

(16) In 1765, James Hargreaves (An English Weaver) invented:
(a) Flying Shuttle
(b) Spinning Frame
(c) Spinning Jenny
(d) None of these

(17) The First daily news paper “The Daily Courant” appeared in England in:
(a) 1702
(b) 1710
(c) 1726
(d) None of these

(18) Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in:
(a) 1823
(b) 1833
(c) 1843
(d) None of these

(19) Castlereagh was so unpopular that the London mob scoffed at his funeral in:
(a) 1920
(b) 1822
(c) 1825
(d) None of these

(20) Who was known as the Great Commoner?
(a) New Castle
(b) Pitt the elder
(c) Pelham
(d) None of these