can anyone be kind enough to guide me (and other forum members interested) regarding British history. Is this paper General in nature, or are their specified books under which its course is tested?? the scoring trend ?? And anything of this sort.. Thanks in advance.!!

yes it is a good subject to choose.
1).Mastering Modern British History by (Norman Lowe)
2).British History by (Bridall S. Vault)

these are good books.

thanks alot.. but is it scoring? and what about the length of the course..?? and are the questions in this paper GENERAL or no??

Yes as it is a history subject therefore its a bit lenghty.
paper 1 is easy and short
paper 2 is lenghty and have to remember alot of things.

Its upto you if you are interested in history and can learn alot than go for it.See the british history past papers they will help you to know about the questions.

http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-optio...st-papers.html

About the paper being general. See the syllabus of british history from below mentioned link. It will cover these areas.
http://www.cssforum.com.pk/british-history.php

The books i mentioned will help you to cover a lot of area of british history.This is not confined that everything will come in paper from these books

In 2012 both paper 1 and paper 2 of British History, were quite easy and expected.
Its a good subject to choose as British history is quite interesting. It gets a bit lengthy at times especially if you delve into details and contexts but its not boring at all. I am not sure about scoring trend though.
The books to read are as follows

1.British History by Southgate ( Volume 2) (Paper 1 & 2)
This book is a great concise introduction in simple language to building concepts, events, personalities, wars and pacts. The democratic development and agrarian/industrial revolution part is quite nicely written.

2- England Since 1688 By V.D Mahajan (Paper 1)
This books is more advanced reading and needs a background information and contexts of british history. French Revolution and Napoleanic wars, Union with Ireland, William Pitt and American Independence are explained with details, quotations and perspectives.

3.Mastering B. History by Norman Lowe (Paper 2)
Abook which is essential to read for Paper II. Its quite lengthy but easy to read and understand. I feel it is a textbook for Paper II

4.British History by P.C Thomas (Paper 1)
A very good book for making to-the-point notes for Paper 1. Its like a textbook for Paper I.

One can write a lot in history papers so I made bullet points and practiced writing answers with a watch in hand. If you have a fast and speedy handwriting and can form different perspectives to historical events, personalities, wars and pacts with arguments and logic and also if you are a secular/liberal than British History is definitely the subject for you.

oh thank you soo much for such an Insight... God BLESS, its surely gonna help

could you please tell me how much time it will take to complete the course content, because i am thinking to opt it, would i have enough time to cover the syllabus while i have started the preparation of css from this month and also about the scoring trend..

You may cover it within a month, but as being a history subject,it needs many revisions. So decide keeping in view time span available for you. Its a good scoring subject.