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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
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IIN BPS – 17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2002

BRITISH HISTORY, PAPER – 1

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

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

1. Analyze the foreign policy of England under William III (1989 – 1702).

2. The most important event of the reign of Queen Anne (1702 – 1714) was the war of Spanish Succession. Analyze the causes, events and results of the war.

3. What were the reasons for the supremacy of Whig oligarchy from 1714 – 1760? What were the merits and demerits of Whig ascendancy?

4. Critically analyze the character and achievement of Robert Walpole.

5. Comprehensively discuss and analyze the statement that “The 18th Century Wars in English History were Trade Wars”.

6. Critically analyze the causes and results of Americans war of Independence. How did the war affect British colonial policy?

7. Write notes on any TWO of the following:
(i) Events of glorious revolution
(ii) Jacobite Revolt of 1745.
(iii) Causes and results of seven years war.

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

(1) Bill of Rights was passed in
(a) 1689
(b) 1693
(c) 1967
(d) None of these

(2) Queen Mary died in
(a) 1962
(b) 1694
(c) 1696
(d) None of these

(3) Queen Anne had
(a) Three children
(b) Nine children
(c) Eighteen children
(d) None of these

(4):George III reigned England for
(a) 40 years
(b) 50 years
(c) 60 years
(d) None of these

(5) Who developed the Cabinet System in government in England?
(a) Walpole
(b) Gladston
(c) Palmerston
(d) None of these

(6) The State of Prison was written by
(a) John Lock
(b) John Howard
(c) John Chancellor
(d) None of these

(7) George IV Ruled England for:
(a) 10 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 30 years
(d) None of these

(8) During the reign of George IV Death Penalty was done with
(a) 60 offences
(b) 80 offences
(c) 100 offences
(d) None of these

(9) The Test Act and Corporation Act were repeated in:
(a) 1826
(b) 1828
(c) 1830
(d) None of these

(10) Who was refined a seat in the parliament after winning election in 1828
(a) Danial O’ Connell
(b) John Hawkins
(c) Robert Smith
(d) None of these

(11) Who was called the “Whig of the Revolutiom”?
(a) George II
(b) George III
(c) George IV
(d) None of these

(12) Pitt the elder resigned from the office in:
(a) 1761
(b) 1771
(c) 1781
(d) None of these

(13) Who was the Prime Minister of England from 1770 –1782?
(a) Lord Asquith
(b) Lord North
(c) Lord Townshend
(d) None of these

(14) “George be a King”. Who said this to George III?
(a) His Mother
(b) His Father
(c) His Wife
(d) None of these


(15) England granted independent parliament to Ireland in
(a) 1762
(b) 1772
(c) 1782
(d) None of these

(16) Population of England in 1815 was
(a) 21 Million
(b) 31 Million
(c) 41 Million
(d) None of these

(17) Sir Humphrey Davy invented the safety lamp in:
(a) 1810
(b) 1815
(c) 1820
(d) None of these

(18) Pitt the younger died at the age of
(a) 27
(b) 37
(c) 47
(d) None of these

(19) Who wrote the book “Reflections on the French Revolution”?
(a) Edmond Burk
(b) Tom Paine
(c) Napoleon
(d) None of these

(20) After the Napoleonic war the National Debt of England has risen to
(a) 800 Million Pounds
(b) 1000 Million Pounds
(c) 1200 Million Pounds
(d) None of these
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
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BRITISH HISTORY, PAPER – 1I

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

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

1. Queen Victoria once asked Melbourne for a definition of “Bureaucracy” a strange word. She had just heard for the first time. “That Madam” he replied. “is something they have in France”. In light of this statement discuss the Civil Service reforms in England in 2nd half of the 19th Century.

2. Elaborate and analyze the influence of French revolution on English Society and political thought.

3. Give a comprehensive account of the Chartist Movement. Why did it fail?

4. Briefly trace the growth of free trade movement in England and why did England abandon later on?

5. Explain the term Easter Question and the attitude of England towards this question.

6. Analyze the British Foreign policy from 1870 to 1914.

7. What are the causes of World War II and its effects on England?

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

(1) When Chartist Movement came to an end?
(a) 1858
(b) 1862
(c) 1862
(d) None of these

(2) Palmerston died in
(a) 1863
(b) 1865
(c) 1867
(d) None of these

(3) When Disraeli introduced the 2nd reform Bill:
(a) 1866
(b) 1867
(c) 1868
(d) None of these

(4):The Secret Ballot Act was passed during the premiership of:
(a) Gladston
(b) Disraeli
(c) Palmerston
(d) None of these

(5) The Parliament Act o f1911 was passed during the premiership of
(a) Palmerston
(b) Asquith
(c) Lloyd George
(d) None of these

(6) When men above 21 years and women above 30 years were given the right to vote?
(a) 1916
(b) 1918
(c) 1920
(d) None of these

(7) Queen Victoria ascended the throne at the age of
(a) 18 years
(b) 22 years
(c) 26 years
(d) None of these

(8) General Strikes were declared illegal in:
(a) 1923
(b) 1827
(c) 1831
(d) None of these

(9) Who became the Prime Minister of England in 1923
(a) Chamberlain
(b) Baldwin
(c) Palmerston
(d) None of these

(10) Treaty of Versailles was signed on:
(a) April 28, 1919
(b) May 28, 1919
(c) June 28, 1919
(d) None of these

(11) The Book “Modern England” was written in 1975 by:
(a) Southgate
(b) R. K. Webb
(c) T. S. Ashton
(d) None of these

(12) What was the age of Palmerston when he became the Prime Minister in 1855?
(a) 50 years
(b) 60 years
(c) 70 years
(d) None of these

(13) Protection of property was passed in:
(a) 1865
(b) 1875
(c) 1885
(d) None of these

(14) How many factory laws were passed from 1802 to 1937?
(a) 15
(b) 17
(c) 19
(d) None of these

(15) School leaving age was raised to 15 years in:
(a) 1916
(b) 1926
(c) 1936
(d) None of these

(16) Sir Winston Churchill died at the age of:
(a) 90 years
(b) 95 years
(c) 100 years
(d) None of these

(17) The Bank of England was Nationalized in:
(a) 1936
(b) 1946
(c) 1956
(d) None of these

(18) British Pound was devalued in:
(a) 1948
(b) 1949
(c) 1950
(d) None of these

(19) Macmillan resigned as Prime Minister in:
(a) 1953
(b) 1963
(c) 1973
(d) None of these

(20) In 1988 which new party was born in England?
(a) Social Democrats
(b) Liberal Democrats
(c) Social and Liberal Democrats
(d) None of these
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