CSS British History Past Paper 2005
Paper-I
PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions. (20×4)
PART-II
Q.2. “The true glory of the British Revolution lay in the fact that it was bloodless, that there was no civil war, no massacre, and no proscription.” Discuss and enumerate the results of the Glorious Revolution.
Q.3. Describe the political and constitutional significance of the Hanoverian succession on the course of British history.
Q.4. Give an account of the Methodist Church. How did it influence the social and political life in England?
Q.5. Why did Napoleon attempt to invade England, and what were the causes of his failure?
Q.6. Critically review the Parliamentary Union between England and Ireland. How would you compare it with the Scottish Union?
Q.7. Describe the character of Canning—his qualities of head and heart—and his achievements in various fields.
Q.8. Write short notes on any two of the following:
(a) The Whig oligarchy
(b) Chartist Movement
(c) Vienna Congress
(d) The Treaty of Utrecht
Paper-II
PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions. (20×4)
PART-II
Q.2. “The struggle between the opposing forces of Conservatism and Liberalism forms the outstanding feature of the history of Great Britain in the 19th Century.” Comment.
Q.3. Explain Gladstone’s policy of “killing Home Rule by Kindness”. Did he succeed in this policy?
Q.4. Give the main characteristics of the New Colonial Policy of Great Britain as it developed since the end of the Second World War.
Q.5. “Even without the military disaster of 1870, the collapse of the Second Empire could not have been delayed.” Account for the downfall of Napoleon III in the light of this statement.
Q.6. Enumerate in detail the causes of World War I (1914-1918). Was the war inevitable?
Q.7. Discuss Winston Churchill as a statesman, warrior, and a man of letters.
Q.8. Write short notes on any two of the following:
(a) Holy Alliance
(b) League of Nations
(c) Shrinkage of Turkey
(d) Policy of Splendid Isolation