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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2012
EUROPEAN HISTORY, PAPER-I
PART-II
Q. 2. What were the similarities and differences in the views of Voltaire, Montesquieu and
Rousseau? Enumerate their achievements. (20)
Q. 3. “If the conquests of Napoleon were ephemeral, his civilian work in France was built upon
granite”. Explain. (20)
Q. 4. “I have come to the world either too early or too late.” (Metternich). Explain this and
make an estimate of his work as a Statesman and as a Prime Minister. (20)
Q. 5. Explain the causes of the establishment of the Bourgeoise monarchy of Louis Philippes.
Do you hold it responsible for the Revolution of 1848 in France? (20)
Q. 6. Compare the ideals of Cavour and Bismarck in achieving the unification of their
respective countries. (20)
Q. 7. “The Eastern Question had long perplexed the powers of Europe, and had, at the same
time, lured them on to seek their own advantage in its labyrinthine mazes”. Discuss. (20)
Q. 8. Write short notes on any TWO of the following:
(i) Treaty of Chaumont
(ii) The French in North Africa
(iii) The Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
(iv) The Triple Entente 1907
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2012
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2012
ENGLISH LITERATURE, PAPER-II
PART-II
SECTION-I
SECTION-I
Q. 2. Throughout the play, Hamlet claims to be feigning madness, but his portrayal of madness
is so intense and so convincing that many readers are led to believe that Hamlet actually
slips into insanity at certain moments in the play. Do you think this is true, or is Hamlet
merely play-acting insanity? Substantiate your view point through evidence from the
play. (20)
is so intense and so convincing that many readers are led to believe that Hamlet actually
slips into insanity at certain moments in the play. Do you think this is true, or is Hamlet
merely play-acting insanity? Substantiate your view point through evidence from the
play. (20)
Q. 3. Could ‘Pygmalion’ be set in the modern day at a time when there are, generally, more
opportunities for women? (20)
opportunities for women? (20)
Q. 4. Complex, satiric, full of symbolism and illusions to famous works of literature, The
Waste Land is a landmark of the 20th Century. Discuss in detail. (20)
Waste Land is a landmark of the 20th Century. Discuss in detail. (20)
Q. 5. Swift’s irony reaches its crescendo in the fourth voyage of Gulliver. Elaborate. (20)
SECTION-II
Q. 6. ‘A man can be destroyed but not defeated’ is well depicted by Hemingway in “Old Man
and the Sea”. Discuss in detail. (20)
and the Sea”. Discuss in detail. (20)
Q. 7. Is “The Second Coming” definitely a ‘visionary poem’? If yes describe what Yeats
vision is? (20)
vision is? (20)
Q. 8. Jane Austen’s writing is a vivid account of her understanding of the human behaviour.
Illustrate the truth from her novel “Pride and Prejudice”.
(20
Illustrate the truth from her novel “Pride and Prejudice”.
(20
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