W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2012 (Optional Paper)
HISTORY PAPER II
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Full Marks : 100
If the questions attempted are in excess of the prescribed number, only the questions attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones ignored.
Answers may be written either in English or in Bengali but all answers must be in one and the same language.
All questions carry equal marks.
GROUP- A
Answer any three questions
1. To what extent Germany was responsible for the outbreak of the World War I ?
2. What is Renaissance ? What were its causes ?
3. Why did the overseas expansion at the beginning of the 16th century become a concern of the European powers ? What was its social and economic impact ?
4. What was the system of Metternich ? Why did it fail ?
5. Was Alexander II really a 'Tsar the Liberator' ?
Group - B
Answer any two questions.
6. Who was responsible for the World War II ?
7. In how many ways was the English Revolution of 1688 glorious ?
8. Explain the issues involved in the American Civil War of 1860.
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