FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2016
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HISTORY OF USA

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. No. 2. The American Revolution was the child of Enlightenment. Comment. (20)

Q. No. 3. Discuss in detail the causes and effects of the Great Depression on the people and (20)
society of the United States of America.

Q. No. 4. How urban life was affected in USA during first two stages of industrialization? (20)

Q. No. 5. What factors led Blacks to start the Civil Rights Movements? Discuss the role of (20)
Courts and State in giving rights to the blacks.

Q. No. 6. What economic problems were faced by Ronald Reagan and how his government dealt (20)
with economic crisis?

Q. No. 7. “The Bush Doctrine is the name given to a set of foreign policy guidelines”. Comment.

Q. No. 8. Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each) (20)
(a) Dollar diplomacy (b) Eisenhower doctrine
(c) U-2 incident

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2017
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HISTORY OF USA

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. No. 2. Discuss in detail the impact of British advent in USA. (20)

Q. No. 3. Write a critical note on the formation and structure of the USA Constitution. (20)

Q. No. 4. What factors led USA to emerge as a big power after the World War II? (20)

Q. No. 5. Discuss the Muslims’ perceptions of the USA. (20)

Q. No. 6. Highlight the role played by USA in some major international conflicts. (20)

Q. No. 7. Examine the merits and demerits of the US Election System to elect President. (20)

Q. No. 8. Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each) (20)
(a) Woodrow Wilson as President
(b) Pakistan and USA Relations after 9/11
(c) Expansion of USA during 1900-1949

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2018
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

HISTORY OF USA

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II n paper. ALL questions carry EQUAL
marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

PART – II

Q. No. 2. What is the variance between the Treaties of Paris in 1763 and 1783? Elaborate (20)
their significant effect on the US.

Q. No. 3. Why did American colonists criticized the Stamp Act of 1765? What was the (20)
Stamp Act Crisis and its repercussions on US society?

Q. No. 4. Discuss the factors that have contributed to the amended status of American (20)
women with a special allusion to the Modern Feminism.

Q. No. 5. Critically trace the African American Struggle for Equality and how many of (20)
them rose to the highest office.

Q. No. 6. Trace out the reasons of US economy augmentation in the post WW II era. (20)

Q. No. 7. “New US Afghan policy may push Pakistan towards China.” Assess the (20)
observation in perception of the current deteriorating US-Pakistan relations.

Q. No. 8. Write an all-inclusive note on the beginning and end of the Cold War. (20)

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2019
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HISTORY OF USA

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

PART-II

Q. No. 2. What were the economic challenges President Clinton faced in post-Cold War era? (20)
How did he deal with these challenges?

Q. No. 3. What were the factors which led to the formation of New England Confederation of (20)
Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Haven Colonies, in 1643?

Q. No. 4. Critically evaluate the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt with reference to his (20)
accomplishment and failure.

Q. No. 5. The westward expansion was a story of annexations, concessions and purchases, since (20)
the declaration of Independence. Discuss.

Q. No. 6. American civil war (1860-1865) was an outcome of ‘clash of economic interests as (20)
well as of social ideals’. Elaborate with arguments.

Q. No. 7. What are the features of recent wave of Nationalism in American Foreign Policy under (20)
Trump Administration?

Q. No. 8. Discuss the philosophy of ‘Non-Violence’ with reference to Civil Rights’ Movement (20)
led by Martin Luther King Jr.

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2020
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HISTORY OF USA

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

PART-II

Q. No. 2. Amongst the Congress, the Judiciary, and the Executive branches of the United States (20)
Government, which one of the government branches is much more powerful and why?
Elaborate through the prism of the US Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
systems.

Q. No. 3. Even though the Great Britain and the United States of America fought a (20)
Revolutionary War in the 1770s and the War of 1812, how did the two powers come
closer in the later parts of the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries? Elaborate.

Q. No. 4. How did the American-Spanish War in 1898 raise the United States status as one of the (20)
leading world powers?

Q. No. 5. After the end of WWI (1914-1918), why the US President Woodrow Wilson failed to (20)
convince the US Congress to become part of the League of the Nations despite his
longstanding efforts for the creation of this International Organization through the
prism of his Fourteen Points?

Q. No. 6. In the wake of the WWII (1939-1945), two major powers the US and the Soviet Union (20)
emerged constituting a bipolar system. Elaborate conceptually if the bipolar world
remained more peaceful and stable than the multi-polar word in the pre-World Wars
era.

Q. No. 7. Since the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949, why the (20)
United States desires to further expand NATO? Elaborate opportunities and challenges
for the expansion of the NATO.

Q. No. 8. The tectonic plates of international politics seem to shift away from Europe to the Asia- (20)
Pacific region, which the U.S. President Barak Obama had termed as a “pivot to Asia”
or “rebalancing” strategy. In the light of changing geo-strategic environment, how
could you see the rise of China vis-à-vis the U.S. geo-strategic interests in the Asia-
Pacific region?

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2021
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HISTORY OF USA

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

PART-II

Q. No. 2. How the Anglo American group came into existence in the seventeenth century and (20)
established its standards as paramount along Atlantic seaboard of North America?

Q. No. 3. Discuss how George W. Bush’s reliance on the neo-conservative elements within his (20)
decision making team underscored their significant influence on American policy
making?

Q. No. 4. As the largest and bloodiest conflict on American soil, the Civil War swept up nearly (20)
everyone into the fray. Hispanics were no exception, and as a result, they were
significantly impacted by the conflict and shaped the conflict in important ways.
Discuss.

Q. No. 5. How Seneca Falls convention of 1848 led to the 19th Amendment in US constitution? (20)
Discuss in detail.

Q. No. 6. New US India policy will pave way towards Pakistan, China and Russia block. Discuss (20)
with proper examples and evidences.

Q. No. 7. Foreign assistance is an essential instrument of U.S. foreign policy. Analyse with (20)
authentic and proper evidences that how this tool was used by USA after Second World
War on journey of becoming a sole super power?

Q. No. 8. Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each) (20)
(a) American sense of destiny
(b) Revisionist’ views on US role in cold war
(c) Respect and hate for J.P Morgan

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