CSS History of Usa Past Paper 2024

Instructions specific to this paper

• First attempt PART-I (MCQs) on separate OMR Answer Sheet which shall be taken back
• Overwriting/cutting of the options/answers will not be given credit.
• There is no negative marking. All MCQs must be attempted.
• Answers given anywhere else, other than OMR Answer Sheet, will not be considered.
• Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

1. Q. 220 marks

   Summarize the ideas and views expressed by the American diplomat George F. Kennan. How did these views shape US containment policy during the Cold War?

2. Q. 320 marks

   Analyze events that led to American involvement in Vietnam. How and why did this involvement increase during the 1960s?

3. Q. 420 marks

   Critically evaluate the major causes of US entry in World War II examining how the causes you mentioned developed, and why and how you believe they led to US participation in the war? Considering these causes, do you believe that US entry was inevitable?

4. Q. 520 marks

   Put yourself in the shoes of US leadership, and think that the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan could have been avoided? Provide arguments supported by empirical evidence.

5. Q. 620 marks

   Identify and discuss five but not more than seven most significant factors leading to the outbreak of American Civil War 1861-1865. Do you think the Civil War was inevitable?

6. Q. 720 marks

   Given that US founders were so negative about political parties. Why did political parties historically form so easily? How did this feature, never mentioned in the Constitution, become a seemingly permanent fixture of the US political system?

7. Q. 820 marks

   Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 marks each) (a) Monroe Doctrine (b) US involvement in the Korean War (c) NATO

Standard FPSC instructions

Printed on this and every CSS paper.

• Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
• All the parts (if any) of each question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
• Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the question paper.
• No page/space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of the Answer Book must be crossed.
• Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.