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4. What do you mean by a continental drainage system ? Mention and describe the chief continental drainage systems of the world. 5. What is a volcano ? Mention other manifestations of volcanic energy. State what you know of the chief regions of volcanic energy throughout the world. 6. Compare the mountain systems of Asia and Africa, giving a-full account of each. 7. What is the distribution of the following religions: Protestant, Eoman Catholic, Mohammedan, Buddhist? 8. From what countries are the following commodities chiefly obtained : Coal, coffee, cotton, diamonds, gold, hides, iron, tobacco, wheat-, wool? 9. What do you know of Atbara, Baku, Beira, Bourke, Cronstadt, Djiboutil, Galveston, La Guayra, Cape Nome, Tien-tsin ? 10. Draw a map of Asia, inserting as much detail as you can.

History. — For Class D. Time allowed : 3 hours. 1. What part was taken in the conversion and religious settlement of Britain, by the following : Columba, Aidan, Cuthbert, Chad, Augustine, Theodore of Tarsus. 2. By what means did William the Conqueror control (1) the barons, (2) the clergy? What was his policy towards the Jews ? 3. What steps did Edward I. take to bring Scotland into closer connection with the English Crown? What reforms did he introduce into the administration of justice? What was the object of the Statute of Mortmain ? 4. What corresponded in early English history (before 1400 a.d.) to the following ? Parliament, Justices of the Peace, County Councils, Town Councils, the Supreme Court, the Appeal Court, the Mayor, the Sheriff, the Grand Jury, the Petty Jury, the Militia. 5. Explain how Charles 11. gradually freed himself from parliamentary control. Name the members of " the Cabal," and describe as well as you can the political plans and actions of Shaitesbury. 6. What wars was England engaged in between 1688 and 1775 ? Give dates. 7. Who were the principal writers of George lll.'s reign ? Name the authors of the Dunciad, the Spectator, Absolom and Achilophel, the Novum Organum, the Christian Year, Childe Harold, Utopia, Samson Agonistes, the Tempest, the Eape of the Lock, Christabel, the Decline and Fall of the Eoman Empire. 8. Who were the following (the answers need not exceed two lines for each): Thomas Cromwell, Henry Cromwell, Sir John Old castle, Patrick Sarsfield, Daniel O'Connell, George Villiers, Dr. Priestley, Daniel Defoe.

History. — For Class E, and for Junior Civil Service. Time allowed : 3 hours. 1. Describe William the Conqueror's rule of England. What were the results of the Norman conquest of England ? 2. Give an account of the Reformation. 3. Give brief accounts of any attempts made by James 11. or his descendants to win back the throne of England. 4. Describe the career and policy of Sir Robert Walpole. 5. Trace the growth of English power in India. 6. Narrate fully the circumstances that led to the secession of the American colonies. 7. Name the opposing parties in the following battles; give the date of each battle and the result : Agincourt, Blenheim, Culloden, Corunna, Waterloo. 8. Write brief notes on the following: Huskisson, Sacheverell, Montfort, Stamp Act, O'Connell, Magna Charta, Wilkes, Gordon Riots, Wood's half-pence, Sunderland.

English History. — For Senior Civil Service. Time alloiued : 3 hours. [Candidates are not expected to attempt more than six questions.] 1. Describe the foreign policy of England as shaped by William 111. Give a brief history of the war of the Spanish Succession, and remark upon its chief results as far as England was concerned. 2. State clearly the causes that led up to the war of American Independence, and sketch the course of the war. 3. What constitutional questions are illustrated by the career of John Wilkes? 4. Sketch briefly the main events of the Peninsular war, and show exactly how it contributed to the downfall of Napoleon. 5. Describe the measures which preceded and led up to the emancipation of the Catholics in 1829. 6. Trace in brief the colonial expansion of England within the period 1688-1837. 7. What influence upon the development of British civilisation was exercised by Charles James Fox, Adam Smith, Sir Richard Arkwright, Sir Humphry Davy, Josiah Wedgwood, James Watt ?

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