JUNE 19351 THE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION PAPER 41

SCHOOL CERTIFICATE AND MATRICULATION EXAMINATIONS.

THREE HOURS. I. HISTORY P A P E R S E T BY THE JOINT MATRICULATION BOARD I N J U L Y 1934.

Begin each question on a fresh page. Answer EIGHT questions in all, chosen from any TWO sections of

the paper ; nod more than T H R E E may be chosen from those marked with an asterisk.

Not w e than F I V E questions may be taken from any ONE secti0n.l

SECTION D. ENGLISH HISTORY, 1783-1914.

Of the eight questions anslvered from the whole paper not m r e than T H R E E m y be chosen from those marked with an asterisk. *D 31. On outline map D, (a ) name and mark with a cross

the positions of Acre, the Battle of Aboukir Bay, the Suez Canal, Khartoum, Fashoda, Zanzibar, St. Helena, Kimberley, Rhodesia ; (b) name three of the provinces of the Union of South Africa.

*D 32. Name (a) four Foreign Secretaries, (b) in each case a man associated with the introduction of the steam locomotive, the miner’s safety lamp, antiseptics, the use of electricity ; (c) the authors of The Wealth of Nations, ReJlectiona on the French Revolution, The Political Register, Hard Times.

*D 33. State two causes of the following : (a ) the Act of Union, 1800; ( b ) the Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1846; (c) the Reform Act of 1867.

D 34. Give an account of the work of Pitt the Younger in the period 1783-93.

D 35. Describe the work of the Navy in the French Wars,

D 36. Explain the causes of distress and discontent in England during the period (1815-22) that followed the French Wars.

D 37. State the part played in public life by two of the follow- ing : Daniel O’Connell ; Parnell ; Robert Owen ; Anthony Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury.

D 38. Trace the rise of British power in India between 1805 and 1858.

1793-1 805.

Sections A, B and C omitted.

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D 39. Why was Gladstone’s first ministry (1868-74) important in Irish and home affairs ?

D 40. Give an account of two of the following : (a) the reasons for the British occupation of Egypt (1882-1914) ; ( b ) the foreign policy of Lord Salisbury while Prime Minister; (c) the reforms of the Liberals from 1906 to 1914.

SECTION E. EUROPEAN HISTORY, 1789-1914.

Of the eight questions answered from the whole paper not nwre than THREE may be chosen from those marked with an asterisk.

*E 41. On outline map E, (a) name and mark with a cross Tilsit, Sadowa (Koniggratz), Elba, Malta; (b) shade and name Alsace-Lorraine; (c) insert the names of fuur peoples of the Austrian Empire in 1815; (d) mark by a dotted line Garibaldi’s route in 1860.

*E 42. Give three reasons why (a ) the Belgians sought inde- pendence (1830), ( b ) England and France opposed Russia in 1853, (c) Napoleon I11 made the Truce of Villafranca (1859), (d ) Great Britain abandoned her policy of “ splendid isolation ’’ a t the beginning of the twentieth century.

*E 43. State aa briefly aa you can (a ) the chief events in France in 1789, (b) the terms of the Treaty of Paris, 1856, (c) the troubles of France, 1871-75.

E 44. When do you consider that Napoleon I reached the height of his power ?

E 45. What do you know of the attempts to regulate inter- national affairs by congresses between 1815 and 1823 ?

E 46. Sketch the course of events either in France from 1848 to 1851 or in the Austrian Empire from 1848 to 1849.

E 47. Show how the unification of Italy was helped by foreign powers.

E 48. Give an account of the work of Bismarck up to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.

E 49. What were the chief causes of the Great War, 191P18 ? E 50. Write an account of two of the following : (a) Mehemet

Ali, ( 6 ) the Mexican Expedition of Napoleon 111, (c) the work of Alexander I1 (1855-1881), (d ) The Hague Conferences, 1899 and 1907.

[Reprinted with the permission of the Joint Matriculation Board of the Northern Universities.]

Give reasons for your answer.

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11. DRAFT P A P E R EMBODYING SUGQESTIONS N A D E BY T H E E X A M I N A T I O N S SUB-COMMITTEE.

These consist of questions remodelled from the above paper set f o r July, 1934, by the Joint Matriculation Board of the Northern Universities.

Answer EIGHT questions in all, chosen from any TWO sections of the paper. EACH SECTION contains a COMPULSORY question to be answered in the booklet of compulsory questions.

Not mure than F I V E questions may be taken from any ONE section.

SECTION D.

ENGLISH HISTORY, 17 83-19 14.

The EIGHT questions answered from the whole paper must include the COMPULSORY question in each section which the candidate offers. The wmpulsory questions must be answered in the booklet.

D 31. COMPULSORY for all Candidates attempting Section D. Answer the questions set out on pages D 1 and D 2 in the booklet of compulsory questions.

(1) For what important reason is each of the following famous:-Lord Lister, Faraday, James Watt, Plimsoll, Admiral Duncan, Robert Stephenson? (2) On the outline map below, name and mark with a cross the positions of the Lines of Torres Vedras, Vittoria, Corunna. (3) Mention three important reforms effected by Sir Robert Peel before 1830. (4) State three abuses which led to the passing of the Mines Act of 1842. (5) Give two leading reasons for the Repeal of the Corn Laws (1846). (6) Which classes profited respectively by the Parliamentary R.eform Acts of 1867 and 18841 With which statesman ia each associated ? (7) Mention two incidents which illustrate Disraeli’s belief in the Empire.

Attempt four groups.

D 32. Additional question of essay type. D 33. Additional question of essay type. D 34 to D 40. A0 set in original paper.

* Sections A, B and C not sot.

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SECTION E. EUROPEAX HISTORY, 1789-1914.

The EIQHT questions answered f r m the whole paper must include the COMPULSORY question in each section which the candidate offers. The compulsory questions must be answered in the booklet. E 41. COMPULSORY for all Candidates attempting lSection A?.

Answer the questions set out on pages E 1 and E 2 in the booklet of compulsory questions.

(1) For what important reason is each of the following famous:-Talleyrand, von Stein, Pius IX, Thiers, Karl Marx, Gambetta? (2) On the outline map below, name and mark the boundaries of the kingdom of the two Sicilies, and mark by a dotted line Garibaldi’s route in 1860. (3) State three main events in Prance in 1789. (4) Enumerate the terri- tories gained by Austria at the Congress of Vienna (1815). (5) Givc two reasons for the importance of the Prussian Zoll- verein. (6) State three main terms of the Treaty of Paris (1856). (7) Give three reaaons for unrest in the Balkans after 1878. See pages E 1 and E 2 in the booklet.

Attempt four groups.

E 42. Additional question of essay type. E 43. Additional question of essay type. E 44 to E 50. As set in original paper.

III. SPECINEN FROM THE SECOND PAGE OF T H E BOOKLET’.

Page D 2.

Act of 1842.

QUESTION D 31 (continued). (4) State three abuses which led to the passing of the Mines

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.................................................................................... (5) Give two leading remom for the Repeal of the Corn Laws

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MARY FISHER, Secretary, Mancheater Branch

Exarninationa Sub-Committee.