CBSE Class 10 Social Science The Rise Of Nationalism In Europe MCQs Set D

Question: A custom union that was formed in 1834 at the initiative of Prussia and joined by most of the German states was called:
a) Zollverein
b) Plebiscite
c) Utopian
d) All of the options
Answer: a

Question: Which among the following best signifies the idea of liberal nationalism of nineteenth-century Europe?
a) Emphasis on social justice
b) State planned socio-economic system
c) Freedom for individual and equality before law
d) Supremacy of state oriented nationalism
Answer: c

Question: He was described as ‘the most dangerous enemy of our social order’ by Metternich. Who was he?
a) Lord Byron
b) Giuseppe Mazzini
c) Garibaldi
d) Napoleon
Answer: b

Question: In which year were entire Central Italian states united with Piedmont?
a) March 1859
b) March 1860
c) March 1861
d) March 1862
Answer: b

Question: Which one of the following attributes stands for ‘Willingness to make peace’?
a) Breastplate with eagle
b) Olive branch around the sword
c) Broken chain
d) All of the options
Answer: b

Question: Following image is the Frankfurt Parliament in the Church of St Paul. When this Parliament convened in the church of St. Paul, who were admitted only as observers to stand in the visitors gallery?

a) Women
b) Peasant class
c) Non-propertied men
d) All of the options
Answer: a

Question: Which one of the following claimed that true German culture was discovered among the common people – das volk?
a) Karol Karpinski
b) Louis Philippe
c) Carl Welcker
d) Johann Gottfried Herder
Answer: d

Question: Arrange the following events of world history in increasing order of their date of occurrence
(i) Unification of Italy
(ii) Vienna Peace Settlement
(iii) Napoleonic wars begin
(iv) Unification of Germany
a) (i)—(ii)—(iii)—(iv)
b) (iv)—(iii)—(ii)—(i)
c) (ii)—(i)—(iii)—(iv)
d) (iii)—(ii)—(i)—(iv)
Answer: d

Question: Choose the correctly matched pair from the following:
a) Otto Von Bismarck - Germany
b) Napoleon - Spain
c) Giuseppe Garibaldi - France
d) Bourbon Kings - Italy
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following was NOT visualized by Frederic Sorrieu in his first print of series of four prints made up of ‘Democratic and Social Republic’?
a) The people of America and Europe-men and women of all ages
b) Social classes marching in a long train
c) Offering homage to the Statue of Unity
d) All of the options
Answer: c

Question: Which of the following revolutions is called as the first expression of ‘Nationalism’?
a) French Revolution
b) Russian Revolution
c) Glorious Revolution
d) The Revolution of Liberals
Answer: a

Question: In 1789, France was a full-fledged territorial state under the rule of which of the following:
a) A Federal Republic
b) An Absolute Monarch
c) A Democratic Ruler
d) None of the options
Answer: b

Question: Who among the following was proclaimed as the first German Emperor in 1871?
a) William I
b) William II
c) Friedrich William I
d) Friedrich William II
Answer: a

Question: Sorrieu’s vision of society which is so idealistic that it is unlikely to exist is called:
a) Utopian
b) Democratic
c) Absolutist
d) Conservatist
Answer: a

Question: “When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold”. Who among the following said this popular line?
a) Giseppe Mazzini
b) Metternich
c) Otto Von Bismarck
d) Guiseppe Garibaldi
Answer: b

Question: Which one of the following was NOT among the symbols of the new Britain when a new ‘British nation’ was forged through the propagation of a dominant English culture?
a) Union Jack
b) God Save Our Noble King
c) English Language
d) Irish Language
Answer: d

Question: A government or system of rule that has no restraints on the powers exercised is called:
a) Absolutist
b) Utopian
c) Democratic
d) Conservatist
Answer: a

Question: Assertion: After Russian occupation in Poland, Polish language was forced out of schools and Russian language was imposed in place of it.
Reason: The Clergies in Poland used Polish language for religious instruction and used it as a weapon against the Russian dominance.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, but R is false
d) A is false, but R is true
Answer: b

Question: Who led the famous expedition of the ‘Thousand to the South Italy’?
a) Giuseppe Garibaldi
b) Count Camillo Cavour
c) Giuseppe Mazzini
d) Kaiser William I
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following reforms was/were introduced by Napoleon?
a) Standardized system of weights and measures
b) A common national currency
c) Abolition of the feudal system
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: What territories did the Habsburg Empire rule over?
a) Austria
b) Romania
c) Hungary
d) Both Austria and Hungary
Answer: d

Question: Which language was spoken for purposes of diplomacy in the mid 18th century in Europe?
a) German
b) English
c) French
d) Spanish
Answer: c

Question: Liberal-national mainly belong to which class?
a) Elite class
b) Educated middleclass elite
c) Working class
d) Artisans
Answer: b

Question: Why was the Treaty of Vienna drawn up in 1815?
a) To abolish tariff barriers
b) To restore the monarchies
c) To divide the German Confederation of 39 states
d) None of the options
Answer: b

Question: What do the saints, angels and Christ symbolise in the utopian vision?
a) Equality among people
b) Fraternity among nations
c) Freedom of nations
d) Resentment against nations
Answer: b

Question: What do you mean by the French word “La patria”?
a) Motherland
b) Community land
c) Reserved land
d) Fatherland
Answer: d

Question: Who believed that established, traditional institutions of state and society – like the monarchy, the Church, social hierarchies, property and the family – should be preserved?
a) Conservatives
b) Communalist
c) Moderates
d) Liberals
Answer: a

Question: When was the first clear expression of nationalism noticed in Europe?
a) 1787
b) 1759
c) 1789
d) 1769
Answer: c

Question: The French Revolution artists used the female allegory to portray which of the following ideas:
a) Liberty
b) Justice
c) Republic
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, European governments were driven by a spirit of __ .
a) Liberalism
b) Conservatism
c) Radicalism
d) Nationalism
Answer: b

Question: Name the religious composition of Ireland.
a) Catholics and Protestants
b) Buddhists and French
c) Protestants and Buddhists
d) Catholics and French
Answer: a

Question: The autocratic monarchies of __ began to introduce the changes that had already taken place in Western Europe before 1815.
a) Eastern Europe only
b) Central and Eastern Europe
c) Central Europe only
d) Western and Central Europe
Answer: b

Question: What do the saints, angels and Christ symbolise in the utopian vision?
a) Resentment against nations
b) Equality among people
c) Freedom of nations
d) Fraternity among nations
Answer: d

Question: In 1861 “he” was proclaimed king of united Italy. Identify “he”.
a) Otto von Bismarck
b) Giuseppe Garibaldi
c) Cavour
d) Victor Emmanuel II
Answer: d

Question: Who followed the policy of Golden Mean?
a) Matternich
b) Mazzini
c) Louis Philippe
d) Duke of Orleans
Answer: c

Question: Name the Italian revolutionary from Genoa.
a) Metternich
b) Johann Gottfried
c) Giuseppe Mazzini
d) None of the options
Answer: c

Question: Ideas of national unity in early-nineteenth-century Europe were closely allied to the ideology of __ .
a) Liberalism
b) Centralism
c) Globalism
d) Privatization
Answer: a

Question: The print of “The Dream of Worldwide Democratic and Social Republics” was prepared by whom?
a) Frédéric Sorrieu
b) Pablo Picasso
c) Giuseppe Mazzini
d) Leonardo da Vinci
Answer: a

Question: Read the following events relating to the year 1848 and tick the incorrect event.
a) Barricades were erected and Louis Philippe was forced to flee.
b) National workshops to provide employment were set up.
c) Food shortages and widespread unemployment brought the population of Paris out on the roads.
d) National Assembly proclaimed a Constitutional Monarchy, granted suffrage to all adult males above 18, and guaranteed the right to work.
Answer: d