Class 10 Social Science MCQs Chapter 1 The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
1. Choose the correct nationality of the artist Frederic Sorrieu who visualised in his painting a society
made up of Democratic and Social Republic.
(a) German
(b) Swiss
(c) French
(d) American
Answer
Answer: b
2. ‘Nationalism’, which emerged as a force in the late 19th century, means
(a) strong devotion for one’s own country and its history and culture.
(b) strong devotion for one’s own country without appreciation for other nations.
(c) strong love for one’s own country and hatred for others.
(d) equally strong devotion for all the countries of the world.
Answer: a
3. Match the term with the statements given below:
A ‘Utopian Society’ is
(i) a society under a benevolent monarchy
(ii) a society that is unlikely to ever exist
(iii) a society under the control of a chosen few wise men
(iv) a society under Parliamentary Democracy
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (ii) only
(d) (iii) only
Answer
Answer: b
4. Pick out the correct definition to define the term ‘Plebiscite’.
(a) Plebiscite is a direct vote by which only the female members of a region are asked to accept or
reject a proposal.
(b) Plebiscite is a direct vote by the female members of a matriarchal system to accept or reject a
proposal.
(c) Plebiscite is a direct vote by only a chosen few from the total population of a parti-cular region to
accept or reject a proposal.
(d) Plebiscite is a direct vote by which all the citizens of a region are asked to accept or reject a
proposal.
Answer
Answer: d
5. Ernst Renan believed that the existence of nations is a necessity because
(a) it ensures protection to all inhabitants.
(b) it ensures liberty to all inhabitant citizens.
(c) it ensures Parliamentary form of govern-ment to its inhabitants.
(d) it ensures jobs and good health to all its inhabitants.
Answer
Answer: b
6. Which of the following countries did not attend the Congress of Vienna?
(a) Britain
(b) Russia
(c) Prussia
(d) Switzerland
Answer
Answer: d
7. The first great revolution which gave the clear idea of nationalism with its core words: ‘Liberty,
Equality and Fraternity’ was:
(a) The Russian Revolution
(b) The French Revolution
(c) The American Revolution
(d) India’s First War of Independence
Answer
Answer: b
8. Which of the following statements about the ‘French Revolution’ are correct?
(i) After the end of the French Revolution it was proclaimed that it was the people who would
henceforth constitute the nation and shape its destiny.
(ii) France will have a constitutional monarchy and the new republic will be headed by a member of
the royal family.
(iii) A centralised administrative system will be put in place to formulate uniform laws for all citizens.
(iv) Imposition of internal custom duties and dues will continue to exist in France.
(a) (ii) and (iii)
(b) (ii) and (iv)
(c) (i) and (iii)
(d) (iii) and (iv)
Answer
Answer: c
9. The French revolutionaries declared that the mission and destiny of the French nation was
(a) to conquer the people of Europe.
(b) to liberate the people of Europe from despotism.
(c) to strengthen absolute monarchies in all the countries of Europe.
(d) to propagate the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity in every part of the world.
Answer
Answer: b
10. The Civil Code of 1804 in France is usually known as:
(a) The French Revolutionary Code
(b) Napoleonic Code
(c) European Imperial Code
(d) The French Civil Code
Answer
Answer: b
11. The Napoleonic Code was exported to which of the following regions?
(a) England
(b) Spain
(c) Regions under French control
(d) Poland
Answer
Answer: c
12. The liberal nationalism stands for:
(a) freedom for the individual and equality before law.
(b) preservation of autocracy and clerical privileges.
(c) freedom for only male members of society and equality before law.
(d) freedom only for senior citizens.
Answer
Answer: a
13. Who among the following formed the secret society called ‘Young Italy’? [Delhi 2012]
(a) Otto von Bismarck
(b) Giuseppe Mazzini
(c) Mettemich
(d) Johann Gottfried Herder
Answer
Answer: b
14. The term ‘Universal Suffrage’ means:
(a) the right to vote and get elected, granted only to men.
(b) the right to vote for all adults.
(c) the right to vote and get elected, granted exclusively to property owning men.
(d) the right to vote and get elected, granted only to educated men and women.
Answer
Answer: b
15. Which of the following is not a feature or belief of ‘Conservatism’?
(a) Conservatives believe in established, traditional institutions of state and policy.
(b) Conservatives stressed the importance of tradition and preferred gradual develop¬ment to quick
change.
(c) Conservatives proposed to return to the society of pre-revolutionary days and were against the
ideas of modernisation to strengthen monarchy.
(d) Conservatives believed in the monarchy, church, and other social hierarchies.
Answer
Answer: c
16. The Treaty of recognized Greece
as an independent nation:
(a) Vienna 1815
(b) Constantinople 1832
(c) Warsaw 1814
(d) Leipzig 1813
Answer
Answer: b
17. Who said ‘When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold’?
(a) Garibaldi
(b) Bismarck
(c) Mazzini
(d) Duke Metternich
Answer
Answer: d
18. What happened to Poland at the end of 18th century. Which of the following answers is correct?
(a) Poland achieved independence at the end of the 18th century.
(b) Poland came totally under the control of Russia and became part of Russia.
(c) Poland became the part of East Germany.
(d) Poland was partitioned at the end of the 18th century by three Great Powers: Russia, Prussia and
Austria.
Answer
Answer: d
19. Who played the leading role in the unification of Germany?
(a) German Emperor (formerly King of Prussia) — Kaiser William I.
(b) Otto Von Bismarck (Prussian Chief Minister).
(c) Johann Gottfried Herder — German philosopher.
(d) Austrian Chancellor — Duke Metternich.
Answer
Answer: b
20. Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark, Germany and France, ended in
(a) Danish victory
(b) Prussian victory
(c) French victory
(d) German victory
Answer
Answer: b
21. Who was proclaimed the emperor of Germany in 1871?
(a) Otto Von Bismarck
(b) Victor Emmanuel II
(c) Count Cavour
(d) Kaiser William I of Prussia
Answer
Answer: d
22. Who became the King of United Italy in 1861?
(a) Giuseppe Garibaldi
(b) Victor Emmanuel II
(c) Count Cavour
(d) Giuseppe Mazzini
Answer
Answer: b
23. What helped in the formation of a nation-state in Britain?
(a) The formation of a nation-state in Britain was the result of a sudden upheaval.
(b) In 1688, the monarchy in Britain had seized the power from English Parliament.
(c) The parliament through a bloodless revolution seized power from the monarchy which gradually
led to the emergence of a nation-state.
(d) The British nation was formed as a result of a war with Scotland and Wales.
Answer
Answer: c
24. Who was responsible for the unification of Germany?
(a) Count Cavour
(b) Bismarck
(c) Garibaldi
(d) Giuseppe Mazzini
Answer
Answer: b
25. The allegory of the German nation who wears a crown of oak leaves was a:
(a) Marianne
(b) Union Jack
(c) Britannia
(d) Germania
Answer
Answer: d
26. A large part of Balkan region was under the control of:
(a) Russian empire
(b) Ottoman empire
(c) German empire
(d) Habsburg rulers
Answer
Answer: b
27. When did the French Revolution start?
A. 1789
B. 1879
C. 1780
D. 1769
Answer A
28.What was the political situation in France at the time?
A. Democracy
B. Republic
C. Sovereign State
D. Absolute Monarchy
Answer D
29.What emphasised the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution?
A. la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen)
B. French people in common
C. French Flag
D.idea of one nation state
Answer A
30. How many colours did the new French flag have?
A. two
B. tricolour
C. 4 colours
D. single colour
Answer B
31. By whom was the Estates General elected?
A. men and women
B.active citizens
C.women
D.senior citizens
Answer B
32. What was the new name of the Estates General?
A. Federal Assembly
B. States Assembly
C.National Assembly
D.Peoples Assembly
Answer C
33. What actions were taken in the name of the nation?
A. army was formed
B. social work was done
C.hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs commemorated, custom duties were abolished
D. regular meetings were held
Answer C
34. What type of an administrative system was set up?
A. Federal administrative system
B.Centralised administrative system
C.Regional administrative system
D.Decentralised administrative system
Answer B
35. Regional dialects were discouraged and………….., became the common language of the nation.
A. English
B. Polish language
C. French
D. Italian
Answer C
36. What mission did the revolutionaries declare as the destiny to the French people?
A. to liberate the peoples of Europe from despotism – to help other peoples of Europe to become
nations.
B. to make a one nation state
C. to become a democracy
D. to become sovereign
Answer A
37. What happened when the news of the events in France reached the different cities of Europe?
A. There was tumult
B. the people did not know how to react
C. students and other members of educated middle classes began setting up Jacobin clubs
D. there was confusion and dissatisfaction in the air
Answer C
38. What was the purpose of the Jacobin clubs?
A. to demoralise the people
B.to speak against France
C.to hold activities and campaigns
D. to socialise among different races
Answer C
39.What was the result of the activities and campaigns held at the Jacobin clubs?
A. prepared the way for the French armies to move to different countries
B. they brought about unrest in the society
C. they brought about crime and destruction
D. there was immediate peace
Answer C
40. Which countries did the French armies move into?
A. Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and much of Italy
B. Holland and Italy
C. Holland and Belgium
D.Switzerland and Italy
Answer A
41. What idea did the French armies carry abroad through the revolutionary wars?
A.Despotism
B.Nationalism
C. War Strategies
D.Violence and bloodshed
Answer A
42. What did Napoleon do in the territory that was under his control?
A. set about introducing many reforms
B. set about war strategies
C. worked for peace
D. worked towards democratic ideas
Answer B
43. What type of rule was carried out in France during Napoleon’s time?
A. Federal rule
B. Democracy
C.Monarchy
D. Republic
Answer A
44 Napoleon had, no doubt, destroyed ……………in France.
A. Monarchy
B.Democracy
C. Federal rule
D.Sovereignty
Answer C
45. What did Napoleon do to make the system efficient and rational in France?
A. in the administrative field he had incorporated revolutionary principles
B. brought about different reforms
C. worked on military
D. worked on the financial conditions
Answer B
46. What was the Civil Code of 1804 also known as?
A. the Administrative Code
B. Code of Justice
C. the Napoleonic Code
D. the National Code
Answer A
47. What did the Civil Code of 1804 bring about?
A. Right by birth to all facilities of state
B.did away with all privileges based on birth, established equality before the law and secured the
right to property.
C.no right to property
D. No right to equality
Answer C
48. Which regions was the Civil Code exported to?
A.Switzerland and Italy
B. Italy and Germany
C.Switzerland and Germany
D Dutch Republic, in Switzerland, in Italy and Germany
Answer B
49. What did Napoleon do in the rural areas of these regions?
A. simplified administrative divisions, abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom
and manorial due
B. made administration strict
C. encouraged the feudal system
D.put taxes on the peasants
Answer D
50. What changes did Napoleon bring about in the towns?
A. guild restrictions were removed. Transport and communication systems were improved. Peasants,
artisans, workers and new businessmen enjoyed a new-found freedom.
B. Transport and communication systems were improved.
C.Peasants, artisans, workers and new businessmen had to pay tax
D. guild restrictions remained as they were
Answer A
51. In mid-eighteenth-century Europe what was the status of Germany, Italy and Switzerland?
A. they were divided into kingdoms, duchies and cantons whose rulers had their autonomous
territories
B. they were sovereign states
C. they were democracies
D they were republics
Answer A
52. When did Napoleon invade Italy?
A. 1777
B.1797
C. 1787
D 1767
Answer A
53. Which territories were included under the Habsburg Empire?
A. Alpine regions – the Tyrol, Austria Hungry and the Sudetenland , Bohemia, Lombardy and Venetia
B. Tyrol, Austria and the Sudetenland
C. Bohemia, Lombardy and Venetia
D. Sudetenland , Bohemia, Lombardy
Answer B
54. When did Industrialisation take place in France and parts of the German states?
A. 18th century
B later 18th century
C. nineteenth century
D. mid 18th century
Answer A
55. What is Liberalism?
A. ‘liberalism’ derives from the Latin root liber, meaning free- freedom for the individual and equality
of all before the law.
B. end of autocracy
C. equal rules for all
D. liberty to the upper classes
Answer C
56. What is Suffrage?
A. Right to property
B. Right to Justice
C. Right to vote
D. Right to complain
Answer A
57. In revolutionary France, the right to vote and to get elected was granted exclusively to
………………….
A. property-owning men
B. all
C. Men and women
D. upper class
Answer C
58. A merchant travelling in 1833 from Hamburg to Nuremberg to sell his goods would have had to
pass through ……………….
A. 11 customs barriers
B. no custom barriers
C. 6 custom barriers
D. 3 custom barriers
Answer A
59. When was the customs union or zollverein formed at the initiative of Prussia and joined by
most of the German states?
A. 1836
B. 1834
C. 1837
D 1835
Answer A
60. What did the customs union or zollverein do?
A. abolished tax
B. abolished tariff barriers and reduced the number of currencies from over thirty to two
C. abolished tariff charges and reduced the currencies to 5
D.only abolished tariff barriers
Answer B
61. When was Napoleon defeated?
A. 1815
B. 1820
C. 1817
D. 1821
Answer B
62. What was conservatism?
A. strict rules on the society
B.social norms became conservative
C. monarchy, the Church, social hierarchies, property and the family – should be preserved
D. different norms for different classes
Answer A
63. When did the Treaty of Vienna take place and who were the participants?
A. 1816, Britain, Russia, Prussia
B. 1815, Britain, Russia, Prussia, Austria
C. 1820, Britain and Russia
D 1817, Russia, Prussia, Austria
Answer C
64. Who was Giuseppe Mazzini, what did he do?
A. French revolutionary, formed groups
B. British statesman, gave a speech
C. Russian politician, wrote a book
D. Italian Revolutionary, founded two underground societies – Young Italy in Marseilles and Young
Europe in Berne and opposed monarchy
Answer B
65. Who said “ When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold. ’
A. Napoleon
B. Giuseppe Mazzini
C. Metternich
D. Louis Philippe
Answer D
66. What happened at the Treaty of Constantinople of 1832?
A. revolutionary nationalism in Europe sparked off
B. struggle for independence amongst the Greeks began
C. Greece was recognised as an independent nation
D. European civilisation and mobilised public opinion to support its struggle against a Muslim empire
Answer C
67. In which year did Louis Philippe flee and the National Assembly was proclaimed a Republic?
A. 1846
B. 1848
C 1845
D 1847
Answer C
68. When Prussia took on the leadership of the movement for national unification who was the
chief architect of the movement?
A. Otto von Bismarck
B. Kaiser William I
C. Giuseppe Mazzini
D. Metternich
Answer B
69. How many wars over seven years – with Austria, Denmark and France – ended in Prussian
victory and completed the process of unification?
A. four
B. three
C. six
D two
Answer A
70.In January 1871 who was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles?
A. William II
B Otto von Bismarck
C Kaiser William I
D. Metternich
Answer B
71. Who had sought to put together a coherent programme for a unitary Italian Republic in the
1830s ?
A. Metternich
B.Otto von Bismarck
C. Giuseppe Mazzini
D. Napoleon
Answer C
72. In 1861 ……………. was proclaimed king of united Italy.
A. Victor Emmanuel II
B. Kaiser William I
C. Napoleon
D. Giuseppe Mazzini
Answer C
73………………..is perhaps the most celebrated of Italian freedom fighters, (1807-82)
A. Giuseppe Mazzini
B. Metternich
C. Otto von Bismarck
D. Giuseppe Garibaldi
Answer A
74. Which area was the most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe after 1871?
A. Southern Europe
B. mid Europe
C.Balkan States
D.Eastern States
Answer D
75. Each power – Russia, Germany, England, Austro-Hungary – was keen on countering the hold of
other powers over the Balkans, this became one of the major reasons for …………
A. First World War
B. Second World War
C. Fall of the Ottomon Empire
D. Integration of the Balkan States
Answer C
76. When was Ireland forcibly incorporated into the United Kingdom ?
A. 1798
B. 1801
C. 1800
D. 1799
Answer A
77. When did the French Revolution start?
A. 1789
B. 1879
C. 1780
D. 1769
Answer B
