Extra 40 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) with answers from the chapter "The Rise of Nationalism in Europe" for Class 10 CBSE History:
1-10: The Concept of Nationalism
Who was the architect of the unification of Germany?
a) Giuseppe Mazzini
b) Otto von Bismarck
c) Napoleon Bonaparte
d) Count Cavour
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Answer: (b) Otto von Bismarck
Who played a significant role in the unification of Italy?
a) Garibaldi
b) Metternich
c) Bismarck
d) Napoleon III
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Answer: (a) Garibaldi
Which of the following is NOT a feature of nationalism?
a) Common language
b) Common religion
c) Common history
d) Common culture
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Answer: (b) Common religion
Who led the movement for Italian unification in the 19th century?
a) Giuseppe Garibaldi
b) Otto von Bismarck
c) Napoleon III
d) Tsar Alexander I
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Answer: (a) Giuseppe Garibaldi
Which of the following is NOT related to nationalism?
a) Love for one’s country
b) Desire for independence
c) Support for monarchy
d) Promotion of cultural unity
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Answer: (c) Support for monarchy
The idea of
nation-state
became popular in which century?
a) 15th century
b) 16th century
c) 18th century
d) 19th century
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Answer: (d) 19th century
The term
‘Das Volk’
, which means ‘common people,’ was used by which nation?
a) France
b) Italy
c) Germany
d) Britain
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Answer: (c) Germany
Which revolution influenced the growth of nationalism in Europe?
a) Russian Revolution
b) French Revolution
c) Industrial Revolution
d) American Revolution
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Answer: (b) French Revolution
What was the name of the political club formed by revolutionaries in France?
a) Jacobin Club
b) Republican Club
c) Communist Club
d) Monarchist Club
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Answer: (a) Jacobin Club
The French Revolution introduced which of the following?
a) Absolute Monarchy
b) Feudalism
c) Nationalism
d) Colonialism
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Answer: (c) Nationalism
11-20: Unification Movements
What was the Zollverein?
a) A German army
b) A customs union
c) A treaty
d) A political party
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Answer: (b) A customs union
Who was known as the ‘Brain of Italian Unification’?
a) Giuseppe Mazzini
b) Giuseppe Garibaldi
c) Count Cavour
d) Victor Emmanuel II
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Answer: (c) Count Cavour
The
Ems Dispatch
was related to the unification of which country?
a) Italy
b) Germany
c) France
d) Russia
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Answer: (b) Germany
Who was proclaimed the Emperor of Germany in 1871?
a) Bismarck
b) Kaiser Wilhelm I
c) Napoleon III
d) Metternich
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Answer: (b) Kaiser Wilhelm I
The first freely elected parliament in Germany was called:
a) Bundestag
b) Frankfurt Parliament
c) Reichstag
d) Diet
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Answer: (b) Frankfurt Parliament
What was Garibaldi’s army called?
a) Red Shirts
b) Blue Shirts
c) White Army
d) Black Army
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Answer: (a) Red Shirts
Who played a key role in the formation of the German Empire?
a) Napoleon
b) Bismarck
c) Cavour
d) Metternich
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Answer: (b) Bismarck
What was the outcome of the
Battle of Sedan (1870)?
a) France won
b) Italy won
c) Germany won
d) Russia won
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Answer: (c) Germany won
When was the unification of Italy completed?
a) 1859
b) 1861
c) 1870
d) 1871
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Answer: (c) 1870
The
Austro-Prussian War
was fought in:
a) 1866
b) 1870
c) 1848
d) 1859
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Answer: (a) 1866
21-30: Nationalism and Revolution
Which empire ruled over Austria, Hungary, and many other regions?
a) Ottoman Empire
b) Roman Empire
c) Habsburg Empire
d) Russian Empire
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Answer: (c) Habsburg Empire
What was the
Vienna Congress (1815)
mainly about?
a) Spreading democracy
b) Restoring monarchy
c) Promoting socialism
d) Ending nationalism
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Answer: (b) Restoring monarchy
Napoleon’s invasion of Europe
led to:
a) Decline of nationalism
b) Spread of nationalism
c) Formation of new empires
d) More power for monarchs
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Answer: (b) Spread of nationalism
The
Greek War of Independence (1821-1832)
was against:
a) France
b) Ottoman Empire
c) Austria
d) Prussia
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Answer: (b) Ottoman Empire
Who wrote the poem
"
Giovane
Italia" (Young Italy)?
a) Garibaldi
b) Mazzini
c) Cavour
d) Bismarck
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Answer: (b) Mazzini
The
Berlin Revolution (1848)
was against:
a) Russia
b) Prussia
c) France
d) Britain
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Answer: (b) Prussia
The
Chancellor of Germany (1871)
was:
a) Napoleon III
b) Garibaldi
c) Bismarck
d) Cavour
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Answer: (c) Bismarck
Romanticism in nationalism focused on:
a) Military power
b) Love for nature
c) Glory of monarchy
d) Scientific development
➤ Answer: (b) Love for nature
Who created the famous
painting of Germania?
a) Friedrich Overbeck
b) Philipp
Veit
c) Eugene Delacroix
d) Casper David
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Answer: (b) Philipp
Veit
Who wrote the book
"The Spirit of the Laws"?
a) Montesquieu
b) Rousseau
c) Voltaire
d) John Locke
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Answer: (a) Montesquieu
Who painted the famous artwork
“Liberty Leading the People”
?
a) Eugene Delacroix
b) Francisco Goya
c) Jacques-Louis David
d) Pablo Picasso
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Answer: (a) Eugene Delacroix
What was the major outcome of the
Treaty of Vienna (1815)?
a) Establishment of democracy
b) Restoration of monarchies
c) Unification of Italy
d) End of colonialism
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Answer: (b) Restoration of monarchies
Who among the following was NOT associated with the Italian unification?
a) Giuseppe Garibaldi
b) Giuseppe Mazzini
c) Victor Emmanuel II
d) Metternich
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Answer: (d) Metternich
Which European country became a
nation-state
first?
a) Italy
b) Germany
c) France
d) Britain
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Answer: (d) Britain
The
Habsburg Empire
ruled over which of the following?
a) Italy
b) Austria-Hungary
c) Spain
d) Portugal
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Answer: (b) Austria-Hungary
In which year did
Napoleon Bonaparte
become the Emperor of France?
a) 1799
b) 1804
c) 1815
d) 1821
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Answer: (b) 1804
Which of the following best describes the
conservative ideology
after 1815?
a) Protection of democracy
b) Strengthening of monarchy
c) Abolition of serfdom
d) Expansion of colonial rule
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Answer: (b) Strengthening of monarchy
Which movement in
Germany
helped in economic unification before political unification?
a) Zollverein
b) Frankfurt Assembly
c) Treaty of Vienna
d) French Revolution
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Answer: (a) Zollverein
What was the objective of
Young Italy Movement
?
a) To unite Italy under monarchy
b) To unite Italy under democracy
c) To spread colonial rule
d) To establish a socialist government
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Answer: (b) To unite Italy under democracy
What was the main focus of
Romanticism
?
a) Rational thought
b) Emotion and national feelings
c) Scientific discoveries
d) Political treaties
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Answer: (b) Emotion and national feelings
