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1 Who was the founder of the secret revolutionary society 'Young Italy' and a champion of the movement
for Italian unity known as the Risorgimento?
( a) Giuseppe Mazzini ( b) Szechenyi
( c) Franz Joseph ( d) Lajos Kossuth
2 Three of the key figures in the unification of Italy were Mazzini, Garibaldi and ______.
( a) Marianne ( b) Germania
( c) Count Camillo de Cavour ( d) Napoleon
3 Who were the female allegories for the French and the German nations, who stood as personifications of
ideals like 'liberty' and 'the republic'?
( a) Monalisa and Figurine ( b) Marianne and Germania
( c) Victoria and Friedy ( d) Germaria and Marinaria
4 Which parliament was the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany, including the German-
populated areas of Austria-Hungary, elected on 1 May, 1848?
( a) The German Parliament ( b) The Austrian Parliament
( c) The National Parliament ( d) The Frankfurt Parliament
5 Choose the correct option:

What major issue was criticised against by the liberal nationalists?
( a) Censorship laws to control the press. ( b) Preservation of the church.
( c) A modern army. ( d) Efficient bureaucracy.

Name the Italian revolutionary from Genoa.
( a) Metternich ( b) Johann Gottfried
( c) Giuseppe Mazzini ( d) Bismarck

What was 'Young Italy'?
( a) Vision of Italy ( b) Secret society
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( c) National anthem of Italy ( d) The youth of Italy

Who was proclaimed the King of United Italy, in 1861?
( a) Giuseppe Garibaldi ( b) Victor Emmanuel II
( c) Giuseppe Mazzini ( d) Cavour

The most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe, after 1871, was an area called _____.
( a) Ottoman ( b) Prussia
( c) Balkans ( d) Macedonia

Which of the following did the European conservatives not believe in?
( a) Traditional institution of state policy ( b) Strengthened monarchy
( c) A return to a society of pre-revolutionary days. ( d) Divine right of the monarch.

Which of the following was not a part of Napoleon's defeat?
( a) Britain ( b) Austria
( c) Italy ( d) France
12 Complete the sentence:

Treaty of Constantinople recognised ______ as an independent nation.
( a) Greece ( b) Austria
( c) Italy ( d) Hungary

Which of the following did not play a role to develop nationalist sentiments?
( a) Art ( b) Music
( c) Climate ( d) Culture

German philosopher, Johann Gottfried claimed that true German culture was to be discovered among
the:
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( a) Common people ( b) Aristocratic

( c) Middle-class elite ( d) The elite

The meaning of 'Volksgeist':
( a) Common people ( b) Spirit of the nation
( c) Music ( d) The church

The place where the priests and the bishops were punished.
( a) Siberia ( b) Tundra
( c) Mongolia ( d) Vienna

The Act of Union of 1707 was between ______ and ______.
( a) England, Scotland ( b) England, Ireland
( c) England, France ( d) Scotland, Ireland

Jacobin club was a _______.
( a) Monastery ( b) Club
( c) Front ( d) Party

When conservative regimes were restored to power, many liberal minded people went underground
because of the fear of ______.
( a) Oppression ( b) Execution
( c) Repression ( d) Depression

________ allegory represent the nation of France.
( a) Hellas ( b) Marianne
( c) Ellada ( d) Gallia
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Complete the sentence:

_______ were the most serious nationalist tension in Europe after 1871.
( a) Balkans ( b) Russians
( c) Ottoman ( d) Austria-Hungary
22 State if True or False:

In Britain, formation of a nation-state was a long parliamentary process.
( a) True ( b) False

Jacobin club influenced German Army.

The Napoleonic Code upheld reforms and equality.

From 1848, Prussia took on the leadership of the movement of national unification.

Mazzini was a great revolutionary leader of Romanian.
27 Choose the correct statement.

( a) The Civil Code of 1808 - usually known as the ( b) The Civil Code of 1804 - usually known as the
Napoleonic code - did not give away with all Napoleonic code - did give away with all
privileges based on birth, abolished equality privileges based on birth, established equality
before the law, and secured the right to before the law, and secured the right to
property. property.
( c) The Civil Code of 1809 - usually known as the
Napoleonic code - did not give away with all
privileges based on birth, abolished equality
before the law, and secured the right to
property.
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( a) In Italy, half of the population spoke Magyar, ( b) In Turkey, half of the population spoke Magyar,
while the other half spoke a variety of dialects. while the other half spoke a variety of dialects.
( c) In Hungary, half of the population spoke Magyar,
while the other half spoke a variety of dialects.

( a) In 1815, representatives of the European ( b) In 1815, representatives of the European
powers-Britain, Russia, Germany and Austria- powers-Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria-who
who had collectively defeated Napoleon, met at had collectively defeated Napoleon, met at
Vienna to draw up a settlement for Europe. Vienna to draw up a settlement for Europe.
( c) In 1815, representatives of the European
powers-Britain, Russia, Germany and Austria-
who had collectively defeated Napoleon, met at
Versailles to draw up a settlement for Europe.

( a) Conservative regimes set up in 1816 were ( b) Conservative regimes set up in 1815 were
autocratic. autocratic.
( c) Conservative regimes set up in 1817 were
autocratic.
31 Assertion(A): During the years following 1818, the fear of repression drove many liberal-nationalists
underground.
Reason(R): Secret societies sprang up in many European states to train revolutionaries and spread their
ideas.
( a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct ( b) Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct
explanation of A. explanation of A.
( c) A is true but R is false. ( d) A is false but R is true.
32 Assertion(A): The development of nationalism did not come about only through wars and territorial
expansion.
Reason(R): Culture played an important role in creating the idea of the nation: art and poetry, stories and
music helped express and shape nationalist feelings.
33 Assertion(A): Language, too played an important role in developing nationalist sentiments.

Reason(R): After Russian occupation, the Polish language was welcomed in schools, and the Russian
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language was forced out.

34 Assertion(A): The 1830s were years of great economic hardship in Europe.

Reason(R): National Assembly proclaimed a Republic, granted suffrage to all adult males above 21 and
guaranteed the right to work.
35 Assertion(A): During the 1830s, Giuseppe Garibaldi had sought to put together a coherent programme
for a unitary Italian Republic.
Reason(R): The failure of revolutionary uprisings both in 1831 and 1848 meant that the mantle now fell
on Sardinia-Piedmont under its ruler King Victor Emmanuel II to unify the Italian states through war.
36 Who was Frederic Sorrieu?

( a) Heir presumptive to the throne of Austria- ( b) An Italian politician, journalist, activist for the
Hungary. unification of Italy
( c) A conservative German statesman who ( d) A French artist who prepared a series of four
masterminded the unification of Germany in prints, visualising his dream of a world made up
1871. of democratic and social republics.
37 To which country did the artist Frederic Sorrieu belong?

( a) Germany. ( b) Italy.
( c) France. ( d) Austria.
38 Why did French artist, Frederic Sorrieu prepare a series of print based on democratic and socialist
republics in 1848?
( a) To depict his realistic vision, the peoples of the ( b) To depict his Utopian vision, the peoples of the
world are grouped as distinct nations, through world are grouped as distinct nations, through
their flags and national costumes, offering their flags and national costumes, offering
homage to the Little Mermaid Statue. homage to the Statue of Liberty.
( c) To depict his realistic vision, the peoples of the ( d) To depict his Utopian vision, the peoples of the
world are grouped as distinct nations, through world are grouped as distinct nations, through
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their languages and national emblems, offering their languages and national emblems, offering
homage to the Little Mermaid Statue. homage to the Statue of Liberty.
39 What was the concept of a 'modern state'?

( a) A centralised power exercised sovereign ( b) A centralised power exercised sovereign
control over a clearly defined territory. control over a large territory.
( c) A non-centralised power exercised sovereign ( d) A non-centralised power exercised sovereign
control over a clearly defined territory. control over a large territory.
40 What does 'Nation-state' mean?

( a) The one in which the majority of its citizens and ( b) The one in which the rulers and not its citizens,
not its rulers, came to develop a sense of came to develop a sense of common identity
common identity and shared history or and shared history or descent.
descent.
( c) The one in which the majority of its citizens and ( d) The one in which the majority of its citizens and
its rulers, came to develop a sense of common not only its rulers, came to develop a sense of
identity but didn't share history or descent. common identity and shared history or
descent.
41 What do the ideas of 'la Patrie' and 'le Citoyen' emphasize?

( a) They emphasised the notion of a united ( b) They emphasised the notion of a united
community enjoying unequal rights under a community enjoying no rights under a
constitution. constitution.
( c) They emphasised the notion of a united ( d) They emphasised the notion of a diverse
community enjoying equal rights under a community enjoying no rights under a
constitution. constitution.
42 Which new name was given to 'The Estates General'?

( a) States-General. ( b) National Assembly.
( c) General Assembly. ( d) Assembly of Notables.
43 When did industrialisation begin in England and other parts of Europe?

( a) Second half of the 18th century, but in France ( b) Second half of the 17th century, but in France
and parts of German states, it occurred only and parts of German states, it occurred only
during the 19th century. during the 18th century.
( c) First half of the 18th century, but in France and ( d) First half of the 17th century, but in France and
parts of German states, it occurred only during parts of German states, it occurred only during
the 19th century. the 19th century.
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44 What was the strong demand of the emerging middle classes in Europe during nineteenth century?
( a) The strong demand of emerging middle classes ( b) The strong demand of emerging middle classes
in Europe was freedom of speech and the in Europe was freedom of markets and the
abolition of state imposed restrictions on the abolition of state imposed taxes on goods and
movement of goods and capital. capital.
( c) The strong demand of emerging middle classes ( d) The strong demand of emerging middle classes
in Europe was freedom of markets and the in Europe was freedom of markets and the
imposition of state restrictions on the abolition of state imposed restrictions on the
movement of goods and capital. movement of goods and capital.
45 When and why was Zollverein formed?

( a) To harness economic interests which lead to ( b) To harness economic interests which lead to
national unification of Germany in 1837. national unification of Italy in 1834.
( c) To harness economic interests which lead to ( d) To harness economic interests which lead to
national unification of Germany in 1834. national unification of Germany in 1839.
46 Which countries met at Treaty of Vienna?

( a) In 1815, representatives of the European ( b) In 1815, representatives of the European
powers-Italy, Russia, Prussia and Austria-who powers-Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria-who
had collectively defeated Napoleon, met at had collectively defeated Napoleon, met at
( c) In 1815, representatives of the European ( d) In 1815, representatives of the European
powers-Britain, Germany, Prussia and Austria- powers-Italy, Germany, Prussia and Austria-who
who had collectively defeated Napoleon, met at had collectively defeated Napoleon, met at
47 Who hosted the Treaty of Vienna?

( a) Austrian chancellor, Duke Metternich hosted ( b) German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck hosted
this congress at Vienna in 1815. this congress at Vienna in 1815.
( c) Austrian chancellor, Baron Johann von ( d) Prussian chancellor, Prince Karl August von
Wessenberg hosted this congress at Vienna in Hardenberg hosted this congress at Vienna in
1815. 1815.
48 What was the objective of Treaty of Vienna?

( a) The aim was to reverse most of the changes ( b) The aim was to reverse most of the changes
that had come about in Germany during the that had come about in Europe during World
First World War. War I. The Czar dynasty, which had been
deposed during the French Revolution was
restored to power.
( c) The aim was to reverse most of the changes ( d) The aim was to reverse most of the changes
that had come about in Germany during the that had come about in Europe during the
Second World War. Napoleonic war. The Bourbon dynasty, which
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had been deposed during the French

Revolution was restored to power.
49 What was the main aim of Treaty of Vienna 1815?

( a) The aim was to reverse most of the changes ( b) The aim was to reverse most of the changes
that had come about in Germany during the that had come about in Europe during World
First World War. War I. The Czar dynasty, which had been
deposed during the French Revolution was
restored to power.
( c) The aim was to reverse most of the changes ( d) The aim was to reverse most of the changes
that had come about in Europe during the that had come about in Germany during the
Napoleonic war. The Bourbon dynasty, which Second World War.
had been deposed during the French
Revolution was restored to power.
50 What was the main aim of revolutionaries of Europe during the years following 1815?
( a) To restore the Bourbon dynasty. ( b) To oppose monarchical forms of government.
( c) To oppose democratic forms of government. ( d) To oppose the unification of Italy.
51 Who was Giuseppe Mazzini?

( a) Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian revolutionary ( b) Giuseppe Mazzini was an German general and
born in Genoa in 1807. He was one of three mercenary. He contributed to the German
revolutionaries who made a significant unification.
contribution to Italian unification.
( c) Giuseppe Mazzini was a conservative German ( d) Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian general and
statesman who masterminded the unification mercenary. He contributed to the Italian
of Germany in 1871. unification and the creation of the Kingdom of
Italy.
52 Which two underground societies were formed by Giuseppe Mazzini?

( a) Young Italy in Berne, ( b) Young Italy in Bonn,
Young Europe in Marseille. Young Europe in Marseille.
( c) Young Italy in Marseille, ( d) Young Italy in Marseille,
Young Germany in Berne. Young Europe in Berne.
53 How did Metternich describe Mazzini?

( a) The greatest friend of Italy.' ( b) The greatest ally of Italy'.
( c) The most dangerous enemy of our social order.' ( d) The most dangerous ally of Italy'.
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54 Who were liberal nationalists?

( a) The liberal nationalists belonged to the ( b) The liberal nationalists belonged to the
educated lower class, among whom were the educated middle class elite, among whom were
bakers, grocers, clerks and members of the the professors, school teachers, clerks and
commercial middle classes. members of the commercial middle classes.
( c) The liberal nationalists belonged to the ( d) The liberal nationalists belonged to the
educated lower class, among whom were the educated upper class elite, among whom were
bakers, grocers, clerks and members of the the professors, school teachers, bankers and
commercial lower classes. members of the commercial upper classes.
55 Name the Treaty of 1832 that recognised Greece as an independent nation.

( a) Treaty of Constantinople. ( b) Treaty of Vienna.
( c) Treaty of Versailles. ( d) Treaty of Lisbon.
56 Name the event that mobilised nationalist feelings among the educated elite across Europe in 1830-
1848.
( a) Renunciation of the French Monarch. ( b) French Revolution.
( c) October Revolution. ( d) The Greek War of Independence.
57 Who supported Nationalists of Greeks in their Independence war?

( a) Greek peasants and the educated middle class ( b) Greek middle class elite and the educated lower
Greeks, who had sympathies for ancient Greek class Greeks, who had sympathies for ancient
culture. Greek culture.
( c) Greeks living in exile and also from many west ( d) Greek upper class elite and the educated
Europeans, who had sympathies for ancient middle class Greeks, who had sympathies for
Greek culture. ancient Greek culture.
58 What was 'Romanticism' during the age of revolutions?
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( a) A cultural movement, which sought to develop ( b) A cultural movement, which sought to develop
new agricultural practices to improve the yield. a particular form of nationalist sentiment.
( c) A cultural movement, which sought to ( d) A cultural movement, which sought to

encourage young artists and writers. encourage young people to join the army and
fight for their nation.
59 What led to widespread pauperism in Europe?

( a) The rise of food prices or a year of bad harvest. ( b) Decline in the production of essential
commodities.
( c) Surplus food production and fall in food prices. ( d) Industrial revolution and surplus goods.
60 Who was Otto von Bismarck?

( a) Bismarck was an Italian general and mercenary; ( b) Bismarck was King of United Italy in 1861.
he contributed to the unification and the
creation of the Kingdom of Italy.
( c) Bismarck was an Italian politician, journalist, ( d) Bismarck was the Chief Minister of Prussia and
activist for the unification of Italy. was the architect of the unification of Germany.
61 Who was proclaimed the King of United Italy in 1861?

( a) Victor Emmanuel-I was proclaimed King of ( b) Charles Albert-II was proclaimed King of United
United Italy in 1861. Italy in 1861.
( c) Victor Emmanuel-II was proclaimed King of ( d) Giuseppe Mazzini was proclaimed King of
United Italy in 1861. United Italy in 1861.
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62 Which female Allegory was invented by artists in France?

( a) Marianne', a popular Christian name, which ( b) Europa', a popular Christian name, which
underlined the idea of a people's nation. underlined the idea of a people's nation.
( c) Venus', a popular Christian name, which ( d) Athena', a popular Christian name, which
underlined the idea of a people's nation. underlined the idea of a people's nation.
63 What was the Allegory of Germany?

( a) Marianne. ( b) Gallia.
( c) Europa. ( d) Germania.
64 Who remarked 'when France sneezes the rest of Europe catches cold'?
( a) Garibaldi. ( b) Bismarck.
( c) Metternich. ( d) Napoleon.
65 Who was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles in January 1871?
( a) King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia was ( b) Kaiser William I of Prussia was proclaimed
proclaimed German Emperor. German Emperor.
( c) King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was ( d) King Ferdinand I of Naples was proclaimed
proclaimed German Emperor. German Emperor.

The term 'absolutist' refers to:
( a) monarchical government. ( b) abstract theory.
( c) a vision. ( d) democratic government

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.

What territories did the Habsburg Empire rule over?
( a) Austria. ( b) Romania.
( c) Hungary. ( d) Austria and Hungary.
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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 ( d) To restore equality among people.
states.

What major issue was criticised against by the liberal nationalists?
( a) Censorship laws to control the press. ( b) Preservation of the Church.
( c) A modern army. ( d) Efficient bureaucracy.

______ was proclaimed king of United Italy in 1861.
( a) King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia. ( b) King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia.
( c) Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi. ( d) King Ferdinand I of Naples.

Treaty of ____ recognised Greece as an independent nation.
( a) Treaty of Vienna of 1832. ( b) Treaty of Constantinople of 1834.
( c) Treaty of Constantinople of 1832. ( d) Treaty of Vienna 1834.

Conservative regime was set up in _____.
( a) 1813 ( b) 1815
( c) 1816 ( d) 1817
74 Choose the correct statement:

( a) During the Russian Revolution, artists used ( b) During the Belgian Revolution, artists used
female allegory to portray ideas like liberty, female allegory to portray ideas like liberty,
justice and republic. justice and republic.
( c) During the French Revolution, artists used
female allegory to portray ideas like liberty,
justice and republic.
75 Choose the correct statement:

( a) 861 elected representatives marched to take ( b) 831 elected representatives marched to take
their places in the Germany parliament. their places in the Germany parliament.
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( c) 816 elected representatives marched to take

their places in the Germany parliament.
76 Assertion(A): A large part of Balkans were under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
Reason(R): Idea of nationalism in the Balkans with the integration of the Ottoman empire made this
region very peaceful.
77 Choose the correct option :

What is the meaning of 'liber'?
( a) The fatherland ( b) The citizen
( c) Free ( d) The measure of cloth

What is the meaning of 'elle'?
( a) The measure of cloth ( b) Free
( c) The fatherland ( d) The citizen

What is the meaning of 'la patrie'?
( a) The fatherland ( b) The citizen

( c) The measure of the cloth ( d) Free
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Choose the correct option :

What is the meaning of 'le citoyen'?
( a) The measure of cloth ( b) The citizen
( c) Free ( d) The fatherland

What does 'Broken chains/ red cap' signify ?
( a) Heroism ( b) German Empire's strength
( c) Being freed ( d) Readiness to fight

What does 'Crown of oak leaves' symbolize?
( a) Readiness to fight ( b) Being freed
( c) Heroism ( d) German Empire's strength

What does 'sword' symbolize?
( a) Heroism ( b) Readiness to fight
( c) German Empire's strength ( d) Being freed

What does 'Breastplate with eagle' symbolize?
( a) Symbol of the German Empire's strength ( b) Being freed
( c) Heroism ( d) Readiness to fight

Which of the following countries is considered as the 'Cradle of civilisation'?
( a) England ( b) Greece
( c) France ( d) Russia

Who said that "When France sneezes the rest of the Europe catches cold" ?
( a) Garibaldi ( b) Mazzini
( c) Bismarck ( d) Metternich
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87 1. Slav nationalism is forced on Habsburg and Ottoman Empires.

2. Unification of Germany
3. Victor Emmanuel II was declared the king of united Italy and Rome was declared as Italy's capital.
4. William I was proclaimed as the German Emperor.
( a) 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 ( b) 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
( c) 3 - 2 - 4 - 1 ( d) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
88 1. Treaty of Constantinople.
2. First upheaval took place in France.
3. Lord Byron died.
4. Greek struggle for independence begins.
( a) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 ( b) 2 - 4 - 1 - 3
( c) 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 ( d) 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
89 Kaiser William 1 headed Germany Empire in _______?

( a) 1870 ( b) 1871
( c) 1872 ( d) 1873
90 First World War began in ............ .

( a) 1914 ( b) 1913
( c) 1917 ( d) 1920
91 Unification of Italy happened in ............ .

( a) 1860-1871 ( b) 1860-1870
( c) 1859-1871 ( d) 1859-1870
92 Unification of Germany happened in ............... .

( a) 1866-72 ( b) 1866-73
( c) 1866-71 ( d) 1866-75
93 While it is easy enough to represent a ruler through a portrait or a statue, how does one go about giving
a face to a nation? Artists in the 18th and 19th centuries found a way out by personifying a nation. In
other words they represented a country as if it were a person.
( a) Portrait of a nation ( b) Idol of a nation
( c) Personification of a nation ( d) Visualising a nation
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94 He was perhaps the most celebrated of Italian freedom fighters. He came from a family engaged in
coastal trade and was a sailor in the merchant navy. In 1833, he met Mazzini, joined the Young Italy
movement and participated in a republican uprising in Piedmont in 1834.
( a) Otto von Bismarck ( b) Giuseppe Mazzini
( c) Count Camillo di Cavour ( d) Giuseppe Garibaldi
95 Who was called as the architect of Germany's Unification?

( a) Giuseppe Mazzini ( b) Count Camillo di Cavour
( c) Giuseppe Garibaldi ( d) Otto von Bismarck
96 Interpret the concept of 'liberalisation' in the field of economic sphere during the nineteenth century in
Europe.
( a) In the economic sphere, liberalization stood for ( b) In the economic sphere, liberalization stood for
freedom of market and state restrictions on the freedom of market and the abolition of state
movements of goods and capital. imposed restrictions on the movements of
goods and capital.
( c) In the economic sphere, liberalization stood for ( d) In the economic sphere, liberalization meant
market being under guild's capture and the that only big traders can sell their goods and
abolition of state imposed restrictions on the the abolition of state imposed restrictions on
movements of goods and capital. the movements of goods and capital.
97 Explain the aim to form 'Zollverein', a customs Union in 1834 in Germany.

( a) 1. To abolish tariff barriers. ( b) 1. To impose tariff barriers.
2. To reduce the number of currencies from 30 2. To reduce the number of currencies from 30
to 2. to 2.
( c) 1. To abolish tariff barriers. ( d) 1. To abolish tariff barriers.
2. To reduce the number of 2. To reduce the number of currencies from 30
currencies from 30 to 24. to 12.
98 .............. means 'Rebirth'.

( a) Torpidity ( b) Renaissance
( c) Annihilation ( d) Dilapidation
99 The Civil Code of 1804 ia also known as the............. .

( a) Napoleonic Code ( b) European Civil Code
( c) European Imperial Code ( d) The French Civil Code
100 The concept of nationalism emerged in Europe during the ............. century.
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( a) Eighteenth ( b) Seventeenth
( c) Early Twentieth ( d) Nineteenth
101 The feelings of nationalism was illustrated by a French artist named................... .

( a) Giuseppe Mazzini ( b) Frederic Sorrieu
( c) Claude Monet ( d) Edgar Degas
102 Ottoman Empire was ruled by the ............. .

( a) Caliph ( b) Edirne
( c) Yakishir ( d) Mehmet 2
103 Read the statements and choose the correct option :

Assertion ( A) : Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian General, politician and nationalist who played a large
role in the history of Italy.
Reason (R) : He was the architect in the process of nation building.
( a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct ( b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the
explanation of (A) correct explanation of (A)
( c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong ( d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct
104 Read the statements and choose the correct option :

Assertion ( A) : The French Revolution was an influential event that marked the age of revolutions.
Reason ( B) : The French Revolution transferred the sovereignty from people to the monarch.
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Read the statements and choose the correct option :

Assertion (A) : A large part of the Balkans was under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
Reason (R) : The spread of ideas of Romantic Nationalism in the Balkans together with the disintegration
of the Ottoman Empire made this region very explosive.

( a) The concept of Nationalism emerged in Europe ( b) The concept of nationalism emerged in Europe
during the nineteenth century. during the eighteenth century.
( c) The concept of nationalism emerged in Europe
in sixteenth century.
( a) Conservatism was a political philosophy that ( b) Pragmatism was a social philosophy that
stressed the importance of tradition, stressed the importance of tradition,
established institutions and customs, and established institutions and customs and
preferred gradual development to quick preferred quick change over gradual change.
change.
( c) Liberalism was a political philosophy that
stressed the importance of tradition,
established institutions and customs and
preferred quick change over gradual change.

( a) The Prussian king William I was proclaimed as ( b) The Prussian king William I was proclaimed as
the German Emperor in 1890. the German Emperor in 1885.
( c) The Prussian king William I was proclaimed the
German Emperor in 1871.
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( a) In France, the idea of a people's nation was ( b) In France, the idea of a people's nation was
christened Statue of Liberty. She was christened Marianne. She was characterized by
characterized by the ideas of Liberty and the ideas of Liberty and Republic.
Republic.
( c) In France, the idea of a people's nation was
christened Germania. She was characterized by
the ideas of Liberty and Republic.
110 Find the incorrect option :

( a) During the years following 1815, the fear of ( b) Secret societies sprang up in many Indian
repression drove many liberal-nationalists states to train revolutionaries and spread their
underground. ideas.
( c) To ba a revolutionary at this time meant a ( d) Most of these revolutionaries also saw the
commitment to oppose monarchical forms that creation of nation states as a necessary part of
had been established after the Vienna this struggle for freedom.
Congress, and to fight for liberty and freedom.
111 Find the incorrect option :

( a) The first upheaval took place in France in July ( b) The Bourbon kings who had been restored to
1930. power during the conservative reaction after
1815, were now overthrown by liberal
revolutionaries who installed a constitutional
monarchy with Louis Philippe at its head.
( c) When America Sneezes' Metternich once ( d) The July Revolution sparked an uprising in
remarked, 'the rest of the Europe catches cold.' Brussels which led to Belgium breaking away
from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
112 Arrange the following in the correct sequence:

(i) Unification of Germany
(ii) Unification of Italy
(iii) Greek struggle for independence began
(iv) Fall of Napoleon
( a) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) ( b) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
( c) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) ( d) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 presume?
( a) Detention of political prisoners without trial. ( b) Forced recruitment in the army.
( c) Forced manual labour. ( d) Equal pay for equal work.
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What did the term 'picket' refer to?
( a) Stealing from shops. ( b) Import of goods.
( c) Protest by blocking shop entrances. ( d) Boycott of clothes and goods.

What was the effect of the Non-cooperation movement on the plantation workers in Assam?
( a) They left the plantations and headed home. ( b) They went on a strike.
( c) They destroyed the plantations. ( d) They picketed the plantation owners.

What was the main problem with the Simon Commission?
( a) It was an all British commission. ( b) It was formed in Britain.
( c) It was set up in response to the nationalist ( d) It included only the Congress leaders.
movement.

Where was Gandhi's ashram located?
( a) Dandi ( b) Sabarmati
( c) Allahabad ( d) Nagpur

Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up and headed by:
( a) Jawaharlal Nehru ( b) Mahatma Gandhi
( c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak ( d) Chittaranjan Das

A militant Guerrilla movement spread in:
( a) Garo hills ( b) Khasi hills
( c) Gudem hills ( d) Aravalli hills

Federation of Indian Commerce and Industries was formed by:
( a) British traders ( b) Indian farmers
( c) Indian merchants ( d) French traders
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______ was known as 'Lion of Punjab'.
( a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak ( b) Bipin Chandra Pal
( c) Lala Lajpat Rai ( d) Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in 1915 from ______.
( a) England ( b) South Africa
( c) Singapore ( d) Ceylon

Due to a violent incident in ______, Gandhiji called off the Non-cooperation Movement.
( a) Jallianwala Bagh ( b) Alipore
( c) Chauri-Chaura ( d) Lahore

In _____ movement, women participated in large numbers for the first time.
( a) Quit India ( b) Civil Disobedience
( c) Indian Home Rule ( d) Khilafat

Gandhiji called Dalits as ______.
( a) Harijans ( b) Bahujans
( c) Untouchables ( d) Pariahs

Colonial exploitation under the British rule was the important factor of nationalism in Europe.

Baba Ramchandra led the Civil Disobedience movement.

Alluri Sitaram Raju was the leader of militant Guerilla Movement in the Gudem Hills.
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The Rowlatt Act gave the British Government power to suppress political activity.

300 miles were covered in Gandhi's Salt March.
131 Arrange the following in the correct sequence:

(i) Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movement
(ii) Second Round Table Conference
(iii) Chauri Chaura
(iv) Ambedkar establishes Depressed Classes Association
( a) (i)- (iii)-(iv)-(ii) ( b) (iii)-(ii)-(iv)-(i)
( c) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii) ( d) (iv)-(i)-(iii)-(ii)

( a) Another important feature of the Chauri Chaura ( b) Another important feature of the Indian Home
Movement was the large-scale participation of Rule Movement was the large-scale
women. participation of women.
( c) Another important feature of the Civil
Disobedience Movement was the large-scale
participation of women.

( a) During the Second World War, Indian merchants ( b) During the First World War, Indian merchants
and industrialists had made huge profits and and industrialists had made huge profits and
became powerful. became powerful.
( c) During the First War of Independence, Indian
merchants and industrialists had made huge
profits and became powerful.

( a) The industrial working classes did not ( b) The industrial working classes did not
participate in the Khilafat Movement in large participate in the Chauri Chaura Movement in
numbers, except in the Nagpur region. large numbers, except in the Nagpur region.
( c) The industrial working classes did not
participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement
in large numbers, except in the Nagpur region.
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( a) The image of Bharat Mata was first created by ( b) The image of Bharat Mata was first created by
Abanindranath Tagore. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
( c) The image of Bharat Mata was first created by
Rabindranath Tagore.
136 Assertion(A): Ideas of nationalism also developed through a movement to revive Indian folklore.
Reason(R): In late seventeenth-century India, nationalists began recording folk tales sung by bards; and
they toured villages to gather folk songs and legends.
137 Assertion(A): In Madras, Natesa Sastri published a massive four-volume collection of Tamil folk tales, 'The
Folklore of Southern India'.
Reason(R): He believed that folklore was national literature, it was 'the most trustworthy manifestation
of people's real thoughts and characteristics'.
138 Assertion(A): The Congress under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi tried to channel people's
grievances into organised movements for independence.
Reason(R): Through such movements the nationalists did not help in forging national unity.
139 Assertion(A): The Muslim political organisations in India were very responsive to the Civil Disobedience
Movement.
Reason(R): After the decline of the Non-Cooperation-Khilafat, movement a large section of Muslims felt
alienated from the Congress.
140 Assertion(A): Dr B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930,
clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding separate
electorates for dalits.
Reason(R): In the countryside, rich peasant communities like the Patidars of Gujarat and the Jats of Uttar
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Pradesh, were active in the movement. Being producers of commercial crops, they were very hard hit by
the trade depression and falling prices.
141 What is the meaning of 'Begar'?

( a) Tax imposed on forced labour. ( b) A system of bonded labour that was instituted
following the abolition of slavery.
( c) Labour that women were forced to contribute ( d) Labour that villagers were forced to contribute
without any payment. without any payment.
142 Name the writer of the novel 'Anandamath'.

( a) Rabindranath Tagore ( b) Abanindranath Tagore
( c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ( d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
143 Who financed the defence expenditure of World War I?

( a) War was financed by borrowing from the ( b) War was financed by war loans and increasing
International Monetary fund. taxes. Customs duties were raised and income
tax was introduced.
( c) The US funded its World War I effort largely by ( d) War was financed by borrowing from the World
tapping into Americans' personal savings. Bank.
144 When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India?

( a) Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South ( b) Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South
Africa in January 1915. Africa in January 1918.
( c) Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from England ( d) Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from England
in January 1915. in January 1918.
145 What is meant by Satyagraha?

( a) Satyagraha is a prolonged refusal to eat, carried ( b) Satyagraha is a situation in which the person
out as a protest by a prisoner. starves for a period of time.
( c) Satyagraha is the protest march organised by ( d) The idea of Satyagraha emphasised the power
Mahatma Gandhi. of truth and the need to search for the truth.
146 Why did Kheda farmers protest against Britishers?

( a) Peasants of Kheda protested against unfair ( b) The peasants of Kheda decided not to grow
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taxes imposed on their crops. indigo and to resist the planters, sometimes
with violence, when they tried to coerce the
peasants to grow the cash crop.
( c) Affected by crop failure and a plague epidemic, ( d) Peasants of Kheda protested against unfair
the peasants of Kheda could not pay the taxes imposed on their fields.
revenue and demanded that revenue collection
be released.
147 What was Rowlatt Act of 1919?

( a) Rowlatt Act was an Act of the Parliament of ( b) Rowlatt Act gave the British government
Great Britain intended to overhaul the enormous powers to repress political activities,
management of the East India Company's rule in and allowed detention of political prisoners
India. without trial for two years.
( c) Rowlatt Act passed by the British Parliament ( d) Rowlatt Act was an act passed in British India
renewed the East India Company's charter for under East India Company rule, which outlawed
another 20 years. many economic transactions associated with
slavery.
148 Why did General Dyer fire on innocent people gathered peacefully in Jallianwala Bagh?
( a) To strictly enforce martial law in Amritsar, to ( b) To terrorise the public, to prevent them from
create the feeling of terror and awe in the participating in satyagrahas.
minds of Satyagrahis, to demoralise the local
congress leaders.
( c) He thought it was a good idea to scare people ( d) He had orders to shoot any Indians gathered in
from being a part of the civil disobedience public places.
movement.
149 Who were the two main leaders of the Khilafat Movement?
( a) Shaukat Ali, ( b) Bakht Khan,
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Mohammed Ali Jinnah
( c) Maulana Azad, Ghaffar Khan ( d) Mohammed Ali, Shaukat Ali
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150 What resolution was passed at Calcutta session of Congress in September 1920?
( a) At this session, resolution on partition of ( b) At the Calcutta session of the congress in
Bengal, Self Government (Swaraj), Swadeshi, September 1920, Gandhiji convinced other
national education and on Boycott were leaders of the need to start a Disobedience
passed. Movement in support of Khilafat as well as
Swaraj.
( c) At the Calcutta session of the congress in ( d) Indian National Congress, took the resolution of
September 1920, Gandhiji convinced other Poorna Swaraj or complete independence.
leaders of the need to start a Non-cooperation
Movement in support of Khilafat as well as
Swaraj.
151 Name the famous book written by Mahatma Gandhi.

( a) Glimpses of World History ( b) Hind Swaraj
( c) Shrimad Bhagvat Gita Rahasya ( d) The Soul of India
152 What was the impact of reduction of imports?

( a) Production of Indian textile mills and handlooms ( b) Labourers lost their jobs.
went up.
( c) People protested against reduction of import. ( d) Cost of imported goods increased.
153 Under which agreement the Indian 'Depressed Classes' got reserved seats in the Provincial and Central
Legislative Councils in 1932?
( a) Indian Depressed Classes Pact ( b) Lahore pact
( c) Reservation pact ( d) Poona pact
154 What were the demands of peasants in Awadh?

( a) Lesser working hours, better pay. ( b) Boycott of taxes, restriction on export of
goods.
( c) Reduction of revenue, abolition of begar, and ( d) Boycott of taxes, banning import of foreign
social boycott of oppressive landlords. goods.
155 Who was Alluri Sitaram Raju?

( a) Indian revolutionary and chief of Kongu Nadu ( b) Leader of Andhra Movement.
who revolted against the supremacy of British
rule.
( c) One of the earliest freedom fighters, belongs ( d) Tamil independence activist.
to the warrior Maravar community.
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156 What action was taken by the tribals of Gudem Hills in their movement?
( a) The Gudem rebels attacked police stations, ( b) The Gudem rebels stopped working for the
attempted to kill police officials, and carried on British, boycotted British goods.
guerilla warfare for achieving swaraj.
( c) The Gudem rebels picketted police stations, ( d) The Gudem rebels stopped working for the
organised peaceful marches to achieve swaraj. zamindars, and refused to pay taxes.
157 What was Inland Emigration Act of 1859?

( a) Plantation workers were not permitted to enter ( b) Farmers were not permitted to leave the
the tea gardens without permission and in fact, zamindar without permission.
they were rarely given such permission.
( c) Farmers were not permitted to grow crops of ( d) Plantation workers were not permitted to leave
their choice without permission. the tea gardens without permission and in fact,
they were rarely given such permission.
158 How did plantation workers of Assam react to Non-Cooperation Movement call?
( a) Most of the workers did not participate fearing ( b) Thousands of workers defied the authorities,
loss of income. refused to pay revenue, and harvested crops
without permission.
( c) Thousands of workers defied the authorities, ( d) Most of the workers did not participate fearing
left the plantations and headed home. arrest.
159 Why Mahatma Gandhi decided to call of Non-Cooperation Movement?

( a) He felt that it was not affecting the British as ( b) He felt the movement was turning violent at
expected. many places and satyagrahis needed to be
properly trained before they could be ready for
mass struggles.
( c) He decided to change the plan of action. ( d) He was assured of Poorna Swaraj by the British.
160 Who formed Swaraj Party?

( a) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru ( b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah
( c) Mohammed Ali and Shaukat Ali ( d) Lala Lajpat Rai and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
161 Which two factors shaped Indian Politics towards the late 1920s?
( a) -The effects of worldwide economic ( b) -The effects of worldwide economic
depression. depression.
-Import prices began to fall from 1916 and -Import prices began to rise from 1916 and
collapsed after 1920. collapsed after 1920.
( c) -The effects of worldwide economic ( d) -The effects of worldwide economic
depression. depression.
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-Agricultural prices began to rise from 1916 and -Agricultural prices began to fall from 1926 and
collapsed after 1920. collapsed after 1930.
162 Why was Simon Commission rejected in India?

( a) The problem was that the commission did not ( b) The problem was that the commision didn't
have a proper understanding of Indian have a single woman member.
conditions.
( c) The problem was that the commission did not ( d) The problem was that the commission
have a single Indian member. They were all focussed on only the rich who supported the
British. British.
163 How was Simon Commission greeted in India?

( a) He was greeted with the slogan, 'Jai Jawan Jai ( b) He was greeted with the slogan, 'Go back
Kisan'. Simon'.
( c) He was greeted with the slogan, 'British Go ( d) He was greeted with the slogan, 'Inquilab
Back'. Zindabad'.
164 How long was Dandi March and how much time did it take?
( a) It was over 240 miles. Gandhiji walked for 10 ( b) It was over 250 miles. Gandhiji walked for 10
miles a day and took 24 days to reach Dandi. miles a day and took 25 days to reach Dandi.
( c) It was over 260 miles. Gandhiji walked for 10 ( d) It was over 270 miles. Gandhiji walked for 10
miles a day and took 26 days to reach Dandi. miles a day and took 27 days to reach Dandi.
165 Name some prominent Industrialists of that time.

( a) Kumar Mangalam Birla and J.R.D.Tata. ( b) Kumar Mangalam Birla and Ratan Tata.
( c) Purushottamdas Thakurdas and Ratan Tata. ( d) Purshottamdas Thakurdas and G.D. Birla.
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166 In what way women participated in Civil Disobedience Movement?

( a) Women were kept away from the forefront and ( b) Women were entrusted the work of educating
given work such as making banners. the public about the freedom struggle.
( c) Women participated in protest marches, ( d) Women were kept away from the forefront and
manufactured salt and picketed foreign cloth given work such as looking after the injured
and liquor shops. participating in the freedom struggle.
167 What was 'Poona Pact'?

( a) Poona Pact prohibited any public protest ( b) Poona Pact gave the Depressed Classes
against the British. reserved seats in provincial and central
legislative councils.
( c) Poona Pact allowed the release of political ( d) Poona Pact gave the plantation workers
prisoners. permission to go leave the plantations.
168 Who created the first image of 'Bharat Mata'?

( a) The first image was created by Bankim Chandra ( b) The first image was created by Chittaranjan
Chattopadhyay. Das.
( c) The first image was created by Abanindranath ( d) The first image was created by Subhash
Tagore. Chandra Bose.
169 How was Bharat Mata depicted in the painting of Abanindranath Tagore?
( a) In his painting. Bharat Mata was portrayed as a ( b) In his painting. Bharat Mata was portrayed with
fierce woman; arms raised to protect Bharat. lions protecting her from all sides.
( c) In his painting. Bharat Mata was portrayed as an ( d) In his painting. Bharat Mata was portrayed as an
ascetic figure; surrounded by Gods ascetic figure; she is calm, composed, divine
and spiritual.
170 What kind of Indian flag was introduced during Swadeshi Movement?
( a) A horizontal rectangular tricolour was designed ( b) A vertical rectangular tricolour was designed
saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka saffron, white and India green; with the charkha,
Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its in navy blue at its centre.
centre.
( c) A tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was ( d) A tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was
designed. It had eight lotuses, representing designed. It had the Ashoka Pillar, and a
eight provinces of British India and a crescent Charkha.
moon, representing Hindus and Muslims.
171 Who wrote the song 'Vande Mataram'?

( a) Rabindranath Tagore ( b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
( c) Chittaranjan Das ( d) Abanindranath Tagore
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Who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association?
( a) Mahatma Gandhi ( b) Subhash Chandra Bose
( c) Jawaharlal Nehru ( d) B.R. Ambedkar

What moved Abanindranath Tagore to paint the famous image of Bharat Mata?
( a) Civil Disobedience Movement ( b) Swadeshi Movement
( c) Quit India Movement ( d) Simon Commission

Who wrote the 'Vande Mataram'?
( a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ( b) Rabindranath Tagore
( c) Abanindranath Tagore ( d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Mahatma Gandhi fought in South Africa for:
( a) Racist regime ( b) Freedom of India
( c) Freedom of South Africa ( d) Freedom of Mandela

The movement in Awadh was against the:
( a) Ruler ( b) British
( c) Landlord ( d) Congress
177 Fill in the blanks:

In _____ Gandhiji started the non-violent civil disobedience movement.
( a) 1918 ( b) 1930
( c) 1924 ( d) 1920
178 Fill in the blanks:

Khilafat Committee was formed by leaders such as ____ and _____.
( a) Maulana Azad, Ghaffar Khan ( b) Mohammed Ali, Shaukat Ali
( c) Bakht Khan, ( d) Shaukat Ali, Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mohammed Jinnah
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179 Pick out the correct statement:

( a) Under the Upland Emigration Act of 1860, ( b) Under the Upland Emigration Act of 1859,
plantation workers were not permitted to leave plantation workers were not permitted to leave
the Tea Gardens without permission. the Tea Gardens without permission.
( c) Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859,
plantation workers were not permitted to leave
the Tea Gardens without permission.
180 Pick out the correct statement:

( a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay designed the ( b) Mahatma Gandhi designed the Swaraj flag.
Swaraj flag.
( c) Subhash Chandra Bose designed the Swaraj
flag.
181 Assertion(A): Dr B.R. Ambedkar organised Dalits into the Depressed Classes, Association in 1940.
Reason(R): He clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding
separate electorate for the dalits.
182 Second round table conference

( a) A tricolour flag designed in Bengal ( b) Mahatma Gandhi
( c) Chandrashekhar Azad ( d) N.M. Joshi
183 Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

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184 All India Trade Union Congress

185 Swadeshi Movement

186 Abanindranath Tagore

( a) Jana Gana Mana ( b) The folklore of Southern India
( c) Bharat Mata image ( d) Vande Mataram
187 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

( a) The folklore of Southern India ( b) Jana Gana Mana
( c) Vande Mataram ( d) Bharat Mata image
188 Rabindranath Tagore

( a) Bharat Mata image ( b) Vande Mataram
( c) Jana Gana Mana ( d) The folklore of Southern India
189 Natesa Sastri

( a) Vande Mataram ( b) Bharat Mata image
( c) The folklore of Southern India ( d) Jana Gana Mana
190 Arrange the following in the correct

sequence:
(i) Formation of the Muslim League
(ii) The first world war
(iii) The first meeting of the Indian National Congress in Bombay
(iv) The war prices increased in double
( a) (ii)-(iv)-(iii)-(i) ( b) (i)-(iii)-(iv)-(ii)
( c) (iv)-(ii)-(i)-(iii) ( d) (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)
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191 Arrange the following in the correct

sequence:
(i) Rowlatt Act Passed
(ii) The partition of Bengal officially
came into existence
(iii) Satyagraha movement in Ahmedabad
(iv) Satyagraha Movement in
Kheda district (Gujarat)
( a) (iv)-(ii)-(i)-(iii) ( b) (ii)-(iiii)-(iv)-(i)
( c) (ii)-(iv)-(iii)-(i) ( d) (i)-(iii)-(ii)-(iv)
192 Rowlatt Act was passed in_____.

( a) 1914 ( b) 1920
( c) 1919 ( d) 1916
193 Muslim League was formed in______.

( a) 1906 ( b) 1910
( c) 1907 ( d) 1909
194 The first world war took place from _______________.

( a) 1915-1919 ( b) 1914-1918
( c) 1917-1920 ( d) 1910-1914
195 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on________________.

( a) 19th April,1919 ( b) 14th April,1919
( c) 15th April,1919 ( d) 13th April, 1919
196 Identify the appropriate reason for the formation of the Swaraj Party from the options given below:-
( a) Wanted members of Congress to return to ( b) Wanted members of Congress to
council politics ask for Purna Swaraj for Indians
( c) Wanted members of Congress to ( d) Wanted members of Congress to
ask dominion status for India oppose Simon Commision
197 With the growth of nationalism, who created the image of Bharat Mata?
( a) Abanindranath Tagore ( b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
( c) Rabindranath Tagore ( d) Mahatma Gandhi
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198 In the 19th century India, which ideas were revived through a movement to develop nationalism ?
( a) History and fictions ( b) Figure or images
( c) Folklore or songs ( d) Popular prints
199 Mahatma Gandhi's letter was, in a way, an ultimatum. If the demands were not fulfilled by 11 March, the
letter stated, the Congress would launch a civil disobedience campaign. Irwin was unwilling to negotiate.
So Mahatma Gandhi started his famous salt march accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers. The
march was over 240 miles, from Gandhi's ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarat coastal town in Dandi. The
volunteers walked for 24 days about 10 miles a day. Thousands came to hear Mahatma Gandhi wherever
he stopped, and he told them what he meant by swaral and urged them to peacefully defy the British. On
6 April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, manufacturing salt by boiling sea water.
( a) Non-Cooperation Movement ( b) Salt March
( c) Khilafat Movement ( d) Rowlatt Act
200 As the national movement developed, nationalist leaders became more and more aware of such icons
and symbols in unifying people and inspiring in them a feeling of nationalism. During the Swadeshi
Movement in Bengal, a tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was designed. It had eight lotuses
representing eight provinces of British India, and a crescent moon, representing Hindus and Muslims. By
1921, Gandhiji had designed the Swaraj flag. It was again a tricolour (red, green and white) and had a
spinning wheel in the centre, representing the Gandhian ideal of self-help. Carrying the flag, holding it
aloft, during marches became a symbol of defiance.
( a) Designing of icons ( b) Designing of tricolour flag
( c) Designing of national ( d) Designing of images
symbols
201 Trace the reason because of which Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919.
( a) To protest against the Rowlatt Act. ( b) To protest against Simon commission.
( c) To bring the Hindus and Muslims on a common ( d) To protest against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
platform.
202 Why did the Indians boycott the Simon

Commission?
( a) Because there were less number of Indians in ( b) Because there was no Indian member in the
the commission. Commission.
( c) Because there were no laws for indians in ( d) Because the laws in the Simon Commission
Simon Commission. were against the Indians.
203 What kind of movement was launched by the tribal peasants of Gudem Hills in Andhra Pradesh?
( a) Dandi March ( b) Satyagraha Movement
( c) Militant guerrilla movement ( d) Militant Gudem Hill movement
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204 Why did Gandhiji take up the Khilafat issue?

( a) To bring the Hindus and Muslims on a common ( b) To protest against Simon commission.
platform.
( c) To protest against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. ( d) To protest against the Rowlatt Act.
205 Who wrote the book "Hind Swaraj" ?

( a) Abanindranath Tagore ( b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
( c) Rabindranath Tagore ( d) Mahatma Gandhi
206 In Lahore, the resolution of __________ was adopted in 1929.

( a) Purna Swaraj ( b) Movements
( c) Forests ( d) Purna Movements
207 Gandhiji called the Dalits as___________.

( a) Harijans ( b) Priye
( c) Lovable people ( d) Useful people
208 __________announced a vague offer of dominion Status for India in 1929.

( a) Mahatma Gandhi ( b) Jawaharlal Nehru
( c) Abindranath Tagore ( d) Viceroy Lord Irwin
209 Peasants refused to pay revenue and ______________ taxes.

( a) Forest ( b) Chaukidari
( c) Food ( d) Trade
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210 Gandhiji started his famous Salt March

accompanied by __________of his trusted volunteers.
( a) 99 ( b) 89
( c) 62 ( d) 78
211 On 31 January, 1930 Gandhiji sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating ____________ demands.
( a) Nine ( b) Eight
( c) Ten ( d) Eleven
212 Assertion (A): It was declared that 26th January 1930 would be celebrated as the Independence Day
when people were to take a pledge to struggle for Complete Independence.
Reason (R) Mahatma Gandhi had to find a way to relate this abstract idea of freedom to more concrete
issues of everyday life.
213 Assertion (A): Dyer entered the area, blocked the exit points, and opened fire on the crowd, killing
hundreds Reason.
(R): His object, as he declared later, was to 'produce a moral effect', to create in the minds of satyagrahis
a feeling of terror and awe.

( a) All social groups were moved by abstract ( b) Not all social groups were moved by abstract
concept of swaraj. concept of swaraj.
( c) All political parties were moved by abstract
concept of swaraj.

( a) Bhagat Singh was 21, when he was tried and ( b) Bhagat Singh was 31, when he was tried and
executed by the Colonial government. executed by the Colonial government.
( c) Bhagat Singh was 23, when he was tried and
executed by the Colonial government.
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( a) The import of foreign cloth doubled between ( b) The import of foreign cloth doubled between
1921 and 1922, its value increasing from Rs. 1921 and 1922, its value increasing from Rs.
102 crores to Rs. 200 crores. 102 crores to Rs. 167 crores.
( c) The import of foreign cloth halved between

1921 and 1922, its value dropping from Rs. 102
crores to Rs. 57 crores.

( a) In 1925, the Hindustan Socialist Republican ( b) In 1928, the Hindustan Socialist Republican
Army (HSRA) was founded at a meeting in Feroz Army (HSRA) was founded at a meeting in Feroz
Shah Kotla ground in Kolkata. Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi.
( c) In 1925, the Hindustan Socialist Republican
Army (HSRA) was founded at a meeting in Feroz
Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi.
218 Find the incorrect option:

( a) Mahatma Gandhi found in sugar a powerful ( b) On 31st January 1930, he sent a letter to
symbol that could unite a nation. Viceroy Irwin starting eleven elements.
( c) Some of these were of general interest; others ( d) The idea was to make the demands wide-
were specific demands of different classes, ranging
from industrialists to peasants. so that all classes within Indian society could
identify with them and everyone could be
brought
together in a united campaign.

( a) Against this background the new Tory ( b) Set up in response to the nationalist
government in Britain constituted a Statutory movement, the
Commission under Sir John Simon. Commission was to look into the functioning of
the constitutional system in India and suggest
changes.
( c) The problem was that the Commission did not ( d) They were all Americans.
have a single Indian member.
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( a) In 1928, Vallabhbhai Patel led the peasant ( b) It was against enhancement of land revenue,
movement in Bardoli, a taluka in Gujarat. known as the Civil Disobedience Movement.
( c) This movement was a success under the able ( d) The struggle was widely publicized and
leadership of Vallabhbhai Patel. generated
immense sympathy in many parts of India.

The Round Table Conference which was boycotted by the Congress:
( a) Second ( b) First
( c) Third ( d) First and third
222 Assertion (A): Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth burnt in huge
bonfires.
Reason (R): Students and teachers began trickling back to government schools and lawyers joined back
work in government courts.
223 Write True or False: At the end of the nineteenth century, 80 percent of the total workforce in Europe
was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector.
224 Write True or False : International market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the 18th century.
225 Write True or False: The American Civil War resulted in the reduction of cotton exports from India.
226 Write True or False: The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their
productivity.

What did the term "Orient' refer to?
( a) England ( b) Asia
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( c) Russia ( d) America

Which is the pioneer country in industrialisation?
( a) Russia ( b) India
( c) England ( d) China

Which among these was a pre-colonial sea port?
( a) Visakhapatnam ( b) Chennai
( c) Hooghly ( d) Cochin

Where was the first sucessful cotton mill set up?
( a) Surat ( b) Bombay
( c) Calcutta ( d) Kerala

Who was a 'Jobber'?
( a) Trusted worker ( b) Painter
( c) Dancer ( d) Soldier

Why were the weavers tied with the company traders?
( a) They were under loans. ( b) They had no other place to work.
( c) They had less equipments. ( d) They were paid very high wages.

18th Century India witnessed the decline of which port town?
( a) Surat ( b) Bombay
( c) Calcutta ( d) Madras

The paid servants of the East India Company was known as _____.
( a) Seth ( b) Mamlatdar
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( c) Gomastha ( d) Lambardar
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10th - Social Studies

5 Choose the correct option:

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( c) National anthem of Italy ( d) The youth of Italy

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12 Complete the sentence:

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14 Choose the correct option:

( a) Common people ( b) Aristocratic

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17 Complete the sentence:

18 Complete the sentence:

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20 Complete the sentence:

Complete the sentence:

22 State if True or False:

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27 Choose the correct statement.

28 Choose the correct statement.

29 Choose the correct statement.

30 Choose the correct statement.

33 Assertion(A): Language, too played an important role in developing nationalist sentiments.

language was forced out.

34 Assertion(A): The 1830s were years of great economic hardship in Europe.

36 Who was Frederic Sorrieu?

37 To which country did the artist Frederic Sorrieu belong?

39 What was the concept of a 'modern state'?

40 What does 'Nation-state' mean?

41 What do the ideas of 'la Patrie' and 'le Citoyen' emphasize?

42 Which new name was given to 'The Estates General'?

43 When did industrialisation begin in England and other parts of Europe?

45 When and why was Zollverein formed?

46 Which countries met at Treaty of Vienna?

47 Who hosted the Treaty of Vienna?

48 What was the objective of Treaty of Vienna?

had been deposed during the French

49 What was the main aim of Treaty of Vienna 1815?

51 Who was Giuseppe Mazzini?

52 Which two underground societies were formed by Giuseppe Mazzini?

53 How did Metternich describe Mazzini?

54 Who were liberal nationalists?

55 Name the Treaty of 1832 that recognised Greece as an independent nation.

57 Who supported Nationalists of Greeks in their Independence war?

58 What was 'Romanticism' during the age of revolutions?

( c) A cultural movement, which sought to ( d) A cultural movement, which sought to

59 What led to widespread pauperism in Europe?

60 Who was Otto von Bismarck?

61 Who was proclaimed the King of United Italy in 1861?

62 Which female Allegory was invented by artists in France?

63 What was the Allegory of Germany?

66 Choose the correct option: