C.B.S.E.
Class – 10
SOCIAL SCIENCE
India and the Contemporary World - II
The Rise of
Nationalism in Europe
Previous Years’ CBSE Board Questions
Topic-wise
1.1 The French Revolution and the Idea of the Nation
VSA (1 mark)
1. Interpret the concept of ‘liberalisation’ in the field of
economic sphere during the nineteenth century in Europe. (Delhi 2019)
2. Which nation was identifiable in the revolutionary tricolour in
Sorrieu’s utopian vision? (AI 2019)
3. What was the main aim of Treaty of Vienna 1815? (Term-II 2016)
4. What was the meaning of liberalism in early nineteenth century
in Europe? (Foreign 2016)
5. What was the main aim of revolutionaries of Europe during the
years following 1815? (Term-II 2016)
6. What was the main aim of the French revolutionaries? (AI 2015)
7. Identify the French artist who prepared a series of four prints
visualising his dream of a world from the following:
(a) Kitagewa Utamaro
(b) Richard M. Hoe (c) Voltaire
(d) Frederic Sorrieu (Delhi
2013)
8. Which one of the following statements is false regarding the Act
of Union 1707?
(a) It was an agreement between England and Scotland.
(b) It was an agreement between England and Ireland.
(c) It resulted in the formation of the ‘United Kingdom of Great
Britain’.
(d) It gave England control over Scotland. (Delhi 2011)
9. Mention the proclamation of the French Revolution. (Delhi 2010)
SA (3 marks)
10. How had Napoleonic code
exported to the regions under French control? Explain with examples. (Delhi 2019)
11. Describe any three steps
taken by the French revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity
amongst the French people. (Delhi 2017)
12. What was the status of
France as a state before 1789? Which two political and constitutional changes
came in the wake of the French Revolution. (Term-II 2015)
13. Explain any three
provisions of the Treaty of Vienna of 1815. (Term-II 2012)
14. What changes did Napoleon
introduce to make the administrative system more efficient in the territories
ruled by him? (Term-II
2011)
15. Explain any three
features of Napoleonic Code. (Delhi 2010)
LA (5 marks)
16. “The first clear
expression of nationalism came with the ‘French Revolution’ in 1789.” Examine
the statement. (AI
2017)
17. Analyse the measures and
practices introduced by the French revolutionaries to create a sense of
collective identity amongst the French people. (Delhi 2016)
18. “Napoleon had destroyed
democracy in France but in the administrative field he had incorporated
revolutionary principles in order to make the whole system more rational and
efficient.” Analyse the statement with arguments. (AI 2016)
19. Describe any five steps
taken by the French Revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity
among the French people. (AI 2015)
20. Explain any five social
and administrative reforms introduced by Napoleon in the regions under his
control. (Delhi
2014)
21. Describe any four
measures which were introduced by the French Revolutionaries to create a sense
of collective identity amongst the French people. (Delhi 2017, Term-II 2016)
22. Who hosted ‘Vienna
Congress’ in 1815? Analyse the main changes brought by the ‘Vienna Treaty.’ (Delhi 2017)
1.2 The Making of Nationalism in Europe
VSA (1 mark)
23. What was the major change that occurred in the political and
constitutional senerio due to French Revolution in Europe? (Delhi 2015)
24. What was the major issue taken up by the liberal nationalists? (Foreign 2015)
25. What type of conservative regimes were set up in 1815 in Europe?
Choose the appropriate answer from the following:
(a) Autocratic (b) Democratic
(c) Aristocratic (d) Dictatorial (AI 2014)
26. Who remarked “When France sneezes the rest of Europe catches
cold”? (Term-II 2016)
27. Which one of the following is true about the ‘Treaty of
Constantinople’ of 1832?
(a) It recognised Turkey as an independent nation.
(b) It recongnised Greece as an independent nation.
(c) It recognised Germany as an independent nation.
(d) It recognised France as an independent nation. (AI 2012)
28. Which one of the following statements is false regarding the
Zollverein formed in 1834?
(a) It abolished trade barriers.
(b) It reduced the number of currencies.
(c) It had most of the German states as members.
(d) It abolished feudal system. (Delhi 2011)
SA (3 marks)
29. How did a wave of economic nationalism strengthen the wider
nationalist sentiment growing in Europe? Explain. (Term-II 2015, Foreign 2015)
30. Describe the events of French Revolution which had influenced
the people belonging to other parts of Europe. (Delhi 2015)
31. What were Jacobin Clubs? How did their activities and campaigns
help to spread the idea of nationalism abroad? Explain. (Foreign 2014)
32. How did the local people in the areas conquered by Napoleon
react to French rule? Explain. (Delhi
2014)
33. Explain the role of languages in developing national sentiments
in Europe. (Term-II 2011)
34. Examine the role of woman in the nationalist struggles of
Europe. (Term-II 2011)
35. “Culture played an important role in creating the idea of the
nation in Europe.” Support the statement with examples. (AI 2010)
LA (5 marks)
36. “Nationalism no longer retained its idealistic liberal
democratic sentiment by the last quarter of the nineteenth century in Europe.” Analyse
the statement with examples. (Foreign
2016)
37. Describe the impact of Napoleonic reforms on the rest of Europe.
(Term-II 2015)
38. Explain the conditions that were viewed as obstacles to the
economic exchange and growth by the new commercial classes and growth by the
new commercial classes during the nineteenth century in Europe? (Term-II 2014)
39. “Culture played an important role in creating the idea of the
nation in Europe.” Support the statement with suitable examples. (Foreign 2014)
40. How did culture play an important role in creating the idea of
the ‘nation’ in Europe? Explain with examples. (Delhi 2013)
41. What happened during the year following 1815 when the fear of
repression drove many liberal nationalists underground? Explain. (Term-II 2016)
42. How had revolutionaries spread their ideas in many European
States after 1815? Explain with examples. (AI 2014)
1.3 The Age of Revolutions: 1830-1848
VSA (1 mark)
43. What was the strong demand of the emerging middle classes in
Europe during nineteenth century? (Term-II
2016)
44. What was the major issue taken up by the liberal nationalists? (Term-II 2015)
45. What were the effects of revolutinary upheaval in France in
1830? (Term-II 2011)
46. Name the Treaty of 1832 that recognised Greece as an independent
nation. (Delhi 2016)
47. Which one of the following treaties recognised Greece as an
independent nation?
(a) Treaty of Vienna
(b) Treaty of Constantinople
(c) Treaty of Versailles
(d) Treaty of St. Germain (Foreign
2014)
SA (3 marks)
48. Describe any three economic hardships faced by Europe in the
1830s. (AI 2017)
49. “The decade of 1830 had brought great economic hardship in
Europe”. Support the statement with arguments. (AI 2016)
50. Why in the years after 1848, the autocrats of central and
Eastern Europe began to introduce the changes that had already taken place in Western
Europe before 1815? Explain. (Term-II
2016)
51. Explain any three reasons for the nationalist upsurge in the 19th
century Europe. (Term-II 2011)
52. How had revolutionaries spread their ideas in many European
States after 1815? Explain with example. (Term-II
2016)
53. Define the term Romanticism. How did it facilitate the promotion
of nationalist sentiment? (Term-II
2016)
54. “The development of nationalism did not come about only through
wars and territorial expansion. Culture played an important role in creating
the idea of the nation.” Elaborate upon the statement. (Term-II 2016)
55. How did nationalism develop through culture in Europe? Explain. (AI 2015)
56. Explain the conditions that were viewed as obstacles to the
economic exchange and growth by the new commercial classes during the nineteenth
century in Europe. (AI 2014)
57. Describe the role of Giusppe Mazzini as an Italian
revolutionary. (Term-II 2012)
58. “The decade of 1830 had brought great economic hardship in
Europe.” Support (Term-II 2012)
59. What is the significance of 1848 for France and the rest of
Europe? What did the liberals demand? (Term-II
2011)
60. What were the political, social and economic ideas supported by
the liberals, in Europe? (Term-II
2011)
61. Explain any three ways in which nationalist feelings were kept
alive in Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries. (AI 2011)
LA (5 marks)
62. “The idealistic liberal-democratic sentiment of nationalism in
the first half of the nineteenth century became a narrow creed with limited ends.”
Examine the statements. (Foreign
2015)
63. What does the term ‘Liberalism’ mean? What did it mean to
different classes and people? (Term-II
2012)
64. Explain any four ideas of Liberal Nationalists in the economic
sphere. (Delhi 2017)
65. How did culture play in important role in Europe in creating the
idea of the nation? (Term-II 2012)
66. Why were the years of 1830’s of great hardship in Europe?
Explain any five reasons. (Term-II
2012)
67. Explain the 1848 revolution of the liberals. What were the
political, social and economic ideas supported by the liberals? (Term-II 2012)
68. How did the Greek War of Independence mobilized nationalist
feeling among the educated elite across Europe ? Give five points. (Term-II 2011)
69. Explain any four economic hardships that Europe faced in the
1830s. (Delhi 2011)
1.4 The Making of Germany and Italy
VSA (1 mark)
70. Who founded the secret society, ‘Young Italy’ during the 1830s? (Delhi 2017)
71. Who was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at
Versailles in January 1871? (Term-II
2016)
72. Which among the following was the main reason for the weavers to
revolt against contractors in Silesia, in 1845?
(a) Contractors reduced their payments drastically.
(b) They stopped the supply of raw materials to them.
(c) They refused to place orders for finished textiles.
(d) Condition of weavers was very pitiable. (Delhi 2014)
73. Who was proclaimed the king of United Italy in 1861? (Term-II 2011)
74. Which one of the following states was ruled by an Italian
princely house before unification of Italy?
(a) Kingdom of Two Sicilies
(b) Lombardy
(c) Venetia
(d) Sardinia-Piedmont (AI
2011)
SA (3 marks)
75. Describe the role of Otto von Bismarck in the making of Germany.
(AI 2019)
76. Describe any three conditions that led to the formation of the
British Nation State. (Foreign 2017)
77. Briefly describe the process of German unification. (Term-II 2015)
78. Explain the process of unification of Italy. (Delhi 2013, Term-II 2012)
79. Describe the process of ‘Unification of Italy’. (AI 2012)
80. Who was Cavour? Explain his contributions to the unification of
Italy. (Term-II 2012)
81. What changes came in Nationalism in Europe after 1848? Who was
the architect of this process? How was it practised? (Term-II 2012)
LA (5 marks)
82. Examine the ‘Nation State Building’ process in Germany after
1848. (Foreign 2017)
83. Describe the process of unification of Germany. (Delhi 2015)
84. Describe the process of Unification of Britain. (Term-II 2015)
85. In Britain the formation of the nation-state was not the result
of a sudden upheaval or revolution. Validate the statement with relevant
arguments. (Term-II 2012)
86. Explain the role of Giuseppe Mazzini in the unification of
Italy. (Term-II 2012)
87. With reference to Scotland and Ireland, explain how British
nationalism grew at the cost of other cultures. (Term-II 2012)
1.5 Visualizing the Nation
VSA (1 mark)
88. Which one of the following is not true about the female allegory
of France?
(a) She was named Marianne.
(b) She took part in the French Revolution.
(c) She was a symbol of national unity.
(d) Her characteristic were drawn from those of Liberty and the
Republic. (AI 2011)
SA (3 marks)
89. How had the female figures become an allegory of the nation
during nineteenth century in Europe? Analyse. (Delhi 2016)
LA (5 marks)
90. ‘While it is easy enough to represent a rular through a portrait
or a statue, how does one go about giving a face to a nation.” Examine this statement
in context of European nationalism in five points. (Term-II 2012)
1.6 Nationalism and Imperialism
LA (5 marks)
91. Describe the explosive conditions prevailing in Balkans after
1871 in Emope. (2018)
92. Briefly trace the geographical and ethnic variations of Balkan
region. Why did this region become politically very explosive. (Term-II 2014)
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