The Rise of Nationalism in Europe — Class 10 MCQs with Answers
Class 10 CBSE History · Chapter 1
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The Rise of Nationalism in Europe — important questions & MCQs with answers (Class 10 History)
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- Q1 of 6Easy
The Napoleonic Code was introduced in:
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Answer: 1804
Explanation: Civil Code of 1804 (Code Napoléon).
- Q2 of 6Easy
The peasant masses of southern Italy who had supported Garibaldi had never heard of Italia. What did they believe 'La Talia' was?
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Answer: Victor Emmanuel's wife
Explanation: The chapter says the peasant masses of southern Italy who had supported Garibaldi had never heard of Italia and believed that 'La Talia' was Victor Emmanuel's wife. It shows that much of the Italian population, among whom rates of illiteracy were very high, remained unaware of liberal-nationalist ideology.
- Q3 of 6Medium
Romanticism, a cultural movement, sought to develop a particular form of nationalist sentiment by emphasising:
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Answer: Emotions, intuition, folk culture and a shared cultural past
Explanation: Romantic artists and poets criticised the glorification of reason and science and focused on emotions, intuition and mystical feelings, to create a shared cultural past as the basis of a nation. Herder added that true German culture lay among the common people (das volk), in folk songs, poetry and dances.
- Q4 of 6Medium
Conservatives who dominated Europe after 1815 believed that:
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Answer: Traditional institutions like monarchy and Church should be preserved, though some modernisation could strengthen them
Explanation: Conservatives wished to retain traditional institutions but realised modernisation (efficient bureaucracy, a modern army) could strengthen autocratic monarchies.
- Q5 of 6Hard
The Congress of Vienna (1815) was hosted by:
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Answer: Metternich
Explanation: Austrian Chancellor Metternich hosted it to restore conservative order.
- Q6 of 6Hard
Assertion (A): Giuseppe Mazzini was seen by conservatives as a threat to their established order. Reason (R): Mazzini believed that God had intended nations to be the natural units of mankind, opposed monarchy and had a vision of democratic republics.
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Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Explanation: Both statements are in the text, and R explains A: Mazzini's relentless opposition to monarchy and his vision of democratic republics frightened the conservatives. Metternich described him as 'the most dangerous enemy of our social order'.
The Rise of Nationalism in Europe notes: key concepts (Class 10 History)
Traces how nationalism reshaped 19th-century Europe: from the French Revolution's idea of a sovereign people, through Napoleon's reforms and the conservative Treaty of Vienna (1815), to the unification of Italy (1861) and Germany (1871). Also covers liberalism, Romanticism, allegories of the nation, and the volatile Balkans.
- 1789French Revolution: sovereignty passes from the monarch to the citizens
- 1804Napoleonic Code: no privileges by birth, equality before the law
- 1815Treaty of Vienna restores the conservative monarchies
- 1821–1832Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
- 1834Zollverein: Prussia-led customs union of German states
- 1861Victor Emmanuel II proclaimed king of a united Italy
- Jan 1871Wilhelm I proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles
| Leader | Where | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe Mazzini | Italy (born in Genoa) | Founded the secret societies Young Italy and Young Europe |
| Cavour | Sardinia-Piedmont | Prime Minister; allied with France |
| Garibaldi | Italy | His Red Shirts took the south |
| Otto von Bismarck | Prussia | Chief Minister; unified Germany through three wars (Denmark, Austria, France) |
| Liberalism | Conservatism | |
|---|---|---|
| Valued | Government by consent, equality before the law | Monarchy, the church, traditional social hierarchies |
| In the economy | A unified market free of trade barriers | Accepted some Napoleonic modernisation |
- French Revolution (1789)
- First clear expression of nationalism: it transferred sovereignty from the monarch to a body of French citizens, with ideas of la patrie and le citoyen.
- Napoleonic Code (1804)
- Also called the Civil Code of 1804: abolished privileges by birth, established equality before the law, and secured the right to property.
- Treaty of Vienna (1815)
- Hosted by Austrian Chancellor Metternich, it restored conservative monarchies and the old order undone by Napoleon; the Bourbons returned to France.
- Liberalism
- From Latin 'liber' (free): demanded government by consent, equality before the law and, economically, a unified market free of trade barriers.
- Conservatism
- Post-1815 ideology that valued monarchy, the church and traditional social hierarchies while accepting some Napoleonic modernisation.
- Zollverein (1834)
- Prussian-led customs union that abolished tariff barriers among German states, creating a unified economic territory that fed national feeling.
- Unification of Italy (1861)
- Cavour, PM of Sardinia-Piedmont, allied with France; Garibaldi's Red Shirts took the south; Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed king in 1861.
- Giuseppe Mazzini
- Genoa-born revolutionary who founded the secret societies Young Italy and Young Europe; his vision of a unified republic alarmed conservatives.
- Unification of Germany (1871)
- Achieved by Prussia through Bismarck's 'blood and iron' policy; Prussian king Wilhelm I was proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles in Jan 1871.
- Otto von Bismarck
- Chief Minister of Prussia and architect of German unification, engineered through three wars against Denmark, Austria and France.
- Romanticism
- Cultural movement stressing emotion, folk culture and vernacular language (e.g. the Grimm Brothers) to build a shared national identity.
- Marianne and Germania
- Female allegories of the nation: Marianne personified the French Republic; Germania, crowned with oak leaves, symbolised the German nation.
- Greek War of Independence (1821–1832)
- Greece won freedom from the Ottoman Empire; it mobilised nationalist support across Europe and drew poets like Lord Byron to the cause.
- The Balkans
- By the late 19th century Europe's most explosive region: rival Slavic nationalities and Great-Power rivalry made it the 'powder keg' of Europe.
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Traces how nationalism reshaped 19th-century Europe: from the French Revolution's idea of a sovereign people, through Napoleon's reforms and the conservative Treaty of Vienna (1815), to the unification of Italy (1861) and Germany (1871). Also covers liberalism, Romanticism, allegories of the nation, and the volatile Balkans. Key ideas include French Revolution (1789), Napoleonic Code (1804), Treaty of Vienna (1815), Liberalism, Conservatism, Zollverein (1834).
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