Test 1

Class 10 – The Rise of Nationalism in Europe



1. For the middle class of Europe, the most important feature of Liberalism was:

(a) Abolition of conservatism
(b) Right to be liberal and educated
(c) Individual freedom and equality before law
(d) Representative government

2. Romanticism refers to:

(a) Cultural movement
(b) Religious movement
(c) Political movement
(d) Literary movement

3. In Prussia, who was referred to as ‘Junkers’?

(a) Military officials
(b) Large landowners
(c) Factory owners
(d) Aristocratic nobles

4. Who among the following was proclaimed the first King of United Italy?

(a) Nicholas II
(b) King George II
(c) Wilhelm IV
(d) Victor Emmanuel II

5. A large number of people were hostile to the Napoleonic code because:

(a) It was not suitable for all
(b) It destroyed the special privileges of the rulers
(c) Administrative changes did not go hand-in-hand with political freedom
(d) None of the above

6. Who, among the following, hosted the Congress at Vienna in 1815?

(a) King of the Netherlands
(b) Giuseppe Mazzini
(c) Duke Metternich
(d) Otto von Bismarck

7. Who among the following formed the secret society called ‘Young Italy’?

(a) Otto von Bismarck
(b) Giuseppe Mazzini
(c) Metternich
(d) Johann Gottfried Herder

8. Which type of government was functioning in France before the revolution of 1789?

(a) Dictatorship
(b) Military
(c) Body of French Citizen
(d) Monarchy

9. Who among the following was known as ‘Colons’?

(a) French citizens living in Vietnam
(b) French citizens living in France
(c) Educated people of Vietnam
(d) Elites of Vietnam

10. 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

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