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Question. Which one of the following types of government was functioning before the revolution of 1789?
(a) Dictatorship
(b) Military
(c) Monarchy
(d) Council of French citizen

Answer

C

Question. Which one of the following was not a part of the concept of nation-state?
(a) Clearly defined boundary
(b) National identity based on culture and history
(c) Sovereignty
(d) Freedom from monarchy

Answer

D

Question. What is an “allegory’?
(a) Idealistic state
(b) Abstract idea
(c) Art form
(d) Song

Answer

B

Question. Who played the leading role in the unification of Germany?
(a) German Emperor (formerly King of Prussia) – Kaiser William I
(b) Otto Von Bismarck (Prussian Chief Minister)
(c) Johann Gottfried Herder – German philosopher
(d) Austrian Chancellor – Duke Metternich

Answer

B

Question. Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark , Germany and France ended in –
(a) Danish victory
(b) Prussian victory
(c) French victory
(d) German victory

Answer

B

Question. What is Liberalism?
(a) ‘liberalism’ derives from the Latin root liber, meaning free-freedom for the individual and equality of all before the law.
(b) end of autocracy
(c) equal rules for all
(d) liberty to the upper classes

Answer

A

Question. What is Suffrage?
(a) Right to property
(b) Right to Justice
(c) Right to vote
(d) Right to complain

Answer

C

Question. In revolutionary France, the right to vote and to get elected was granted exclusively to ______.
(a) property-owning men
(b) all
(c) Men and women
(d) upper class

Answer

A

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

Answer

B

Question. A large part of Balkan region was under the control of:
(a) Russian empire
(b) Ottoman empire
(c) German empire
(d) Habsburg empire

Answer

B

Question. 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) None of the above

Answer

C

Question. Which of the following was not a part of Napoleon’s defeat?
(a) Britain
(b) Austria
(c) Italy
(d) Germany

Answer

C

Question. Treaty of Constantinople recognised _____________ as an independent nation.
(a) Greece
(b) Austria
(c) Italy
(d) Japan

Answer

A

Question. Who hosted the ‘Treaty of Vienna’?
(a) Frédéric Sorrieu
(b) Victor Emmanuel
(c) Duke Metternich
(d) Giuseppe Garibaldi

Answer

C

Question. Which one of the following was NOT the result of the Treaty of Vienna 1815 ?
(a) The Kingdom of the Netherlands was set up in the North.
(b) Austria was given control of Northern Italy.
(c) Prussia was given important new territories on its western frontiers.
(d) Russia was given German Confederation of 39 states.

Answer

C

Question. The meaning of ‘Volksgeist:
(a) Common people
(b) Spirit of the nation
(c) Music
(d) None of the above

Answer

B

Question. What happened to Poland at the end of the 18th century? Which of the following answers is correct?
(a) Poland achieved independence at the end of the 18th century.
(b) Poland came totally under the control of Russia and became part of Russia.
(c) Poland became the part of East Germany
(d) Poland was partitioned at the end of the 18th century by three Great Powers: Russia, Prussia and Austria.

Answer

D

Question. The political and constitutional changes brought about by the French Revolution were
(a) it ended the absolute monarchy
(b) it transferred power to a body of the French citizens
(c) it proclaimed that henceforth people would constitute the nation and shape its destiny
(d) all the above

Answer

D

Question. What does blindfolded woman carrying a pair of weighing scales symbolise?
(a) Peace
(b) Equality
(c) Justice
(d) Liberty

Answer

C

Question. What was the main intention behind ‘Treaty of Vienna of 1815’?
(a) Restore republics
(b) Restore democracies
(c) Restore monarchies
(d) None of these

Answer

C

Question. 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

Answer

A

Question. What type of conservative regimes set up in 1815 in Europe?
(a) Autocratic
(b) Aristocratic
(c) Democratic
(d) Dictatorial

Answer

A

Question. Which of the following revolutions is called as the first expression of ‘Nationalism’?
(a) French Revolution
(b) Russian Revolution
(c) Glorious Revolution
(d) The Revolution of the liberals

Answer

A

Question. What did ‘Das Volk’ stand for?
(a) Democracy
(b) Factory workers
(c) Slum dwellers
(d) common people

Answer

D

Question. Which of the following is true with reference to Romanticism?
(a) concept of government by consent
(b) freedom of markets
(c) cultural movements
(d) freedom of an individual

Answer

D

Question. ‘Nationalism’, which emerged as a force in the late 19th century, means
(a) strong devotion for one’s own country and its history and culture.
(b) strong devotion for one’s own country without appreciation for other nations.
(c) strong love for one’s own country and hatred for others.
(d) equally strong devotion for all the countries of the world.

Answer

A

Question. The Napoleonic Code was exported to which of the following regions?
(a) England
(b) Spain
(c) Regions under French control
(d) Poland

Answer

C

Question. The term ‘Universal Suffrage’ means:
(a) the right to vote and get elected, granted only to men.
(b) the right to vote for all adults.
(c) the right to vote and get elected, granted exclusively to property owning men.
(d) the right to vote and get elected, granted only to educated men and women.

Answer

B

Question. Which of the following is not a feature or belief of ‘Conservatism’?
(a) Conservatives believe in established, traditional institutions of state and policy.
(b) Conservatives stressed the importance of tradition and preferred gradual development to quick change.
(c) Conservatives proposed to return to the society of pre-revolutionary days and were against the ideas of modernisation to strengthen monarchy.
(d) Conservatives believed in the monarchy, church, and other social hierarchies.

Answer

C

Question. Romanticism refers to a:
(a) cultural movement
(b) religious movement
(c) political movement
(d) literary movement

Answer

A

Question. Which one of the following types of government was functioning in France before the revolution of 1789?
(a) Dictatorship
(b) Military
(c) Body of French Citizen
(d) Monarchy

Answer

D

Question. Which of the following countries is considered as the ‘cradle of European civilization’?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Greece
(d) Russia

Answer

C

Question. The first great revolution which gave the clear idea of nationalism with its core words:
‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was:
(a) The Russian Revolution
(b) The French Revolution
(c) The American Revolution
(d) India’s First War of Independence

Answer

B

Question. ‘Crown of oak leaves’ symbolises?
(a) heroism
(b) Being freed
(c) willingness to make peace
(d) Beginning of a new era

Answer

B

Question. Name the customs union formed by Prussia to abolish tariff barriers.
(a) Elle
(b) Zollverein
(c) Zweibiicken
(d) La Patrie

Answer

B

Question. Identify the French artist who prepared a series of four prints visualising his dreams of a world from the following:
(a) Kitagewa Utamaro
(b) Richard M Hoe
(c) Voltaire
(d) Frederic Sorrieu

Answer

D

Question. Which of the following artist painted the image of Germania?
(a) Philip Veit
(b) Frederic Sorrieu
(c) Ernst Renan
(d) Richard M Hoe

Answer

A

Question. What did the ‘German Sword’ stand for?
(a) Heroism
(b) Readiness to fight
(c) Beginning of a new era
(d) Symbol of German empire-strength

Answer

B

Question. What were the contributions of the Grimm Brothers in nation-building?
(a) Fairy tales
(b) Folk dances
(c) Operas
(d) Music

Answer

A

Question. Women were admitted in the Frankfurt parliament convened in the Church of St Paul, but only as:
(a) Opposition
(b) Waitresses
(c) Guards
(d) Observers

Answer

D

Question. What did weavers in Silesia, in 1845, revolt against?
(a) Bad quality raw material
(b) Insufficient supply of raw material
(c) Contractors who didn’t pay them enough
(d) None of these

Answer

C

Question. Ernst Renan believed that the existence of nations is a necessity because
(a) it ensures protection to all inhabitants.
(b) it ensures liberty to all inhabitant citizens.
(c) it ensures Parliamentary form of government to its inhabitants.
(d) it ensures jobs and good health to all its inhabitants.

Answer

B

Question. Which of the following countries did not attend the Congress of Vienna?
(a) Britain
(b) Russia
(c) Prussia
(d) Switzerland

Answer

D

Question. The French revolutionaries declared that the mission and destiny of the French nation was
(a) to conquer the people of Europe.
(b) to liberate the people of Europe from despotism.
(c) to strengthen absolute monarchies in all the countries of Europe.
(d) to propagate the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity in every part of the world.

Answer

B

Question. What was the result of Polish being used as the medium of instruction for preaching in all Church gatherings, in late eighteenth century?
(a) Priests and bishops were jailed
(b) Followers were tortured
(c) Preachers were forced to preach in Russian
(d) Followers were sent to Siberia

Answer

A

Question. What led to the abolishing of the tariff barriers in the German-speaking regions of Europe and the reduction of currencies?
(a) Formation of the Customs Union
(b) Formation of traditional institutions
(c) Abolition of feudalism
(d) State power

Answer

A

Question. Nationalism brought about in Europe the emergence of:
(a) The Nation State
(b) The modern state
(c) Multinational Dynastic state
(d) Alliances formed among many European states.

Answer

A

Question. The term Plebiscite means:
(a) Adult Franchise
(b) A direct vote by which all the people of a region are asked to accept or reject a proposal
(c) When the rich and the aristocrats select their leaders
(d) A vote by the people to elect their leader.

Answer

B

Question. The ideas of a United community enjoying equal rights under a constitution were expressed by the French as:
(a) La Patrie
(b) Le Citoyen
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above

Answer

C

Question. What emphasised the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution?
(a) la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen)
(b) French people in common
(c) French Flag
(d) idea of one nation state

Answer

C

Question. The French philosopher Ernst Renan outlined his understanding of a nation in a lecture given at the
(a) University of Cambridge.
(b) University of Oxford.
(c) University of Sorbonne.
(d) University of Sussex.

Answer

C

Question. Who hosted Congress of Vienna ?
(a) Bismark
(b) Nepoleon Bonaparte
(c) Voltaire
(d) Matternich

Answer

D

Question. Which of following state was ruled by as Italian Princely House ?
(a) Sardania Piedmont
(b) Papal States
(c) Venetia
(d) Tuscany

Answer

A

Question. Find out the statement which does not cause to Imperialism : 
(a) Prosperity of Asia and Africa
(b) Weakness of Asian and African Nations
(c) Need of raw material from Asia and Africa
(d) Growing agitation in Nationalistic movement in African and Asian continent

Answer

D

Question. Who amongst the following ruled over Sardinia-piedmont during the middle of the nineteenth century. 
(a) Italian Princely house
(b) Austrian Habsburg
(c) Pope
(d) Bourbon king of spain

Answer

A

Question. Who said “When France sneezes the rest of the Europe catches cold”.
(a) Garibaldi
(b) Mazzini
(c) Bismarck
(d) Matternich

Answer

D

Question. Returning from exile, Giuseppe Mazzini formed a new organisation called
(a) National Italy.
(b) Young Italy.
(c) United Italy.
(d) Organised Italy.

Answer

B

Question. A vision of a society that is so ideal that it is unlikely to actually exist is known as
(a) Utopian
(b) Socialism
(c) Communalism
(d) Feminism

Answer

A

Question. Who is regarded as father of Italian unification ?
(a) Mazini
(b) Cavour
(c) Garibaldi
(d) None of these

Answer

B

Question. What is the meaning of this French word “Le Citoyen”?
(a) The people
(b) The Citizen
(c) Resident
(d) All above

Answer

B

Question. Who became the king after the July Revolution of 1830?
(a) Louis Napolean
(b) Louis Philippe
(c) Louis Blanc
(d) Louis XVIII.

Answer

B

Question. Otto Von Bismarck was the Chief Minister of
(a) Germany
(b) Italy
(c) France
(d) Britain

Answer

A

Question. The tactful diplomatic alliance between Sardinia-Piedmont and France was engineered by
(a) Mazzini
(b) Cavour
(c) Garibaldi
(d) Victor Emmanuel

Answer

B

Question. Liberalism stood for the end of autocracy and clerical privileges since the
(a) American Revolution.
(b) Chinese Revolution.
(c) French Revolution.
(d) Chinese Revolution.

Answer

C

Question. The body in France which consisted of the elected representatives and led the Revolt was
(a) Councils of clergies
(b) General Assembly
(c) National Assembly
(d) People’s Assembly

Answer

C

Question. Young Italy, a secret society was formed by
(a) Metternich
(b) Giuseppe Mazzini
(c) Bismarck
(d) Hitler.

Answer

B

Question. Architect of national unification of Prussia was
(a) Otto Von Bismark
(b) William I
(c) Mazzini
(d) Emmanuel II

Answer

A

Question. Who among the following was described as the most dangerous enemy of social order by Duke Metternich?
(a) Louis Philippe
(b) Karol Kurpinski
(c) Johan Gottfried
(d) Guiseppe Mazzini

Answer

D

Question. Match the table-I with table -II and select the correct response from the options given thereafter.
Table-I Table-II
(symbols) (Meanings)
a. Broken chains i. Beginning of the new era.
b. Crown of Oak leaves ii. Being Freed
c. Olive branch around iii. Heroism.
d. Rays of rising sun iv. Willingness to make peace.
(a) a-i, b-iii, c-ii, d-iv
(b) a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i
(c) a-iv, b-ii, c-i, d-iii
(d) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i

Answer

D

Question. “Young Italy” an underground Society founded by:
(a) Garibaldi
(b) Wilhelm Wolff
(c) Giuseppe Mazzini
(d) Napolean

Answer

C

Question. Who hosted the Vienna Congress?
(a) Duke Metternich
(b) Napolean
(c) Bismarck
(d) Mazzini

Answer

A

Question. The impact of the French revolution 1830 and 1848 in Europe was the emergence of-
(a) Feudalism
(b) Class Struggle
(c) Nationalism
(d) Autocracy

Answer

C

Question. The Prussian king, William I, was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles in
(a) January 1871.
(b) February 1871.
(c) March 1871.
(d) April 1871.

Answer

A

Question. In 1789, France was ruled by
(a) an absolute monarchy.
(b) a dictator.
(c) a republican.
(d) a socialist.

Answer

A

Question. The claim that the true German culture could be discovered among the common people was made by
(a) Bismarck.
(b) Jacob Grimm.
(c) Wilhelm Grimm.
(d) Johann Gottfried Herder.

Answer

D

Question. The English poet who had raised funds and went to fight against the Ottoman Turks for Greeks was
(a) William Blake.
(b) Andre Breton.
(c) Edwin Brock.
(d) Lord Byron.

Answer

D

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