Question

23. Read the source and answer the following questions.
By the last quarter of the nineteenth century nationalism no longer retained its idealistic
liberal-democratic sentiment of the first half of the century, but became a narrow creed with
limited ends. During this period nationalist groups became increasingly intolerant of each other
and ever ready to go to war. The major European powers, in turn, manipulated the nationalist
aspirations of the subject peoples in Europe to further their own imperialist aims.
The most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe after 1871 was the area called the Balkans
The Balkans was a region of geographical and ethnic variation comprising modern-day Romania,
Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia and
Montenegro whose inhabitants were broadly known as the Slavs. A large part of the Balkans was
under the control of the Ottoman Empire. The spread of the ideas of romantic nationalism in the
Balkans together with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire made this region very explosive.
All through the nineteenth century the Ottoman Empire had sought to strengthen itself through
modernisation and internal reforms but with very little success. One by one, its European subject
nationalities broke away from its control and declared independence. The Balkan peoples based
their claims for independence or political rights on nationality and used history to prove that
they had once been independent but had subsequently been subjugated by foreign powers. Hence
the rebellious nationalities in the Balkans thought of their struggles as attempts to win back their
long-lost independence.
(1) Identify the reason, why the nationalist
(iii) Which of the following regions is
called as Balkans?
movement during the last quarter of the
(a) Romania, Bulgaria and Albania
nineteenth century lost its liberal
(b) Greece, Macedonia and Croatia
democratic sentiment?
(c) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia
(a) In this period nationalists groups became
and Montenegro
intolerant of each other and ever ready to
(d) All of the above
go to war.
(iv) Which of the following statements
(b) The British government introduced strict
rule against the revolutionaries.
correctly describe the attempt to win
(c) Both (a) and (b)
back long-lost independence by the
(d) Leadership became weak
Balkan states?
(ii) The most serious sources of nationalist
(a) One by one Balkan states broke away
tension in Europe after 1871 was the
and declared independence.
(b) Balkan states people demanded their
region of
political rights and tried to prove that
(a) Greece, Macedonia
they were free and independent before
(b) Balkans
(c) Balkan states admitted the leadership
(c) Ottoman Empire
of France
(d) None of the above
(d) Both (a) and (b)​

Answer 1

Answer:

the nineteenth century nationalism no longer retained its idealistic

liberal-democratic sentiment of the first half of the century, but became a narrow creed with

limited ends. During this period nationalist groups became increasingly intolerant of each other

and ever ready to go to war. The major European powers, in turn, manipulated the nationalist

aspirations of the subject peoples in Europe to further their own imperialist aims.

The most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe after 1871 was the area called the Balkans

The Balkans was a region of geographical and ethnic variation comprising modern-day Romania,

Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia and

Montenegro whose inhabitants were broadly known as the Slavs. A large part of the Balkans was

under the control of the Ottoman Empire. The spread of the ideas of romantic nationalism in the

Balkans together with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire made this region very explosive.

Answer 2

Answer:

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