Question

Please help me by providing some most important Multiple Choice Questions and their solutions from the chapter 'The Rise of Nationalism in Europe'.

Answer 1

Answer:

here are some

Explanation:

1. Elle, the measuring unit in Germany was used to measure:

(a) cloth

(b) thread

(c) land

(d) height

2. Zollevrein started in 1834 in Prussia refers to a:

(a) Trade Union

(b) Customs Union

(c) Labour Union

(d) Farmer’s Union

3. What do the saints, angels and Christ symbolise in the Utopian vision?

(a) Equality among people

(b) Fraternity among nations

(c) Freedom of nations

(d) Resentment against nations

4. Who were the ‘Junkers’?

(a) Soldiers

(b) Large landowners

(c) Aristocracy

(d) Weavers

5. Which treaty recognised Greece as an independent nation?

(a) Treaty of Constantinople, 1832

(b) Treaty of Vienna, 1815

(c) Treaty of Versailles, 1871

(d) None of these

6. By which of the following treaties was the United Kingdom of Great Britain formed?

(a) Treaty of Versailles

(b) Act of Union

(c) Treaty of Paris

(d) Treaty of Vienna

7. Which of the following group of powers collectively defeated Napoleon?

(a) England, France, Italy, Russia

(b) England, Austria, Spain, Russia

(c) Austria, Prussia, Russia, Britain

(d) Britain, Prussia, Russia, Italy

8. Romanticism refers to a:

(a) cultural movement

(b) religious movement

(c) political movement

(d) literary movement

9. 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

10. Which of the following countries is considered as the ‘cradle of European civilization’?

(a) England

(b) France

(c) Greece

(d) Russia

11. Choose the correct nationality of the artist Frederic Sorrieu who visualised in his painting a society made up of Democratic and Social Republic.

(a) German

(b) Swiss

(c) French

(d) American

12. ‘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.

13. Match the term with the statements given below:

A ‘Utopian Society’ is

(i) a society under a benevolent monarchy

(ii) a society that is unlikely to ever exist

(iii) a society under the control of a chosen few wise men

(iv) a society under Parliamentary Democracy

(a) (i) and (ii)

(b) (ii) and (iii)

(c) (ii) only

(d) (iii) only

14. Pick out the correct definition to define the term ‘Plebiscite’.

(a) Plebiscite is a direct vote by which only the female members of a region are asked to accept or reject a proposal.

(b) Plebiscite is a direct vote by the female members of a matriarchal system to accept or reject a proposal.

(c) Plebiscite is a direct vote by only a chosen few from the total population of a parti-cular region to accept or reject a proposal.

(d) Plebiscite is a direct vote by which all the citizens of a region are asked to accept or reject a proposal.

15. 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 govern-ment to its inhabitants.

(d) it ensures jobs and good health to all its inhabitants.

16. Which of the following countries did not attend the Congress of Vienna?

(a) Britain

(b) Russia

(c) Prussia

(d) Switzerland

17. 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

18. Which of the following statements about the ‘French Revolution’ are correct?

(i) After the end of the French Revolution it was proclaimed that it was the people who would henceforth constitute the nation and shape its destiny.

(ii) France will have a constitutional monarchy and the new republic will be headed by a member of the royal family.

(iii) A centralised administrative system will be put in place to formulate uniform laws for all citizens.

(iv) Imposition of internal custom duties and dues will continue to exist in France.

(a) (ii) and (iii)

(b) (ii) and (iv)

(c) (i) and (iii)

(d) (iii) and (iv)

19. 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.

20. The Civil Code of 1804 in France is usually known as:

(a) The French Revolutionary Code

(b) Napoleonic Code

(c) European Imperial Code

(d) The French Civil Code