Chapter :- 1 The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
Multiple Choice Question.
1. When did the French Revolution started?
(a) 1789
(b) 1879
(c) 1880
(d) 1769
2. In 1789, France was a full fledged territorial state
under the rule of ____
(a) a federal republic
(b) an absolute monarch
(c) a democratic ruler
(d) None of these
3. A government or system of rule that has no restraints
on the powers exercised is called-
(a) Absolutist
(b) Utopian
(c) Democratic
(d) Conservatist
4. A ‘Utopian Society’ is ---
(a) A society under a benevolent monarchy
(b) A society that is unlikely to ever exist
(c) A society under the control of a chosen few wise
men
(d) A society under Parliamentary Democracy
5. Which of the following revolution is called as the first
expression of ‘Nationalism’?
(a) French revolution
(b) Russian revolution
(c) Glorious revolution
(d) The revolution of liberals
6. Which of the following was NOT visualised by Frederic Sorrieu in his first print of series of four prints made up of ‘Democratic and social republic’?
(a) The people of America and Europe men and
women of all ages.
(b) Social classes marching on a long train
(c) Offering homage to the statue of unity.
(d) None of the above
7. Choose the correct nationality of the artist Frederic Sorrieu who visualized in his painting a society made up of Democratic and Social Republic.
(a) German
(b) Swiss
(c) French
(d) American
8. Sorrieu’s vision of society which is so idealistic that is unlikely to exist is called _____
(a) Utopian
(b) Absolutist
(c) Democratic
(d) Conservatist
9. Which one of the following statements is true about nation-states?
(a) Citizens share a common sense of shared identity
or history.
(b) Nation-state is a state ruled by one absolute
ruler.
(c) Commonness is forged through linguistic factor
only
(d) Nation-states are directly ruled by the people
and based on heterogenization of society.
10. Select 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 male members of
a region are asked to accept or reject a proposal.
(c) Plebiscite is a direct vote by only a chosen few from the total population of a particular 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.
11. 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.
12. A _______ was one in which the majority of its citizens came to develop a common sense of identity and shared history of descent.
(a) City-state
(b) Nation-state
(c) Multinational-state
(d) Totalitarian-state
13. As defined by Ernst Renan, a nation has to have certain attributes. Which one of the following is not among the stated attributes ?
(a) A long past of devotion
(b) A set of common objects of glorification
(c) A will to perform great deeds together
(d) A common language
14. When did the Greek struggle for independence begin?
(a) 1848
(b) 1842
(c) 1821
(d) 1896
15. When did the war of independence begin in Greece?
(a) 1821
(b) 1815
(c) 1847
(d) 1849
16. Which English poet participated in the freedom
struggle movement in Greece?
(a) Lord Byron
(b) Bourbon
(c) Metternich
(d) Philippe
17. Which Treaty recognised Greece as an independent nation?
(a) Treaty of Constantinople
(b) Treaty of Utrecht
(c) Treaty of St. Louis
(d) Treaty of Peace and Amity
18. What is Romanticism?
(a) A cultural movement
(b) Social movement
(c) Front movement
(d) Political movement
19. Who popularised Mazurka in Poland?
(a) Delacroix
(b) Karol Kurpinski
(c) Johann Gottfried
(d) Lord Byron
20. Who designed the cover of German almanac?
(a) Andreas Rebmann
(b) Karol Kurpinski
(c) Johann Gottfried
(d) Bourbon
21. Who were called Junkers of Prussia?
(a) prussia
(b) Germans
(c) large landowners
(d) army
22. Who led the famous Expedition of the Thousand to
South Italy?
(a) Giuseppe Garibaldi
(b) Mazzini
(c) Metternich
(d) Ottoman
23. 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) France under Napoleon
24. What was the new name of the Estates General?
(a) Federal Assembly
(b) States Assembly
(c) National Assembly
(d) Peoples Assembly
25. Regional dialects were discouraged and ______, became the common language of the nation.
(a) English
(b) Polish language
(c) French
(d) Italian
26. What actions were not taken in the name of the
nation during French revolution?
(a) Army was formed
(b) Social work was done
(c) Hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs commemorated, custom duties were abolished
(d) A centralised administrative system was introduced
27. 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 culture of France.
28. With the outbreak of the revolutionary wars, the French armies began to carry the idea of _______ abroad ?
(a) Revolution
(b) Napoleon
(c) Nationalism
(d) Conservatism
29. Who destroyed democracy in France through a
return to monarchy?
(a) Duke Metternich
(b) King Louis Philippe
(c) King Louis XVI
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte
30. Civil Code was introduced in the year of ___.
(a) 1809
(b) 1807
(c) 1805
(d) 1804
31. 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
32. Which of the following reform/s was/were introduced
by Napoleon?
(a) Standardized system of weights and measures
(b) A common national currency
(c) Abolition of the feudal system
(d) All of the above
33. Among which classes did the idea of national unity following the abolition of aristocratic privileges gained popularity ?
(a) Aristocrats
(b) Peasants
(c) Liberal middle class
(d) None of the above
34. Which among the following best signifies the idea of liberal nationalism of nineteenth century Europe?
(a) Emphasis on social justice
(b) State planned socio economic system
(c) Freedom for individual and equality before law
(d) Supremacy of state oriented nationalism
35. 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.
36. What is the meaning of term liberalism in the economic sphere?
(a) Freedom for individual and equality before law
(b) State planned socio economic system
(c) Freedom of market and abolition of state imposed restrictions on trade.
(d) All of the above
37. A custom union that was formed in 1834 at the initiative of Prussia and joined by most of the German states was called-
(a) Zollverein
(b) Utopian
(c) Plebiscite
(d) All of these
38. Which of the following was not the feature of the Zollverein?
(a) A custom union formed at the initiative of Prussia.
(b) The union abolished the tariff barriers
(c) Reduced the number of currencies from thirty to three
(d) An example of unified economic territory
39. For what purpose Vienna Congress was convened in 1815?
(a) To declare completion of German Unification.
(b) To restore conservative regime in Europe
(c) To declare war against France
(d) To start the process of Italian unification
40. 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.
41. Who hosted the the congress at Vienna ?
(a) Louis Philippe
(b) Giuseppe Mazzini
(c) Duke Metternich
(d) Johann Gottfried Herder
42. Which of the following countries did not attend the Congress of Vienna?
(a) Britain
(b) Russia
(c) Switzerland
(d) Prussia
43. Which of the following was not the objective of
Treaty of Vienna 1815 ?
(a) The Bourbon dynasty was restored to power.
(b) France lost the territories it had annexed under Napoleon.
(c) A series of states were set up on the boundaries of France to prevent French expansion in future.
(d) The main intention was to restore the liberal
democratic order that had been overthrown by Napoleon.
44. Who among the following formed the secret society called ‘Young Italy’?
(a) Otto von Bismarck
(b) Giuseppe Mazzini
(c) Metternich
(d) Johann Gottfried Herder
45. The Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini was born at _________ in 1807 ?
(a) Genoa
(b) Carbonari
(c) Marseilles
(d) Berne
46. “When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold.” Who among the following said this popular line?
(a) Giuseppe Mazzini
(b) Duke Metternich
(c) Otto Von Bismarck
(d) Giuseppe Garibaldi
47. What were the consequences of the July revolution of 1830 ?
(a) A constitutional monarchy with Louis Philippe at its head was installed in France
(b) Uprising in Brussels took place which led to Belgium breaking away from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
48. Which country is known as the Cradle of European civilization?
(a) Belgium
(b) France
(c) Greece
(d) U.S.A
49. The Treaty which recognized Greece as an independent nation-
(a) Treaty of Vienna 1815
(b) Treaty of Constantinople 1832
(c) Treaty of Warsaw 1814
(d) Treaty of Leipzig 1813
50. Which one of the following claimed that true German culture was discovered among the common peopledas volk?
(a) Karol Karpinski
(b) Louis philippe
(c) Lord Byron
(d) Johann Gottfried Herder
