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HISTORY
His: Ch. 1 – THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE.

LEVEL - 1
2 Mark Questions
1. What was the concept of a ‘modern state’?

2. What was the meaning of the word ‘Liberalism’ for the new middle classes?

3. What are the two underground organisation established by Giuseppe Mazzini?

4. What led to widespread pauperism in Europe?

5. What is the female allegory of France?

6. How did the Balkan issue become one of the major factors responsible for the First
World War?

7. Describe the political ends that list hopes to achieve through economic.

8. Discuss the importance of language and people traditions in the creations of

National Identity.

9. ‘Great economic hardships in Europe prevailed in 1830’s’. Support the statement

with arguments.

10. Explain the term “Absolutist” government.

11. Explain the term "Utopian society".

3 Marks Questions

1. What was the main aim of the revolutionaries behind the French revolution?

2. What kind of conservative regimes were set up in 1815? What did liberals think
about them?

3. How did Polish use their language as a weapon of national resistance against
Russia?

OR

What role did language play in developing nationalist sentiments in Poland?

4. Write three features of the painting of Frederic Sorrieu.

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5. Why was the Habsburg Empire called the patchwork nation explain?

6. Describe the cause of the Silesian weavers’ uprising. What were its results?

7. What were Jacobin clubs? How did then- activities and campaigns help to spread
the idea of nationalism abroad? Explain.

5 Marks Questions:

1. How did Romanticism seek to develop a particular form of nationalist sentiments

during 18th century? Explain.

2. Explain how folklore, folk songs raised the spirit of nationalism in Europe.

3. Analyse the measures and practices introduced by the French revolutionaries to

create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.

4. In Britain the formation of the nation-state was not the result of a sudden upheaval
or revolution. Validate the statement with relevant arguments.

5. How was the history of nationalism in Britain unlike the rest of Europe?

Case Based Questions 4 Marks

Read the following source given below and answer the questions given below.

One such individual was the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini. Born in Genoa
in 1807, he became a member of the secret society of the Carbonari. As a young
man of 24, he was sent into exile in 1831 for attempting a revolution in Liguria. He
subsequently founded two more underground societies, first, Young Italy in
Marseilles, and then, Young Europe in Berne, whose members were like-minded
young men from Poland, France, Italy and the German states. Mazzini believed that
God had intended nations to be the natural units of mankind. So Italy could not
continue to be a patchwork of small states and kingdoms. It had to be forged into a
single unified republic within a wider alliance of nations. This unification alone
could be the basis of Italian liberty. Following his model, secret societies were set up
in Germany, France, Switzerland and Poland. Mazzini’s relentless opposition to
monarchy and his vision of democratic republics frightened the conservatives.
Metternich described him as ‘the most dangerous enemy of our social order’.

Answer the following questions.

1. Who was Giuseppe Mazzini

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2. What was the contribution of Giuseppe Mazzini in spreading revolutionary ideas in
Europe?

3. Why Metternich described Mazzini as most dangerous enemy of our social order?

Assertion and Reason:

In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and
Reason (R). Read the statements and chose the correct option:

Options:

a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

c) (A) is true but (R) is false

d) (A) is false but (R) is true

1. Assertion (A): The Scottish Highlanders were forbidden to speak their Gaelic
language or wear their national dress, and large numbers were forcibly driven out
of their homeland.

Reason (R): The English helped the Protestants of Ireland to establish their
dominance over a largely Catholic country.

2. Assertion (A): From the very beginning, the French revolutionaries introduced
various measures and practices like the idea of la patria and le citizen.

Reason (R): This was done to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French
people.

3. Assertion (A): During the years following 1818, the fear of repression drove many
liberal nationalists underground.

Reason (R): Secret societies sprang up in many European states to train

revolutionaries and spread their ideas.

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HISTORY
His: Ch. 1 – THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE.

LEVEL - 2
2 Mark Questions
1. What is the significance of 1848 for France?

2. Analyse the role of Chief Minister Cavour who led the movement to unite the regions
of Italy.

3. How did Frederic sorrieu visualize his dream of a world made up of democratic and
social Republic? Explain.

4. What were some of the major changes introduced by the French Revolution?

5. How were the ideas of French Revolution propagated by the artists of that time?

6. How did Napoleonic trade benefitted the businessmen and small scale producers

7. How had Napoleonic code exported to the regions under French control explain with
examples.

8. What was the main intention behind the ‘Treaty of Vienna of 1815’?

9. ‘Great economic hardships in Europe prevailed in 1830’s’. Support the statement

with arguments.

10. What was the feminist movement explain?

3 Marks Questions

1. Who was Frederic Sorrieu? Describe main features of the first print prepared by him
in 1848?

2. Describe the political condition of Europe in the mid-eighteenth century?

3. Describe how the events in France affected the different cities in Europe?

4. 'Napoleon's administrative measures had Revolutionized the whole administration.

Comment.

5. How did industrialisation change European social and economic terms?

6. What were the major proposals of the Vienna Congress?

7. During the French Revolution, who was granted the right to vote?

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5 Marks Questions

1. "The idealistic liberal-democratic sentiment of nationalism in the first half of

nineteenth century became a narrow creed with limited ends". Examine the
statement.

2. “The decade of 1830 had brought great economic hardship in Europe.” Support that
statement with arguments.

3. In Britain the formation of the nation state was a result of long drawn out process.
Discuss.

4. Which factors were responsible for the rise of nationalism in Europe?

5. "The French Revolution left an indelible mark on the world history". Evaluate this
statement.

Case Based Questions 4 Marks

Read the following source given below and answer the questions given below.

The emphasis on vernacular language and the collection of local folklore was not
just to recover an ancient national spirit, but also to carry the modern nationalist
message to large audiences who were mostly illiterate. This was especially so in the
case of Poland, which had been partitioned at the end of the eighteenth century by
the Great Powers – Russia, Prussia and Austria. Even though Poland no longer
existed as an independent territory, national feelings were kept alive through music
and language. Karol Kurpinski, for example, celebrated the national struggle
through his operas and music, turning folk dances like the polonaise and mazurka
into nationalist symbols. Language too played an important role in developing
nationalist sentiments. After Russian occupation, the Polish language was forced
out of schools and the Russian language was imposed everywhere. In 1831, an
armed rebellion against Russian rule took place which was ultimately crushed.
Following this, many members of the clergy in Poland began to use language as a
weapon of national resistance. Polish was used for church gatherings and all
religious instruction. As a result, a large number of priests and bishops were put in
jail or sent to Siberia by the Russian authorities as punishment for their refusal to
preach in Russian. The use of polish came to be seen as a symbol of the struggle
against Russian dominance.

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Answer the following questions.

1. What was the emphasis on vernacular language and the collection of local folklore?

2. How the nationalist feelings were kept alive in Poland in the 18th and 19th
centuries?

3. Why was Russian language imposed on Polish people?

Assertion and Reason:

In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and
Reason (R). Read the statements and chose the correct option:

Options:

a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

c) (A) is true but (R) is false

d) Both (A) and (R) is false

1. Assertion (A): The issue of extending political rights to women was a controversial
one within the liberal movement, in which large numbers of women had participated
actively over the years.

Reason (R): When the Frankfurt parliament convened in the Church of St. Paul,
women were granted the rights.

2. Assertion (A): There was no British nation prior to the eighteenth century.

Reason (R): The primary identities of the people who inhabited the British Isles were
ethnic ones – such as English, Welsh, Scot or Irish. All of these ethnic groups had
their own cultural and political traditions.

3. Assertion (A): Like Germany, Italy too had a long history of political fragmentation.

Reason (R): During the middle of the nineteenth century, Italy was divided into
seven States.

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HISTORY
His: Ch. 1 – THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE.

LEVEL - 3
2 Mark Questions
1. ‘Nationalism’, which emerged as a force in the late 19th century, means.

2. What did the Vienna Peace Settlement signify?

3. Explain the political situation of Italy before its unification.

4. How did Britain came into existence as a nation- state? Explain?

5. Describe the role of Otto von Bismarck in the making of Germany.

6. Describe the cause of the Silesian weavers’ uprising. Comment on the viewpoint of
the journalist.

7. In what way do you think this print depicts a utopian vision?

8. Summarise the attributes of a nation, as Renan understands them. Why, in his view,
are nations important?

9. When did industrialisation begin in Europe what were its consequences.

10. What term is used as 'plebiscite'?

3 Marks Questions

1. What did Liberal Nationalism stand for? Explain any four ideas of Liberal
Nationalists in the economic sphere.

2. What were the causes for Imperialism?

3. Give appropriate instances to support the claim that nationalism's alliance with
imperialism caused the European war of 1914 to be a calamity.

4. What was Zollverein? Why was it formed?

5. Briefly explain Greek war of independence

6. How did nationalism develop through culture in Europe? Explain.

5 Marks Questions

1. Why was Frankfurt National assembly convened? Why did it fail?

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2. Briefly explain the Unification of Italy, highlight the value you learn from this.

3. Explain the different stages of Unification of Germany.

4. Why the initial enthusiasm in the areas where the French armies marched turned
into hostility?

5. Discuss the three flows in international economic exchange during 1815-1914?

Case Based Questions 4 Marks

Read the following source given below and answer the questions given below.

In 1848, Frederic Sorrieu, a French artist, prepared a series of four prints visualising
his dream of a world made up of ‘Democratic and social Republics’, as he called
them. As you would recall, artists of the time of the French Revolution personified
liberty as a female figure-here you can recognise the torch of enlightenment she
bears in one hand and the charter of the rights of man in the other. On the earth in
the foreground of the image lie the shattered remains of the symbols of absolutist
institutions. In Sorrieu’s utopian vision, the peoples of the world are grouped as
distinct nations, identified through their flags and national costume. Leading the
procession, way past the statue of liberty, are the United States and Switzerland,
which by this time were already nation-states. France, identifiable by the
revolutionary tricolour, has just reached the statue. The concept and practices of a
modern state, in which a centralised power exercised sovereign control over a clearly
defined territory, had been developing over a long period of time in Europe. But a
nation-state was one in which the majority of its citizens, and not only its rulers,
came to develop a sense of common identity and shared history or descent.

Answer the following questions.

1. Did Frederic Sorrieu a French artist prepared a series of four prints in 1848?

2. What is the torch of Enlightenment refers to?

3. What was the concept of modern state and nation-state

Assertion and Reason:

In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and
Reason (R). Read the statements and chose the correct option:

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Options:

a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

c) (A) is true but (R) is false

d) Both (A) and (R) is false

1. Assertion (A): The Grimm brothers saw French domination as a threat to German
culture.

Reason (R): They believed developing the German language as a part of wider effort
to oppose French domination.

2. Assertion (A): Nationalism, aligned with imperialism, led Europe to disaster in

1914.

Reason (R): Many countries in the world which had been colonised by the European

powers in the nineteenth century began to oppose imperial domination.

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