CHAPTER 1 The Rise of Nationalism in Europe Mcqs

 

1. When did the French Revolution started?

(a) 1789

(b) 1879

(c) 1880

(d) 1769

Sol: 1789

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

Sol: an absolute monarch

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

Sol: Absolutist

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 wisemen

(d) A society under Parliamentary Democracy

Sol: A society under a benevolent monarchy

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

Sol: French revolution

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

Sol: the people of America and Europe men and women of all ages

7. 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

Sol: French

8. Sorrieu’s vision of society which is so idealistic that is unlikely to exist is called _____

(a) Utopian

(b) Absolutist

(c) Democratic

(d) Conservatism

Sol: Democratic

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.

Sol: citizens share a common sense of shared identity or history

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 direct votes 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.

Sol: 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.

Sol: It ensures Parliamentary form of government to 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

Sol: National 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

Sol: A common language

14. When did the Greek struggle for independence begin?

(a) 1848

(b) 1842

(c) 1821

(d) 1896

Sol: 1821

15. When did the war of independence begin in Greece?

(a) 1821

(b) 1815

(c) 1847

 (d) 1849

Sol: 1821

16. Which English poet participated in the freedom struggle movement in Greece?

(a) Lord Byron

(b) Bourbon

(c) Metternich

(d) Philippe

Sol: Lord Byron

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

Sol: Treaty of constantinople

18. What is Romanticism?

(a) A cultural movement

(b) Social movement

(c) Front movement

(d) Political movement

Sol: A cultural movement

19. Who popularised Mazurka in Poland?

(a) Delacroix

(b) Karol Kurpinski

(c) Johann Gottfried

(d) Lord Byron

Sol: karol kurpinski

20. Who designed the cover of German almanac?

(a) Andreas Rebmann

(b) Karol Kurpinski

(c) Johann Gottfried

(d) Bourbon

Sol: Andreas Rebmann

21. Who were called Junkers of Prussia?

(a) prussia

(b) Germans

(c) large landowners

(d) army

Sol: Prussia

22. Who led the famous Expedition of the Thousand to South Italy?

(a) Giuseppe Garibaldi

(b) Mazzini

(c) Metternich

(d) Ottoman

Sol: Giuseppe Graribaldi

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

Sol: La patrie and le citoyen

24. What was the new name of the Estates General?

(a) Federal Assembly

(b) States Assembly

(c) National Assembly

(d) Peoples Assembly

Sol: National Assembly

25. Regional dialects were discouraged and ______, became the common language of the nation.

(a) English

(b) Polish language

(c) French

(d) Italian

Sol: French

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

Sol: Hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs commemorated, custom duties were abolished

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.

Sol: liberate the people of Europe from despotism.

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

Sol: Napoleon

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

Sol:  Napoleon Bonaparte

30. Civil Code was introduced in the year of ___.

(a) 1809

(b) 1807

(c) 1805

(d) 1804

Sol: 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

Sol: Napoleonic 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

Sol: 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

Sol: liberal middle class

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

Sol: freedom for individual and equality before law

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.

Sol: the to vote for all adults

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

Sol: freedom of market and abolition of state imposed restrictions on trade

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

Sol: Zollverein

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

Sol: a custom union formed at the initiative of prussia

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

Sol: to restore conservative regime in europe

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.

Sol: conservatives believe in established, traditional institutions of state and policy

41. Who hosted the congress at Vienna?

(a) Louis Philippe

(b) Giuseppe Mazzini

(c) Duke Metternich

(d) Johann Gottfried Herder

Sol: duke metternich

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

(a) Britain

(b) Russia

(c) Switzerland

(d) Prussia

Sol: switzerland