CLASS 10 HISTORY CHAPTER 1 MCQ

1. Elle, the measuring unit in 5. Which treaty recognised Greece as

Germany was used to measure: an independent nation?
(a) cloth (a) Treaty of Constantinople, 1832
(b) thread (b) Treaty of Vienna, 1815
(c) land (c) Treaty of Versailles, 1871
(d) height (d) None of these

2. Zollevrein started in 1834 in 6. ‘Nationalism’, which emerged as a

Prussia refers to a: force in the late 19th century, means
(a) Trade Union (a) strong devotion for one’s own
(b) Customs Union country and its history and culture.
(c) Labour Union (b) strong devotion for one’s own
(d) Farmer’s Union country without appreciation for other
nations.
3. What do the saints, angels and
(c) strong love for one’s own country
Christ symbolise in the Utopian
and hatred for others.
vision?
(d) equally strong devotion for all the
(a) Equality among people
countries of the world.
(b) Fraternity among nations
(c) Freedom of nations 7. Match the term with the statements
(d) Resentment against nations given below:
A ‘Utopian Society’ is
4. Choose the correct nationality of
(i) a society under a benevolent
the artist Frederic Sorrieu who
monarchy
visualised in his painting a society
(ii) a society that is unlikely to ever
made up of Democratic and Social
exist
Republic.
(iii) a society under the control of a
(a) German
chosen few wise men
(b) Swiss
(iv) a society under Parliamentary
(c) French
Democracy
(d) American
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (ii) only
(d) (iii) only
8. Pick out the correct definition to 11. Ernst Renan believed that the
define the term ‘Plebiscite’. existence of nations is a necessity
(a) Plebiscite is a direct vote by which because
only the female members of a region (a) it ensures protection to all
are asked to accept or reject a inhabitants.
proposal. (b) it ensures liberty to all inhabitant
(b) Plebiscite is a direct vote by the citizens.
female members of a matriarchal (c) it ensures Parliamentary form of
system to accept or reject a proposal. govern-ment to its inhabitants.
(c) Plebiscite is a direct vote by only a (d) it ensures jobs and good health to
chosen few from the total population all its inhabitants.
of a parti-cular region to accept or
12. Which of the following countries
reject a proposal.
did not attend the Congress of
(d) Plebiscite is a direct vote by which
Vienna?
all the citizens of a region are asked to
(a) Britain
accept or reject a proposal.
(b) Russia
9. By which of the following treaties (c) Prussia
was the United Kingdom of Great (d) Switzerland
Britain formed?
13. Romanticism refers to a:
(a) Treaty of Versailles
(a) cultural movement
(b) Act of Union
(b) religious movement
(c) Treaty of Paris
(c) political movement
(d) Treaty of Vienna
(d) literary movement
10. Which of the following group of
14. Which one of the following types
powers collectively defeated
of government was functioning in
Napoleon?
France before the revolution of 1789?
(a) England, France, Italy, Russia
(a) Dictatorship
(b) England, Austria, Spain, Russia
(b) Military
(c) Austria, Prussia, Russia, Britain
(c) Body of French Citizen
(d) Britain, Prussia, Russia, Italy
(d) Monarchy
15. The first great revolution which 17. The French revolutionaries
gave the clear idea of nationalism declared that the mission and destiny
with its core words: ‘Liberty, Equality of the French nation was
and Fraternity’ was: (a) to conquer the people of Europe.
(a) The Russian Revolution (b) to liberate the people of Europe
(b) The French Revolution from despotism.
(c) The American Revolution (c) to strengthen absolute monarchies
(d) India’s First War of Independence in all the countries of Europe.
(d) to propagate the ideals of liberty,
16. Which of the following statements
equality, and fraternity in every part
about the ‘French Revolution’ are
of the world.
correct?
(i) After the end of the French 18. The Civil Code of 1804 in France
Revolution it was proclaimed that it is usually known as:
was the people who would henceforth (a) The French Revolutionary Code
constitute the nation and shape its (b) Napoleonic Code
destiny. (c) European Imperial Code
(ii) France will have a constitutional (d) The French Civil Code
monarchy and the new republic will
19. The Napoleonic Code was
be headed by a member of the royal
exported to which of the following
family.
regions?
(iii) A centralised administrative
(a) England
system will be put in place to
(b) Spain
formulate uniform laws for all
(c) Regions under French control
citizens.
(d) Poland
(iv) Imposition of internal custom
duties and dues will continue to exist 20. The liberal nationalism stands for:
in France. (a) freedom for the individual and
(a) (ii) and (iii) equality before law.
(b) (ii) and (iv) (b) preservation of autocracy and
(c) (i) and (iii) clerical privileges.
(d) (iii) and (iv) (c) freedom for only male members of
society and equality before law.
(d) freedom only for senior citizens.
21. Who among the following formed monarchy, church, and other social
the secret society called ‘Young hierarchies.
Italy’?
24. The Treaty of recognized Greece
(a) Otto von Bismarck
as an independent nation:
(b) Giuseppe Mazzini
(a) Vienna 1815
(c) Mettemich
(b) Constantinople 1832
(d) Johann Gottfried Herder
(c) Warsaw 1814
22. The term ‘Universal Suffrage’ (d) Leipzig 1813
means:
25. Who said ‘When France sneezes,
(a) the right to vote and get elected,
the rest of Europe catches cold’?
granted only to men.
(a) Garibaldi
(b) the right to vote for all adults.
(b) Bismarck
(c) the right to vote and get elected,
(c) Mazzini
granted exclusively to property
(d) Duke Metternich
owning men.
(d) the right to vote and get elected, 26. What happened to Poland at the
granted only to educated men and end of 18th century. Which of the
women. following answers is correct?
(a) Poland achieved independence at
23. Which of the following is not a
the end of the 18th century.
feature or belief of ‘Conservatism’?
(b) Poland came totally under the
(a) Conservatives believe in
control of Russia and became part of
established, traditional institutions of
Russia.
state and policy.
(c) Poland became the part of East
(b) Conservatives stressed the
Germany.
importance of tradition and preferred
(d) Poland was partitioned at the end
gradual develop¬ment to quick
of the 18th century by three Great
change.
Powers: Russia, Prussia and Austria.
(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
27. Who played the leading role in the 31. What helped in the formation of a
unification of Germany? nation-state in Britain?
(a) German Emperor (formerly King (a) The formation of a nation-state in
of Prussia) — Kaiser William I. Britain was the result of a sudden
(b) Otto Von Bismarck (Prussian upheaval.
Chief Minister). (b) In 1688, the monarchy in Britain
(c) Johann Gottfried Herder — had seized the power from English
German philosopher. Parliament.
(d) Austrian Chancellor — Duke (c) The parliament through a
Metternich. bloodless revolution seized power
from the monarchy which gradually
28. Three wars over seven years with
led to the emergence of a nation-state.
Austria, Denmark, Germany and
(d) The British nation was formed as a
France, ended in
result of a war with Scotland and
(a) Danish victory
Wales.
(b) Prussian victory
(c) French victory 32. Who was responsible for the
(d) German victory unification of Germany?
(a) Count Cavour
29. Who was proclaimed the emperor
(b) Bismarck
of Germany in 1871?
(c) Garibaldi
(a) Otto Von Bismarck
(d) Giuseppe Mazzini
(b) Victor Emmanuel II
(c) Count Cavour 33. The allegory of the German nation
(d) Kaiser William I of Prussia who wears a crown of oak leaves was
a:
30. Who became the King of United
(a) Marianne
Italy in 1861?
(b) Union Jack
(a) Giuseppe Garibaldi
(c) Britannia
(b) Victor Emmanuel II
(d) Germania
(c) Count Cavour
(d) Giuseppe Mazzini
34. A large part of Balkan region was
under the control of:
(a) Russian empire
(b) Ottoman empire
(c) German empire
(d) Habsburg rulers

35. 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

ANSWER
1a 2b 3b 4b 5a 6a
7b 8d 9b 10 c 11 b 12 d
13 a 14 d 15 b 16 c 17 b 18 b
19 c 20 a 21 b 22 b 23 c 24 b
25 d 26 d 27 b 28 b 29d 30b
31 c 32 b 33 d 34 b 35 b