Well structured WBBSE 9 History MCQ Questions Chapter 3 Europe in the 19th Century: Conflict of Nationalist and Monarchial Ideas can serve as a valuable review tool before exams.
Europe in the 19th Century: Conflict of Nationalist and Monarchial Ideas Class 9 WBBSE MCQ Questions
Multiple Choice Questions :
Question 1.
The Congress of Vienna was held in the year-
(A) 1814
(B) 1815
(C) 1816
(D) 1817
Answer:
(B) 1815
Question 2.
The most important person of the Vienna settlement was-
(A) Lafayette
(B) Louis Philippe
(C) Metternich
(D) St. Simon
Answer:
(C) Metternich
Question 3.
The decision of the leaders of the Vienna Congress was to divide Poland into-
(A) one division
(B) three divisions
(C) two divisions
(D) four divisions
Answer:
(B) three divisions
Question 4.
Nationalism means-
(A) strong love for one’s own country without appreciation for other nations
(B) strong devotion for one’s own country and hatred for others
(C) strong love for all the countries of the world
(D) strong devotion for one’s own country and its history and culture.
Answer:
(A) strong love for one’s own country without appreciation for other nations
Question 5.
Liberal nationalism stands for-
(A) freedom of all and equality before law
(B) freedom of only male members of the society
(C) freedom only for senior citizens
(D) freedom of the monarch to rule the people
Answer:
(A) freedom of all and equality before law
Question 6.
In Europe and in different parts of the world the concept of nationalism developed in full form in-
(A) 16 th century
(B) 20th century
(C) 18 th century
(D) 19 th century
Answer:
(D) 19 th century
Question 7.
Which of the following countries did not attend the Congress of Vienna?
(A) Prussia
(B) Britain
(C) Switzerland
(D) Russia
Answer:
(C) Switzerland
Question 8.
The Carlsbad Decree was declared in the year-
(A) 1848
(B) 1819
(C) 1856
(D) 1861
Answer:
(B) 1819
Question 9.
The Carlsbad Decree was declared in-
(A) Germany
(B) France
(C) Russia
(D) Italy
Answer:
(A) Germany
Question 10.
The Carlsbad Decree was declared by-
(A) Talleyrand
(B) Metternich
(C) Louis VII
(D) Charles X
Answer:
(B) Metternich
Question 11.
In 1815 the Prime Minister of Austria was-
(A) Alexander I
(B) Metternich
(C) Louis XVI
(D) Castlereagh
Answer:
(B) Metternich
Question 12.
Metternich was the Chancellor of-
(A) Austria
(B) Russia
(C) Italy
(D) Britain
Answer:
(A) Austria
Question 13.
The father of European conservatism was-
(A) Alexander 1
(B) Louis XV
(C) Cavour
(D) Metternich
Answer:
(D) Metternich
Question 14.
The period of the Age of Metternich was-
(A) 1816-1849
(B) 1815-1848
(C) 1850-1858
(D) 1810-1828
Answer:
(B) 1815-1848
Question 15.
The ‘Coachman of Europe’ was-
(A) Talleyrand
(B) Castlereagh
(C) Metternich
(D) Louis XVIII
Answer:
(C) Metternich
Question 16.
The representative of defeated France in the Vienna Conference was-
(A) Castlereagh
(B) Metternich
(C) Cavour
(D) Talleyrand
Answer:
(D) Talleyrand
Question 17.
The representatives of the Vienna Congress wanted to reestablish the dynasties which reigned in various states prior to Napoleonic wars according to the Principle of-
(A) Compensation
(B) Balance of Power
(C) Legitimacy
(D) Combination
Answer:
(C) Legitimacy
Question 18.
According to the Carlsbad Decree of 1819 restrictions were imposed on-
(A) social institutions of Germany
(B) business organisations of Germany
(C) German universities and other educational institutions
(D) political institutions of Germany
Answer:
(C) German universities and other educational institutions
Question 19.
Metternich to curb all forms of liberalistic ideas in the German universities imposed the-
(A) Carlsbad Decree
(B) Pedlar Decree
(C) Milan Decree
(D) Lyon Decree
Answer:
(A) Carlsbad Decree
Question 20.
Who said Italy is ‘only a geographical expression’?
(A) Cavour
(B) Metternich
(C) Talleyrand
(D) Louis XVIII
Answer:
(B) Metternich
Question 21.
The July Revolution broke out in-
(A) 1820
(B) 1830
(C) 1840
(D) 1850
Answer:
(B) 1830
Question 22.
The king of France during the July Revolution was-
(A) Napoleon
(B) Charles X
(C) Louis XVI
(D) Louis Philippe
Answer:
(B) Charles X
Question 23.
Polignac was appointed minister by-
(A) Charles X
(B) Louis Philippe
(C) Napoleon
(D) Francis II
Answer:
(A) Charles X
Question 24.
The leadership in July Revolution was provided by-
(A) Thiers
(B) Polignac
(C) Simon Bolivar
(D) Metternich
Answer:
(A) Thiers
Question 25.
The task of the French Revolution of 1789 which remained incomplete was completed by the-
(A) French Revolution
(B) February Revolution
(C) July Revolution
(D) Industrial Revolution
Answer:
(C) July Revolution
Question 26.
July Revolution broke out in-
(A) Italy
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Britain
Answer:
(B) France
Question 27.
The July Revolution of 1830 sparked off on-
(A) 29 July
(B) 21 July
(C) 27 July
(D) 30 July
Answer:
(C) 27 July
Question 28.
July monarchy was established in France in-
(A) 1815
(B) 1828
(C) 1848
(D) 1830
Answer:
(D) 1830
Question 29.
July monarchy was established in France by-
(A) Louis Philippe
(B) Louis XVIII
(C) Francis Ferdinand
(D) Charles X
Answer:
(A) Louis Philippe
Question 30.
After the July Revolution the ruler who sat on the throne of France was-
(A) Louis XVIII
(B) Leopold
(C) Cavour
(D) Louis Philippe
Answer:
(D) Louis Philippe
Question 31.
The ruler of France who was dethroned after the July Revolution was-
(A) Louis Philippe
(B) Louis XVIII
(C) Charles X
(D) Metternich
Answer:
(C) Charles X
Question 32.
The February Revolution broke out in France against the autocracy of-
(A) Napoleon III
(B) Metternich
(C) Louis Philippe
(D) Napoleon
Answer:
(C) Louis Philippe
Question 33.
The king of France during the February Revolution was-
(A) Charles X
(B) Louis XVI
(C) Louis Napoleon
(D) Louis Philippe
Answer:
(D) Louis Philippe
Question 34.
Third French Republic was established in-
(A) 1792
(B) 1830
(C) 1848
(D) 1870
Answer:
(D) 1870
Question 35.
The most influential Prime Minister of Louis Philippe was-
(A) Guizot
(B) Von Bulow
(C) Turgo
(D) Count Caprivi
Answer:
(A) Guizot
Question 36.
“When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold”-who said this?
(A) Napoleon III
(B) Bismarck
(C) Metternich
(D) Cavour
Answer:
(C) Metternich
Question 37.
The socialists in France were eager to end the French Monarchy under the leadership of-
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Louis Blanc
(C) Robert Owen
(D) Charles Fourier
Answer:
(B) Louis Blanc
Question 38.
A movement demanding the enlargement of franchise started in France under the leadership of-
(A) Louis Blanc
(B) Guizot
(C) Cavour
(D) Thiers
Answer:
(D) Thiers
Question 39.
After having declared his grandson heir to the throne, Louis Philippe sought asylum in-
(A) Austria
(B) Russia
(C) Prussia
(D) England
Answer:
(D) England
Question 40.
Louis Napoleon in 1852 declared himself as the ‘Emperor’ with the title of-
(A) Charles X
(B) Napoleon
(C) Napoleon I
(D) Napoleon III
Answer:
(D) Napoleon III
Question 41.
Garibaldi’s men were called-
(A) Red Shirts
(B) Black Shirts
(C) Brown Shirts
(D) Blue Shirts
Answer:
(A) Red Shirts
Question 42.
Napoleon III was the ruler of-
(A) Piedmont-Sardinia
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Austria
Answer:
(B) France
Question 43.
Carbonari was a secret society of-
(A) Italy
(B) Russia
(C) France
(D) Austria
Answer:
(A) Italy
Question 44.
Garibaldi, a great patriot of Italy occupied-
(A) Sicily and Naples
(B) Venetia
(C) Rome
(D) Austria
Answer:
(A) Sicily and Naples
Question 45.
Before unification Central Italy was ruled by-
(A) Austria
(B) Poland
(C) Pope
(D) France
Answer:
(C) Pope
Question 46.
In 1860, the Red Shirts under the leadership of Garibaldi went to-
(A) Sicily
(B) Lombardy
(C) Tuscany
(D) Modena
Answer:
(A) Sicily
Question 47.
The ‘Young Italy’ organisation was established by-
(A) Mazzini
(B) Cavour
(C) Garibaldi
(D) Napoleon III
Answer:
(A) Mazzini
Question 48.
The Journal ‘Risorgimento’ was edited by-
(A) Mazzini
(B) Cavour
(C) Garibaldi
(D) Leopold
Answer:
(B) Cavour
Question 49.
The greatest impediment to Italian unification was-
(A) Russia
(B) Germany
(C) Spain
(D) Austria
Answer:
(D) Austria
Question 50.
The first king of united Italy was-
(A) Cavour
(B) Garibaldi
(C) Napoleon III
(D) Victor Emmanuel II
Answer:
(D) Victor Emmanuel II
Question 51.
The brain of unification of Italy was-
(A) Garibaldi
(B) Cavour
(C) Mazzini
(D) Bismarck
Answer:
(B) Cavour
Question 52.
The leadership in the Italian unification movement was given by-
(A) Venice
(B) Lombardy
(C) Piedmont-Sardinia
(D) Rome
Answer:
(C) Piedmont-Sardinia
Question 53.
The leadership in Naples and Sicily was given by-
(A) Mazzini
(B) Cavour
(C) Garibaldi
(D) Louis XVI
Answer:
(C) Garibaldi
Question 54.
The main centre of Carbonari was-
(A) Naples
(B) Piedmont
(C) Lombardy
(D) Genoa
Answer:
(A) Naples
Question 55.
Count Cavour was appointed as the Prime Minister of-
(A) Perma Modena
(B) Rome
(C) Tuscany
(D) Piedmont-Sardinia
Answer:
(D) Piedmont-Sardinia
Question 56.
How many wars did Bismarck fight to unify Germany?
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Six
Answer:
(A) Three
Question 57.
Bismarck successfully waged war against Denmark in-
(A) 1862
(B) 1861
(C) 1864
(D) 1868
Answer:
(C) 1864
Question 58.
The main function of Frankfurt Parliament was to frame a constitution for-
(A) Italy
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) Russia
Answer:
(B) Germany
Question 59.
According to the decisions of Frankfurt Parliament, the crown of a united Germany was offered to-
(A) Alexander I
(B) Francis II
(C) Frederick William
(D) Louis Philippe
Answer:
(C) Frederick William
Question 60.
The leader of German unification movement was-
(A) Hitler
(B) Mussolini
(C) Mazzini
(D) Bismarck
Answer:
(D) Bismarck
Question 61.
Germany defeated France in the battle of-
(A) Sadowa
(B) Sedan
(C) Jena
(D) Trafalgar
Answer:
(B) Sedan
Question 62.
The Battle of Sadowa was fought between-
(A) Denmark and Russia
(B) France and Russia
(C) Austria and Prussia
(D) Prussia and Russia
Answer:
(C) Austria and Prussia
Question 63.
Which treaty ended the Battle of Sadowa?
(A) Treaty of Plombieres
(B) Treaty of London
(C) Treaty of Prague
(D) Treaty of Villafranca
Answer:
(C) Treaty of Prague
Question 64.
The Frankfurt Parliament was convened in-
(A) Russia
(B) Italy
(C) Germany
(D) England
Answer:
(C) Germany
Question 65.
The Frankfurt Parliament was convened in the year-
(A) 1830
(B) 1848
(C) 1861
(D) 1862
Answer:
(B) 1848
Question 66.
A master of political and diplomatic juggling-
(A) Bismarck
(B) Cavour
(C) Napoleon III
(D) William I
Answer:
(A) Bismarck
Question 67.
The Zollverein was formed under the leadership of-
(A) Austria
(B) Italy
(C) Savoy
(D) Prussia
Answer:
(D) Prussia
Question 68.
Who was the first emperor of unified Germany?
(A) Napoleon III
(B) William I
(C) Bismarck
(D) Cavour
Answer:
(B) William I
Question 69.
The first stage in the unification of Germany was the creation of-
(A) Zollverein
(B) Confederation of the Rhine
(C) Frankfurt Parliament
(D) Bundestag
Answer:
(A) Zollverein
Question 70.
Who took the first step to unify Germany?
(A) Bismarck
(B) Napoleon Bonaparte
(C) Count Cavour
(D) Hitler
Answer:
(B) Napoleon Bonaparte
Question 71.
Ems Telegram was published on-
(A) 10 th July, 1870
(B) 13 th July, 1870
(C) 17 th July, 1870
(D) 19 th July, 1870
Answer:
(B) 13 th July, 1870
Question 72.
According to Bismarck the greatest obstacle to Germany unity was-
(A) Austria
(B) Russia
(C) Poland
(D) France
Answer:
(A) Austria
Question 73.
Philke Hetaira was a secret society of –
(A) Germany
(B) Turkey
(C) Italy
(D) Greece
Answer:
(D) Greece
Question 74.
Nicholas I was the ruler of-
(A) Austria
(B) Russia
(C) Italy
(D) Prussia
Answer:
(B) Russia
Question 75.
Moldavia and Wallachia was invaded by-
(A) Britain
(B) Italy
(C) Russia
(D) Germany
Answer:
(C) Russia
Question 76.
Greece was under the subjugation of-
(A) Turkey
(B) Russia
(C) Germany
(D) Italy
Answer:
(A) Turkey
Question 77.
The ‘Sick Man of Europe’ was-
(A) France
(B) Greece
(C) Italy
(D) Turkey
Answer:
(D) Turkey
Question 78.
In the famous Vienna Note Russia was asked to withdraw her claims in-
(A) Egypt
(B) Turkey
(C) Italy
(D) France
Answer:
(B) Turkey
Question 79.
The secret society associated with the Greek War of Independence was-
(A) Hetaira Philka
(B) Carbonari
(C) Young Italy
(D) Zollverein
Answer:
(A) Hetaira Philka
Question 80.
The Crimean War ended with-
(A) Treaty of Pressburg
(B) Treaty of Paris
(C) Treaty of Prague
(D) Treaty of Gastein
Answer:
(B) Treaty of Paris
Question 81.
“The Crimean War was the only perfectly useless war that has been waged” was said by-
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Vincent Smith
(C) E H Carr
(D) Sir Robert Morier
Answer:
(D) Sir Robert Morier
Question 82.
The Kulaks were-
(A) Serfs
(B) Factory owners
(C) Mahajans
(D) Well-to-do peasants
Answer:
(D) Well-to-do peasants
Question 83.
Who adopted the Czar title first?
(A) Alexander II
(B) Nicholas I
(C) Ivan IV
(D) Bakunin
Answer:
(C) Ivan IV
Question 84.
The organ of rural self-government in Russia-
(A) Duma
(B) Zemstvo
(C) Parliament
(D) Reichstag
Answer:
(B) Zemstvo
Question 85.
The Czar remembered for abolition of serfdom-
(A) Alexander I
(B) Alexander II
(C) Alexander III
(D) Alexander IV
Answer:
(B) Alexander II
Question 86.
The Czar known as ‘Czar the Liberator’-
(A) Alexander II
(B) Alexander I
(C) Peter the Great
(D) Nicholas I
Answer:
(A) Alexander II
Question 87.
Czar Alexander II died on-
(A) 2 January, 1890
(B) 14 February, 1885
(C) 14 March, 1883
(D) 13 March, 1881
Answer:
(D) 13 March, 1881
Question 88.
Czar Alexander II was assassinated by-
(A) Black Hand
(B) General Will
(C) People’s Will
(D) Carbonari
Answer:
(C) People’s Will
Question 89.
The First Balkan War was fought in the year-
(A) 1911
(B) 1912
(C) 1913
(D) 1914
Answer:
(B) 1912
Question 90.
Who ascended the throne after Alexander III?
(A) Nicholas I
(B) Ivan IV
(C) Alexander IV
(D) Nicholas II
Answer:
(D) Nicholas II
Fill in the blanks :
1. After the fall of Napoleon, European statesmen assembled at a conference at the Austrian capital ____ (Berlin/Vienna/ Naples).
Answer:
Vienna
2. At the Congress of Vienna, Prussia was represented by ____ (Castlereagh/ Frederick William/Hardenberg).
Answer:
Hardenberg
3. In accordance with the principle of legitimacy, the ____ (Hohenzollern/ Bourbon/ Stuart) dynasty was reestablished in France.
Answer:
Bourbon
4. According to the Principle of Legitimacy the dominance of ____ (France/Austria/Italy) over Germany was revived.
Answer:
Austria
5. In accordance with the Principle of Legitimacy the House of Orange was restored in ____ (France/Germany/ Holland).
Answer:
Holland
6. The conference at Carlsbad in 1819 was convened and dominated by ____ (Castlereagh/Metternich/Louis XVIII).
Answer:
Metternich
7. The period from 1815 to ____ (1830/1848/1850) is known as the age of Metternich.
Answer:
1848
8. The Carlsbad Decrees were a set of reactionary restrictions in the states of the ____ (French/Italian/German) confederation.
Answer:
German
9. The President of German Confederation was ____ (Russia/Italy/Austria).
Answer:
Austria
10. The Protocol of Troppeau was drafted in the year ____ (1810 / 1820 / 1830) in the Concert of Europe.
Answer:
1820
11. The July Revolution of ____ (1820/1830/ 1848) gave a death blow to Metternich system.
Answer:
1830
12. In accordance with the Principle of Balance of Power ____ (Italy/France/Germany) was encircled with powerful states all around.
Answer:
France
13. With the exception of ____ (Frederich William III/Alexander I/Francis I) all the diplomats of the congress of Vienna were devoted to ‘ancien regime’.
Answer:
Alexander I
14. The leader of the July Revolution was ____ (Guizot/Polignac/Thiers).
Answer:
Thiers
15. ____ (Thiers/Polignac/Guizot) was appointed by Charles X as his minister.
Answer:
Polignac
16. Louis Philippe came to the throne of France in ____ (1830/1836/1840).
Answer:
1830
17. ____ (Guizot/Polignac/Thiers) gave a call to the people of France to resist the illegal activities of the French government.
Answer:
Thiers
18. The Second French Empire was founded by ____ (Louis Napoleon/Napoleon Bonaparte /Louis XVI).
Answer:
Louis Napoleon
19. The Second French empire was founded in ____ (1851/1852/1853).
Answer:
1852
20. The foundation of the Second French Republic was laid in ____ (1830/1848) 1858).
Answer:
1848
21. The year ____ (1848 / 1856 / 1864) is known as the ‘Year of Revolution’.
Answer:
1848
22. Louis Philippe, the ruler of France, abdicated to ____ (France/England/ Russia).
Answer:
England
23. Before unification of Italy, Naples and Sicily in South Italy was ruled by the ____ (Savoy/ Hapsburg/Bourbon) dynasty.
Answer:
Bourbon
24. ____ (Cavour/Garibaldi/Emmanuel) was the editor of the Italian periodical ‘Risorgimento’.
Answer:
Cavour
25. In 1860 some states of Central Italy like Perma, Modena and Tuscany expressed their desire to join ____ (France/PiedmontSardinia/Westphalia).
Answer:
Piedmont-Sardinia
26. ____ (Italy/France/Germany) after the Vienna Congress was reduced to a mere geographical expression.
Answer:
Italy
27. A united and independent Italy was born in ____ (1860/1865/1870).
Answer:
1870
28. The pact of Plombieres was signed in ____ (1848/1858/1862).
Answer:
1858
29. The Young Italians were disarmed by the ____ (French/British/Austrian) army.
Answer:
Austrian
30. In 1852 King Victor Emmanuel of ____ (Piedmont-Sardinia/Lombardy/Milan) appointed Cavour as his Prime Minister.
Answer:
PiedmontSardinia
31. Mazzini believed that war with ____ (France/ Germany/Austria) was the only means to liberate Italy.
Answer:
Austria
32. Mazzini favoured a ____ (democratic/ republican/monarchical) form government in a free Italy.
Answer:
republican
33. The Pact of Plombieres was signed between Napoleon III and ____ (Garibaldi/Count Cavour/Mazzini).
Answer:
Count Cavour
34. The first stage in the unification of Germany was the creation of ____ (Zollverein/Philiki Hetaira/Carbonari).
Answer:
Zollverein
35. In ____ (1848/1849/1850) the German nationalists convened a parliament called Frankfurt Parliament.
Answer:
1848
36. Under the rule of ____ (Metternich/ Napoleon/Bismarck) the Germans became acquainted with democratic and nationalist ideas.
Answer:
Napoleon
37. The Confederation of the Rhine was inaugurated by ____ (Louis Philippe/ Napoleon/Mazzini).
Answer:
Napoleon
38. During the French Revolution Germany was divided into ____ (300 / 400 / 500) large and small states.
Answer:
300
39. The leadership in the unification of Germany was given by ____ (Russia/ Prussia/Lombardy).
Answer:
Prussia
40. The ____ (Danish/Spanish/ Prussian) war was the first step towards German unification.
Answer:
Danish
41. After a crushing defeat at ____ (Sadowa/ Sedan/Waterloo) France was compelled to sign the treaty of Frankfurt.
Answer:
Sedan
42. The German states formed a tariff organisation on the basis of commercial cooperation known as ____ (Carbonari) Kulak/Zollverein).
Answer:
Zollverein
43. The Emancipation Statute was passed by ____ (Alexander I/Alexander II/Nicholas I) of Russia.
Answer:
Alexander II
44. England and France participated directly in the Crimean War in support of ____ (Egypt/ Greece/Turkey).
Answer:
Turkey
45. The Crimean War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of ____ (Adrianople/ Versailles/Paris).
Answer:
Paris
46. The Balkan means the hilly area between the Aegean sea and the ____ (Danube/ Adriatic/Mediterranean Sea).
Answer:
Danube
47. ____ (Greece/Turkey/Austria) included vast areas of Africa and Europe and was known as the Ottoman empire.
Answer:
Turkey
48. In 1821, the people of Greece revolted against ____ (Russia/Turkey/France).
Answer:
Turkey
49. The Treaty of Adrianople was signed in ____ (1829/1830/1840).
Answer:
1829
50. The Treaty of Prague was signed in ____ (1865/1866/1867).
Answer:
1866
51. The Greek people, under the ____ (British/ Spanish/Turkish) rule, began their national liberation movement.
Answer:
Turkish
Mark True or False :
1. The Vienna Congress dismantled the Napoleonic empire.
Answer: True
2. The Vienna Congress marks the beginning of an era.
Answer: True
3. According to the Principle of Reward and Punishment, Poland was punished.
Answer: True
4. Metternich prided himself as the ‘vanquisher of Napoleon’.
Answer: True
5. Metternich was the Chancellor of Austria.
Answer: True
6. The period between the Vienna Settlement and the Revolution of 1848 is often dubbed as the Metternich Era in European politics.
Answer: True
7. The period between 1815 and 1848 is known as the ‘period of peace’.
Answer: False
8. After 1815 there was a conflict between monarchical and nationalist ideals.
Answer: True
9. Czar Alexander I was the leader of the Vienna Congress.
Answer: False
10. The Four Big Powers in the Vienna Congress were Russia, Austria, England and France.
Answer: False
11. After the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis XVIII of the Bourbon dynasty ascended the throne of France.
Answer: True
12. In accordance with the Principle of Balance of power, France was encircled with powerful states all around.
Answer: True
13. Metternich was the leader of the concert of Europe.
Answer: True
14. The July Revolution of 1848 paved the way for the destruction of Metternich system.
Answer: False
15. The July Revolution of 1830 in France brought an end to the Divine Right of Kingship in France.
Answer: True
16. The king of France at the time of the July Revolution was Louis XIV.
Answer: False
17. Inspired by the July Revolution the Polish people began their fight for freedom against the Germans.
Answer: False
18. The July Ordinance was issued by the French emperor Charles X in 1830.
Answer: True
19. Lafayette was a leader of the July Revolution.
Answer: True
20. The foundation of Second French Republic was laid in 1840.
Answer: False
21. Louis Napoleon in 1852 ended the Second French Republic in France and established the Second Empire.
Answer: True
22. The book ‘Organisation of Labour’ was written by Louis Blanc.
Answer: True
23. The socialists under the leadership of Louis Philippe were eager to end the French Monarchy.
Answer: False
24. Guizot was the prime minister of king Louis Philippe.
Answer: True
25. The Battle of Sadowa was fought in 1860.
Answer: False
26. The Battle of Sadowa was fought between Austria and Russia.
Answer: False
27. The Battle of Sedan was fought between France and Austria.
Answer: False
28. Carbonari was a secret society which was established during the German unification movement.
Answer: False
29. By the Peace of Villafranca (1859) Austria ceded Lombardy to Piedmont.
Answer: True
30. Cavour was the Prime Minister of Austria.
Answer: False
31. In the Battles of Magenta and Salferino the Austrians were defeated.
Answer: True
32. Mazzini believed that in the war against Austria, foreign help was necessary.
Answer: False
33. The Carbonari were so called because they used to burn charcoal.
Answer: True
34. Austria was merely a ‘geographical expression’.
Answer: False
35. Before the rule of Napoleon, Germany was divided into several small kingdoms.
Answer: True
36. The foundation of the Frankfurt Parliament was an important step towards German unification.
Answer: True
37. Bismarck planned for the unification of Germany under the leadership of Prussia.
Answer: True
38. Metternich followed the policy of ‘Blood and Iron’.
Answer: False
39. Count Benedetti was sent by Napoleon III to the Prussian king to get assurance that none of the Prussian dynasty would ever lay any claim on the Spanish throne.
Answer: True
40. The treaty of Berlin (1878) under the leadership of Bismarck tried to solve the Balkan question.
Answer: True
41. The Treaty of Zurich was signed in 1869 between Austria and Piedmont-Sardinia.
Answer: False
42. After the battle of Sadowa Germany was united.
Answer: False
43. The absolute rule of the French monarchs was known as Czardom.
Answer: False
44. The Russian serfs were emancipated in 1721.
Answer: False
45. The Balkan means the hilly areas between the Aegean Sea and the Danube.
Answer: True
46. In the Crimean War, England and France fought against Austria.
Answer: False
47. The treaty which brought an end to the Crimean War was the Treaty of Paris (1856).
Answer: True
48. The Treaty of San Stephano was concluded after the Crimean War.
Answer: False
49. In Russia the serfs were subjected to the village mirs.
Answer: True
50. According to the ‘Emancipation Statute’ of 1871 the Russian serfs were declared free.
Answer: False
51. Greece was conquered by Russia and lost her independence.
Answer: False
52. In the famous Vienna Note Russian Guardianship over the orthodox Greek Church in Turkey was admitted.
Answer: True
53. According to the Emancipation Statute the serfs were to pay back the advance money to the government in 49 instalments.
Answer: True
54. Louis Kossuth was known as ‘Mazzini of Hungary’.
Answer: True
Choose the best explanation :
1. Statements The period between 1815 to 1848 known as the ‘Era of Metternich’.
Explanation (A): He became the Prime Minister of Austria.
Explanation (B): He was the central figure at Vienna Congress.
Explanation (C): He became the central figure in the politics of the whole Europe.
Answer:
Explanation (C): He became the central figure in the politics of the whole Europe.
2. Statements At Vienna Congress, as a punishment, Norway was snatched away from Denmark and was given to Sweden.
Explanation (A): Metternich had enmity with the king of Denmark.
Explanation (B): King of Denmark helped Napoleon against the Allies.
Explanation (C): Denmark was an ally of Britain.
Answer:
Explanation (B): King of Denmark helped Napoleon against the Allies.
3. Statement: The leaders who took the most important part in defeating Napoleon met at Vienna.
Explanation (A): They wanted to reconstruct the political map of Europe.
Explanation (B): They wanted to establish a democratic government in France.
Explanation (C): They wanted to liberate Italy from the hands of Austria.
Answer:
Explanation (B): They wanted to establish a democratic government in France.
4. Statement: The July Revolution is one of the most important events in the history of France.
Explanation (A): It reformed the existing economic situation of France.
Explanation (B): It helped to remove monarchy from France.
Explanation (C): It succeeded in securing the revolutionary spirits ( liberty, equality and fraternity).
Answer:
Explanation (C): It succeeded in securing the revolutionary spirits ( liberty, equality and fraternity).
5. Statement: After the Fall of Napoleon Louis XVIII sat on the throne of France.
Explanation (A): According to the principle of Legitimacy Louis XVIII was reinstated on the throne of France.
Explanation (B): The people of France elected Louis XVIII as the ruler of France.
Explanation (C): The leaders of the Vienna Congress supported the accession of a weak monarch to the throne of France.
Answer:
Explanation (A): According to the principle of Legitimacy Louis XVIII was reinstated on the throne of France.
6. Statement: The Revolution of 1848 brought about a change in the system of administration prevailing at that time.
Explanation (A): Constitutional system of administration was recognised.
Explanation (B): Absolute monarchy was established in different countries of Europe.
Explanation (C): In some countries of Europe autocratic rulers became popular.
Answer:
Explanation (A): Constitutional system of administration was recognised.
7. Statement: Guizot, the Prime Minister of France, was dismissed from office by Louis Philippe.
Explanation (A): Guizot rose in revolt against Louis Philippe.
Explanation (B): Popular agitation took serious turn in France and Guizot was dismissed by Louis Philippe.
Explanation (C): Guizot took part in an armed clash with the people and was dismissed.
Answer:
Explanation (B): Popular agitation took serious turn in France and Guizot was dismissed by Louis Philippe.
8. Statement: In Italy, a secret society “The Carbonari’ was established.
Explanation (A): The purpose is to spread nationalist movement elsewhere in Europe.
Explanation (B): The purpose is to unite Italy into a single state.
Explanation (C): The purpose is to express discontent against the existing system.
Answer:
Explanation (B): The purpose is to unite Italy into a single state.
9. Statement: The Battle of Sadowa brought forth an important change.
Explanation (A): The political centre of central Europe shifted from Vienna to Berlin.
Explanation (B): The relation between Prussia and France became bitter.
Explanation (C): Prussia and Spain came under the rule of the same dynasty.
Answer:
Explanation (A): The political centre of central Europe shifted from Vienna to Berlin.
10. Statement: France signed the Treaty of Frankfurt with Prussia in 1871.
Explanation (A): France was defeated at the battle of Sedan.
Explanation (B): France did not fight but surrendered to Prussia.
Explanation (C): Both France and Prussia agreed to support each other by the Treaty of Frankfurt.
Answer:
Explanation (A): France was defeated at the battle of Sedan.
11. Statement: Bismarck signed the Treaty of Gastein with Austria.
Explanation (A): Bismarck’s aim was to take the help of Austria for German unification.
Explanation (B): Bismarck’s aim was to settle the confrontation with Austria.
Explanation (C): The treaty was a temporary solution and Bismarck resolved to teach Austria a proper lesson in time.
Answer:
Explanation (C): The treaty was a temporary solution and Bismarck resolved to teach Austria a proper lesson in time.
12. Statement: Czar Alexander II is called the ‘Czar Liberator’.
Explanation (A): He improved the condition of the workers.
Explanation (B): He changed the system of production in industries.
Explanation (C): He abolished serfdom is Russia.
Answer:
Explanation (C): He abolished serfdom is Russia.
13. Statement: There were some defects in the Emancipation Statute of 1861.
Explanation (A): The amount of compensation payable to the landlord by the peasant fixed by the Act was much higher than the customary prices of land in the market.
Explanation (B): The landlords were required to part with 50% of their land to be given to the liberated serfs.
Explanation (C): The serfs were to be full fledged citizens of Russia.
Answer:
Explanation (A): The amount of compensation payable to the landlord by the peasant fixed by the Act was much higher than the customary prices of land in the market.
14. Statement: Czar Peter the Great is known as the ‘Father of modern Russia’.
Explanation (A): Under his leadership modernisation of Russia was started.
Explanation (B): He abolished serfdom.
Explanation (C): He improved the economic system of Russia.
Answer:
Explanation (B): He abolished serfdom.
Match the columns :
Question 1.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Crimean War | A. Secret society of Italy |
| 2. Carbonari | B. Austria |
| 3. 1870 | C. 1854-56 |
| 4. Congress of Vienna held | D. Italy united |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Crimean War | C. 1854-56 |
| 2. Carbonari | A. Secret society of Italy |
| 3. 1870 | D. Italy united |
| 4. Congress of Vienna held | B. Austria |
Question 2.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Leading person at Congress of Vienna | A. France |
| 2. Mazzini | B. Bismarck |
| 3. Talleyrand | C. Metternich |
| 4. Blood and Iron policy | D. Leader of Italy |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Leading person at Congress of Vienna | C. Metternich |
| 2. Mazzini | D. Leader of Italy |
| 3. Talleyrand | A. France |
| 4. Blood and Iron policy | B. Bismarck |
Question 3.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. February Revolution | A. 1830 |
| 2. July Revolution | B. 1848 |
| 3. Defeat of Austia by Prussia | C. 1870 |
| 4. Unification of Germany completed | D. 1866 |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. February Revolution | B. 1848 |
| 2. July Revolution | A. 1830 |
| 3. Defeat of Austia by Prussia | D. 1866 |
| 4. Unification of Germany completed | C. 1870 |
Question 4.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Philke Hetaira | A. Italy |
| 2. Carbonari | B. Odessa |
| 3. Ems Telegram | C. Ambassador |
| 4. Count Benedetti | D. Bismarck |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Philke Hetaira | B. Odessa |
| 2. Carbonari | A. Italy |
| 3. Ems Telegram | D. Bismarck |
| 4. Count Benedetti | C. Ambassador |
Question 5.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Foundation of Second French Republic | A. 1830 |
| 2. Louis Philippe becomes the king of France | B. 1848 |
| 3. William II became the first German empeor | C. 1870 |
| 4. United Italy born | D. 1871 |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Foundation of Second French Republic | B. 1848 |
| 2. Louis Philippe becomes the king of France | A. 1830 |
| 3. William II became the first German empeor | D. 1871 |
| 4. United Italy born | C. 1870 |
Question 6.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Pact of Plombieres | A. 1856 |
| 2. Treaty of Villafranca | B. 1878 |
| 3. Treaty of Paris | C. 1858 |
| 4. Treaty of San Stephano | D. 1859 |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Pact of Plombieres | C. 1858 |
| 2. Treaty of Villafranca | D. 1859 |
| 3. Treaty of Paris | A. 1856 |
| 4. Treaty of San Stephano | B. 1878 |
Question 7.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Nicholas I | A. Central figure in European politics |
| 2. Cavour | B. Czar of Russia |
| 3. Charles X | C. Prime Minister of Piedmont |
| 4. Metternich | D. Ruler of France |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Nicholas I | B. Czar of Russia |
| 2. Cavour | C. Prime Minister of Piedmont |
| 3. Charles X | D. Ruler of France |
| 4. Metternich | A. Central figure in European politics |
Question 8.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Bourbon | A. Holland |
| 2. Orange | B. Piedmont |
| 3. Savoy | C. France |
| 4. Hapsburg | D. Austria |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Bourbon | C. France |
| 2. Orange | A. Holland |
| 3. Savoy | B. Piedmont |
| 4. Hapsburg | D. Austria |
Question 9.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. 1848 | A. Battle of Sadowa |
| 2. 1854 | B. Battle of Sedan |
| 3. 1866 | C. Crimean War |
| 4. 1870 | D. Year of Revolution |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. 1848 | D. Year of Revolution |
| 2. 1854 | C. Crimean War |
| 3. 1866 | A. Battle of Sadowa |
| 4. 1870 | B. Battle of Sedan |
Question 10.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Emancipation Statute, 1861 | A. Germany |
| 2. Zollverein | B. Austria |
| 3. Philke Hetaira | C. Russia |
| 4. Vienna Congress | D. Greece |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Emancipation Statute, 1861 | C. Russia |
| 2. Zollverein | A. Germany |
| 3. Philke Hetaira | D. Greece |
| 4. Vienna Congress | B. Austria |