Rise of Nationalism in Europe

Q.1. The first clear expression of Nationalism in Europe came with :

• (a) The American Revolution

• (b) The French Revolution

• (c) The Russian Revolution

• (d) The Industrial Revolution

Q.2. Nationalism brought about in Europe the emergence of :

• (a) The Nation State

• (b) The Modern State

• (c) Multinational Dynastic State

• (d) Alliances formed among many European states

Q.3. Frederic Serrieu, a French artist, in his series of four prints (1848) visualised his dream of a world as :

• (a) A world made up of ‘democratic and social republics’

• (b) A world made up of one nation, one world

• (c) A world with one absolute ruler

• (d) A world following one religion, one language

Q.4. The ideas of a United Community enjoying equal rights under a Constitution were expressed by the French as :

• (a) La Patrie

• (b) Le Citoyen

• (c) Both (a) and (b)

• (d) None of the above

Q.5. The Civil Code of 1804, also known as the Napoleonic Code, established :

• (a) Equality before the law

• (b) Secured the right to property

• (c) Did away with all the privileges based on birth

• (d) All the above

Q.6. What kind of political and constitutional change was brought about by the French Revolution?

• (a) It ended the absolute monarchy

• (b) It transferred power to a body of the French citizens

• (c) It proclaimed that henceforth people would constitute the nation and shape its destiny

• (d) All the above

.7. Name one kind of revolt that started in

Europe in 1848.

• (a) Linguistic Revolt in Germany

• (b) Artisans, industrial workers and peasants revolted against economic hardships

• (c) Revolt against monarchy in Switzerland

• (d) Revolt for freedom in Greece

Q.8. Socially and politically dominant class

in Europe during mid-eighteenth

century was_ .

• (a) The Nobility

• (b) The landed aristocracy

• (c) The Church

• (d) The absolute monarchs

Q.9. The denial of universal suffrage in

Europe, led to_.

• (a) Revolutions

• (b) Women and non-propertied men organising opposition movements, demanding equal rights throughout 19th and early 20th centuries

• (c) Demand of equal political rights

• (d) Return of monarchy

Q.10. In politics, liberalism emphasised

• (a) End of autocracy and clerical privileges, a constitution and a representative government through Parliament

• (b) The inviolability of private property

• (c) The right to vote

• (d) Both (a) and (b)