History Quiz for Pre Midterm

Choose the correct nationality of the artist Frederic Sorrieu who visualised in his painting a society made up of the Democratic and Social Republic.

• German

• Swiss

• French

• American

Ernst Renan believed that the existence of nations is a necessity because

• it ensures protection for all inhabitants.

• it ensures liberty to all inhabitant citizens.

• it ensures a Parliamentary form of government to its inhabitants.

• it ensures jobs and good health to all its inhabitants.

The first great revolution which gave the clear idea of nationalism with its core words: ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity was:

• The Russian Revolution

• The French Revolution

• The American Revolution

• India’s First War of Independence

The Civil Code of 1804 in France is usually known as:

• The French Revolutionary Code

• Napoleonic Code

• European Imperial Code

• The French Civil Code

Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark, Germany, and France, ended in

• Danish victory

• Prussian victory

• French victory

• German victory

Utopian Society’ is

(i) a society under a benevolent monarchy

(ii) a society that is unlikely to ever exist

(iii) a society under the control of a chosen few wise men

(iv) a society under Parliamentary Democracy

• (i) and (ii)

• (ii) and (iii)

• (ii) only

• (iii) only

What does ‘Absolutist’ mean?

• A Philosophy

• A Theory

• Monarchical Government

• A Painting

What does a blindfolded woman carrying a pair of weighing scales symbolize?

• Peace

• Equality

• Justice

• Liberty

What did Germania symbolize?

• French nation

• German nation

• British nation

• None of the above

What did ‘Das Volk’ stand for?

• Democracy

• Factory workers

• Slum dwellers

• Common people