The Rise of Nationalism in Europe Class 10 MCQ Questions With Answers
Question 1.
Identify the correct statement with regard to ‘The Act of Union 1707’ from the following options.
(A) The British monarchy surrendered the power to English Parliament.
(B) The British Parliament seized power from Ireland.
(C) The formation of the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain’.
(D) The British nation was formed as a result of a war with Scotland and Wales.
Answer:
(C) The formation of the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain’.
Explanation:
The Act of Union (1707) between England and Scotland resulted in the formation of the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain’ after which England was able to impose its influence on Scotland.
Question 2.
Which of the following treaty recognized Greece as an independent nation?
(A) Treaty of Sevres
(B) Treaty of Versailles
(C) Treaty of Lausanne
(D) Treaty of Constantinople
Answer:
(D) Treaty of Constantinople
Explanation:
The borders of the Ottoman Empire were restated which confirmed the terms of the Constantinople Arrangement and marked the end of the Greek War of Independence creating modern Greece as an independent state.
Question 3.
Study the picture and answer the question that follows Which of the following aspect best signifies this image of Germania”?
(A) Heroism and Justice
(B) Folk and Cultural Tradition
(C) Austerity and Asceticism
(D) Revenge and Vengeance
Answer:
(A) Heroism and Justice
Explanation:
In the given image, Germania wears a crown of Oak leaves and in German oak stands for heroism.
Question 4.
Which of the following revolutions is called as the first expression of ‘Nationalism’?
(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.
Answer:
(C) Freedom for individual and equality before law
Explanation:
Liberalism stands for equality and freedom that protects individual’s democratic right.
Question 6.
Who said “When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold”?
(A) Garibaldi
(B) Mazzini
(C) Bismarck
(D) Metternich
Answer:
(D) Metternich
Explanation:
Metternich said so when French Revolution overthrew the monarch that impacts other European countries as well.
Question 7.
Who among the following formed the secret society called ‘Young Italy’?
(A) Otto Von Bismarck
(B) Giuseppe Mazzini
(C) Johann Gottfried Herder
(D) Duke Metternich
Answer:
(B) Giuseppe Mazzini
Explanation:
Giuseppe formed this society to transform Italy into a united republican state.
Question 8.
Which one of the following states was ruled by an Italian princely house before unification of Italy?
(A) Eombardy
(B) Kingdom of Two Sicilies
(C) Venetia
(D) Sardinia – Piedmont
Answer:
(D) Sardinia – Piedmont
Explanation:
Italian language was not commonly used and had territorial differences but only in Sardinia, people not considered themselves Italian.
Question 9.
Study the following picture and answer :
Who is represented as a postman in the given image?
(A) Giuseppe Mazzini
(B) Otto von Bismarck
(C) Napoleon Bonaparte
(D) Giuseppe Garibaldi
Answer:
(C) Napoleon Bonaparte
Explanation:
When Napoleon lost the battle of Leipzig in 1813, he dropped out the letters from his bag that has written the names of the territories he lost.
Question 10.
Which of the following countries is considered as the ‘Cradle of civilisation’?
(A) England
(B) Greece
(C) France
(D) Russia
Answer:
(B) Greece
Explanation:
As Greece was the land of educated elites who spread their culture from all over the Europe.
Question 11.
Which of the following option best signifies this caricature?
(A) Otto von Bismarck in the German Reichstag (Parliament)
(B) Victor Emmanuel II in the Italian Parliament
(C) Kaiser William II in the Prussian Parliament
(D) Napolean Bonaparte in the French Parliament
Answer:
(A) Otto von Bismarck in the German Reichstag (Parliament)
Explanation:
In the given image, Bismarck is having hunter in his hand which shows how his subordinates were afraid of Bismarck when he become autocratic during assemblies.
Question 12.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Napoleon Bonaparte | (a) Frankfurt Parliament |
| (ii) Duke Metternich | (b) Civil Code |
| (iii) Louis XVI | (c) Congress of Vienna |
| (iv) Carl Welcker | (d) French Revolution |
(A) (i)-(B), (ii)-(C), (iii)-(D), (iv)-(A)
(B) (i)-(D), (ii)-(A), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(C)
(C) (i)-(B), (ii)-(A), (iii)-(C), (iv)-(D)
(D) (i)-(A), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(C)
Answer:
(A) (i)-(B), (ii)-(C), (iii)-(D), (iv)-(A)
Explanation:
(i) Napoleon Bonaparte introduced Civil Code of 1804, also known as Napoleonic Code.
(ii) The Congress was hosted by the Austrian Chancellor Duke Mettemich.
(iii) The ast monarch of France was Louis XVI.
(iv) The liberal politician Carl Welcker was an elected member of the Frankfurt Parliament.
Question 13.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Giuseppe Mazzini | (A) Unification of Germany |
| (ii) Otto von Bismarck | (B) Unification of Italy |
| (iii) Napoleon Bonaparte | (C) Battle of Waterloo |
| (iv) Cavour | (D) Young Italy |
(A) (i)-(B),(ii)-(C),(iii)-(D), (iv)-(A)
(B) (i)-(D),(ii)-(C),(iii)-(B), (iv)-(A)
(C) (i)-(D),(ii)-(A), (iii)-(C),(iv)-(B)
(D) (i)-(A),(ii)-(D),(iii)-(B), (iv)-(C)
Answer:
(C) (i)-(D),(ii)-(A), (iii)-(C),(iv)-(B)
Explanation:
(i) Giuseppe Mazzini formed a secret society called Young Italy.
(ii) Otto von Bismarck was the architect of the process of Germany’s Unification.
(iii) The defeat at Waterloo ended Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule as the Emperor of France.
(iv) Chief Minister Cavour led the movement to unify the Italy.
Question 14.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Meaning of ‘liber’ | (A) The fatherland |
| (ii) Meaning of ‘elle’ | (B) The citizen |
| (iii) Meaning of ‘le citoyen’ | (C) Free |
| (iv) Meaning of ‘la patrie’ | (D) The measure of cloth |
(A) (i)-(B), (ii)-(C), (iii)-(D), (iv)-(A)
(B) (i)-(C), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(A)
(C) (i)-(D), (ii)-(A), (iii)-(C), (iv)-(B)
(D) (i)-(A), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(C)
Answer:
(B) (i)-(C), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(A)
Explanation:
(i) In Roman, Liber means free.
(ii) Elle was used to measure cloth.
(iii) In French, citizens who lived inside city walls known as ‘le citoyen’.
(iv) In French, la patrie’ means ‘the fatherland’.
Question 15.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Broken chains/ Red cap | (A) Heroism |
| (ii) Sword | (B) Symbol of the German Empire- strength |
| (iii) Breastplate with eagle | (C) Being freed |
| (iv) Crown of oak leaves | (D) Readiness to fight |
(A) (i)-(B), (ii)-(C), (iii)-(D), (iv)-(A)
(B) (i)-(D), (ii)-(A), (iii)-(C), (iv)-(B)
(C) (i)-(C), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(A)
(D) (i)-(A), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(C)
Answer:
(C) (i)-(C), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(A)
Question 16.
Arrange the following in the correct sequence:
(i) Slav nationalism was the go to force in the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires.
(ii) Unification of Germany.
(iii) Victor Emmanuel was declared as the king of united Italy and Rome was declared the capital of Italy.
(iv) The Prussian King, William was proclaimed the German Emperor.
Option:
(A) (iv) – (ii) – (iii) – (i)
(B) (iii) – (iv) – (ii) – (i)
(C) (iii) – (ii) – (iv) – (i)
(D) (i) – (ii) – (iii) – (iv)
Answer:
(C) (iii) – (ii) – (iv) – (i)
Explanation:
(i) Victor Emmanuel was declared as the king of united Italy and Rome was declared the capital of Italy in 1861.
(ii) Unification of Germany from 1866 to 1871.
(iii) The Prussian King, William I was proclaimed the German Emperor in January, 1871.
(iv) Slav nationalism was the go to force in the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires in 1905.
Question 17.
Arrange the following in the correct sequence:
(i) Treaty of Constantinople
(ii) First upheaval took place in France
(iii) Lord Byron died
(iv) Greek Struggle for independence begins
Option:
(A) (i) – (ii) – (iii) – (iv)
(B) (ii) – (iv) – (i) – (iii)
(C) (iv) – (iii) – (ii) – (i)
(D) (iii) – (iv) – (ii) – (i)
Answer:
(C) (iv) – (iii) – (ii) – (i)
Explanation:
(i) Greek Struggle for independence begins in 1821.
(ii) Lord Byron died in 1824.
(iii) First upheaval took place in France in July 1830.
(iv) Treaty of Constantinople in 1832.
Question 18.
Analyze the information given below, considering one of the following correct options: While it is easy enough to represent a ruler through a portrait or a statue, how does one go about giving a face to a nation? Artists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries found a way out by personifying a nation. In other words, they represented a country as if it were a person.
(A) Portrait of a nation
(B) Idol of a nation
(C) Personification of a nation
(D) Visualising a nation
Answer:
(D) Visualising a nation
Question 19.
Analyze the information given below, considering one of the following correct options: He was perhaps the most celebrated of Italian freedom fighters. He came from a family engaged in coastal trade and was a sailor in the merchant navy. In 1833, he met Mazzini, joined the Young Italy Movement and participated in a Republican uprising in Piedmont in 1834.
(A) Otto von Bismarck
(B) Giuseppe Mazzini
(C) Count Camillio de Cavour
(D) Giuseppe Garibaldi
Answer:
(D) Giuseppe Garibaldi
Question 20.
Find the incorrect option from the following:
(A) During the years following 1815, the fear of repression drove many liberal-nationalists underground.
(B) Secret Societies sprang up in many Indian states to train revolutionaries and spread their ideas.
(C) To be a revolutionary at this time meant a commitment to oppose monarchical forms that had bean established after the Vienna Congress, and to fight for liberty and freedom.
(D) Most of these revolutionaries also saw the creation of nation states as a necessary part of this struggle for freedom.
Answer:
(B) Secret Societies sprang up in many Indian states to train revolutionaries and spread their ideas.
Explanation:
Secret Societies sprang up in many European states to train revolutionaries and spread their ideas.
Question 21.
Find the incorrect option from the following:
(A) The first upheaval took place in France in July 1930.
(B) The Bourbon Kings who had been restored to power during the conservative reaction after 1815, were now overthrown by liberal revolutionaries who installed a constitutional monarchy with Louis Philippe at its head.
(C) When America sneezes’ Metternich once remarked,’ the rest of Europe catches cold.’
(D) The July Revolution sparked an uprising in Brussels which led to Belgium breaking away from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Answer:
(C) When America sneezes’ Metternich once remarked,’ the rest of Europe catches cold.’
Explanation:
When France sneezes, Metternich once remarked, the rest of Europe catches cold.
Assertion and Reason Based MCQs
Directions: In the following questions, A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.
Question 1.
Assertion (A) : Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian General, politician and nationalist who played a large role in the history of Italy.
Reason (R): He was the architect in the process of nation – building.
Answer:
(C) A is true but R is false.
Explanation:
Bismarck was the architect in the process of nation – building.
Question 2.
Assertion (A) : A large part of the Balkans was under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
Reason (R) : The spread of the ideas of Romantic Nationalism in the Balkans together with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire made this region very explosive.
Answer:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Question 3.
Assertion (A) : The French Revolution was an influential event that marked the age of revolutions in Europe.
Reason (R) : The French Revolution transferred the sovereignty from the people to the monarch.
Answer:
(C) A is true but R is false.
Explanation:
The French Revolution led to the transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy to a body of French citizens.
Question 4.
Assertion (A): Serfdom and bonded labour were abolished both in the Habsburg dominions and in Russia.
Reason (R) : Monarchs were beginning to realise that the cycles of revolution and repression could only be ended by granting concessions to the liberal-nationalist revolutionaries.
Answer:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Question 5.
Assertion (A) : The Scottish Highlands suffered terrible repression whenever they attempted to assert their independence.
Reason (R) : Catholic revolts against British dominance were suppressed.
Answer:
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
Explanation:
Scotland suffered because of the long-drawn-out process and Ireland got support from the English to suppress the Catholic revolts.
Question 6.
Assertion (A): Italy and Switzerland were divided into kingdoms, duchies and cantons whose rulers had their autonomous territories.
Reason (R) : They were closely bound to each other inspite of their autonomous rule.
Answer:
(C) A is true but R is false.
Explanation:
Italy and Switzerland were under autocratic monarchies within the territories of which lived diverse peoples, sharing a collective identity or a common culture, spoke different languages and belonged to different ethnic groups.
Question 7.
Assertion (A) : On 18 May 1848, 831 elected representatives revolted in the Frankfurt parliament.
Reason (R) : The parliament was dominated by the middle classes who resisted the demands of workers and lost their support.
Answer:
(D) A is false and R is true.
Explanation:
On 18 May 1848, 831 elected representatives marched in a festive procession to take their places in the Frankfurt parliament. While the opposition of the aristocracy and military became stronger, the social basis of parliament eroded.
Question 8.
Assertion (A) : Mazzini’s relentless opposition to monarchy and his vision of democratic republics frightened the conservatives.
Reason (R): Metternich described Mazzini as ‘the most dangerous enemy of social order’.
Answer:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Case-Based MCQs
I. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows:
Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, European governments were driven by a spirit of conservatism. Conservatives believed that established traditional institutions of state and society – like the monarchy, the Church, social hierarchies, property and the family – should be preserved. Most conservatives, however, did not propose a return to the society of pre- revolutionary days. Rather, they realised, from the changes initiated by Napoleon, that modernisation could in fact strengthen traditional institutions like the monarchy. It could make state’s power more effective and stronger. A modern army, an efficient bureaucracy, a dynamic economy, the abolition of feudalism and serfdom could strengthen the autocratic monarchies of Europe.
In 1815, representatives of the European powers who had collectively defeated Napoleon, met at Vienna to draw up a settlement for Europe. The Congress was hosted by the Austrian Chancellor Duke Metternich. The delegates drew up the Treaty of Vienna of 1815 with the object of undoing most of the changes that had come about in Europe during the Napoleonic wars. The Bourbon dynasty, which had been deposed during the French Revolution, was restored to power, and France lost the territories it had annexed under Napoleon. A series of states
were set up on the boundaries of France to prevent French expansion in future.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.
Question 1.
Which of the following statement correctly describes about European conservative ideology?
(A) Preservation of beliefs introduced by Napoleon.
(B) Preservation of two sects of Christianity.
(C) Preservation of socialist ideology in economic sphere.
(D) Preservation of traditionalist beliefs in state and society
Answer:
(D) Preservation of traditionalist beliefs in state and society
Explanation:
Conservatism stands for the people who don’t like changes.
Question 2.
Identify the purpose to convene the Congress of Vienna in 1815 from the following options.
(A) To declare competition of German unification.
(B) To restore conservative regime in Europe.
(C) To declare war against France.
(D) To start the process of Italian Unification.
Answer:
(B) To restore conservative regime in Europe.
Explanation:
In 1815, the European powers collectively defeated Napoleon to draw up a settlement for Europe.
Question 3.
What did conservatives focus on at the Congress of Vienna? Select the appropriate option.
(A) To reestablish peace and stability in Europe.
(B) To establish socialism in Europe.
(C) To introduce democracy in France.
(D) To set up a new Parliament in Austria.
Answer:
(A) To reestablish peace and stability in Europe.
Explanation:
The mam intention was to restore the monarchies that had been overthrown by Napoleon.
Question 4.
How did the Congress of Vienna ensure peace in Europe? Select the appropriate option.
(A) With the restoration of Bourbon Dynasty
(B) Austria was not given the control of Northern Italy
(C) Laying out a balance of power between all the great powers in Europe
(D) By giving power to the German confederation
Answer:
(C) Laying out a balance of power between all the great powers in Europe
Explanation:
A modern army, an efficient bureaucracy, a dynamic economy, the abolition of feudalism and serfdom could strengthen the autocratic monarchies of Europe.
II. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows:
One such individual was the Italian revolutionary, Giuseppe Mazzini. Born in Genoa in 1807, he became a member of the secret society of the Carbonari. As a young man of 24, he was sent into exile in 1831 for attempting a revolution in Liguria. He subsequently founded two more underground societies, first, Young Italy in Marseilles, and then, Young Europe in Berne, whose members were like-minded young men from Poland, France, Italy and the German states. Mazzini believed that God had intended nations to be the natural units of mankind.
So Italy could not continue to be a patchwork of small states and kingdoms. It had to be forged into a single unified republic within a wider alliance of nations. This unification alone could be the basis of Italian liberty. Following his model, secret societies were set up in Germany, France, Switzerland and Poland. Mazzini’s relentless opposition to monarchy and his vision of democratic republics frightened the conservatives. Metternich described him as ‘the most dangerous enemy of our social order’.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.
Question 1.
Where was Giuseppe Mazzini born?
(A) Berne
(B) Paris
(C) Genoa
(D) Liguria
Answer:
(C) Genoa
Question 2.
Giuseppe Mazzini was sent into exile in 1831 for attempting a revolution in.
(A) Genoa
(B) Liguria
(C) Poland
(D) Marseilles
Answer:
(B) Liguria
Question 3.
Who described Mazzini as ‘the most dangerous enemy of our social order’?
(A) Bismarck
(B) Cavour
(C) Metternich
(D) Garibaldi
Answer:
(C) Metternich
Question 4.
Which of the following societies was founded in Berne?
(A) Young Europe
(B) Young Germany
(C) Young Italy
(D) Young Britain
Answer:
(A) Young Europe
III. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows:
Like Germany, Italy too had a long history of political fragmentation. Italians were scattered over several dynastic states as well as the multi¬national Habsburg Empire. During the middle of the nineteenth century, Italy was divided into seven states, of which only one, Sardinia-Piedmont, was ruled by an Italian princely house. The north was under Austrian Habsburgs, the centre was ruled by the Pope and the southern regions were under the domination of the Bourbon kings of Spain. Even the Italian language had not acquired one common form and still had many regional and local variations.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.
Question 1.
During mid-19th century, Italy was divided into……………..states.
(A) six’
(B) seven
(C) eight
(D) nine
Answer:
(B) seven
Question 2.
Which of the following part of Italy was ruled by an Italian princely house?
(A) Rome
(B) Venetia
(C) Lombardy
(D) Sardinia-Piedmont
Answer:
(D) Sardinia-Piedmont
Question 3.
Who dominated the south regions of Italy?
(A) Pope
(B) Bourbon Kings of Spain
(C) Austrian Habsburgs
(D) Bourbon Kings of France
Answer:
(B) Bourbon Kings of Spain
Question 4.
Besides Italy, which of the following nation had a long history of political fragmentation?
(A) Germany
(B) Britain
(C) USA
(D) Japan
Answer:
(A) Germany
IV. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows:
Similar female allegories were invented by artists in the nineteenth century to represent the nation. In France she was christened Marianne, a popular Christian name, which underlined the idea of a people’s nation. Her characteristics were drawn from those of Liberty and the Republic – the red cap, the tricolour and the cockade. Statues of Marianne were erected in public squares to remind the public of the national symbol of unity and to persuade them to identify with it. Marianne images were marked on coins and stamps. Similarly, Germania became the allegory of the German nation. In visual representations, Germania wears a crown of oak leaves, as the German oak stands for heroism.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option
Question 1.
What was the name given to the female allegory in France?
(A) Germania
(B) Mary
(C) Flora
(D) Marianne
Answer:
(D) Marianne
Question 2.
Germania became the allegory of………….. .
(A) France
(B) Italy
(C) Germany
(D) Britain
Answer:
(C) Germany
Question 3.
What does the German oak stand for?
(A) Liberty
(B) Heroism
(C) Justice
(D) Strength
Answer:
(B) Heroism
Question 4.
…………… images marked on coins and stamps.
(A) Germania
(B) Marianne
(C) Mary
(D) Jesus
Answer:
(B) Marianne
V. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows:
In the German regions, a large number of political associations whose members were middle-class professionals, businessmen and prosperous artisans, came together in the city of Frankfurt and decided to vote for an all-German National Assembly. On 18 May, 1848, 831 elected representatives marched in a festive Procession to take their places in the Frankfurt Parliament convened in the Church of St Paul. They drafted a constitution for a German nation to be headed by a monarchy subject to a parliament. When the deputies offered the crown on these terms to Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia, he rejected it and joined other monarchs to oppose the elected assembly.
While the opposition of the aristocracy and military became stronger, the social basis of parliament eroded. The Parliament was dominated by the middle classes who resisted the demands of workers and artisans and consequently lost their support. In the end, troops were called in and the assembly was forced to disband. The issue of extending political rights to women was a controversial one within the liberal movement, in which large numbers of women had participated actively over the years. Women had formed their own political associations, founded newspapers and taken part in political meetings and demonstrations. Despite this, they were denied suffrage rights during the election of the Assembly. When the Frankfurt Parliament convened in the Church of St Paul, women were admitted only as observers to stand in the visitors’ gallery.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option
Question 1.
People from which classes mainly constituted the members of many political associations in the German region?
(A) Middle-class professionals
(B) Businessmen
(C) Prosperous Artisans
(D) All above classes
Answer:
(D) All above classes
Question 2.
On 18th May, 1848 where was Frankfurt Parliament convened? Choose the correct option.
(A) St. Peters’ church
(B) St. Pauls’ church
(C) St. Johns’ church
(D) St. Mary church
Answer:
(B) St. Pauls’ church
Question 3.
Otto Von Bismarcks’ contribution in building nation of Germany is remarkable. Who was he?
(A) The King of Prussia
(B) The Prime Minister of Prussia
(C) The President of Prussia
(D) The Chief Minister of Prussia
Answer:
(D) The Chief Minister of Prussia
Question 4.
What was the role of women in the Church of St. Paul?
(A) They were allowed to take active part.
(B) They suggested their option.
(C) They dominated and fought for their right.
(D) They were admitted only as observers to stand in the visitors’ gallery.
Answer:
(D) They were admitted only as observers to stand in the visitors’ gallery.
VI. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows:
During the 1830s, Giuseppe Mazzini had sought to put together a coherent programme for a unitary Italian Republic. He had also formed a secret society called Young Italy for the dissemination of his goals. The failure of revolutionary uprisings both in 1831 and 1848 meant that the mantle now fell on Sardinia-Piedmont under its ruler, King Victor Emmanuel II, to unify the Italian states through war. In the eyes of the ruling elites of this region, a unified Italy, offered them the possibility of economic development and political dominance. Chief Minister Cavour who led the movement to unify the regions of Italy, was neither a revolutionary nor a democrat.
Like many other wealthy and educated members of the Italian elite, he spoke French much better than he did Italian. Through a tactful diplomatic alliance with France engineered by Cavour, Sardinia-Piedmont succeeded in defeating the Austrian forces in 1859. Apart from the regular troops, a large number of armed volunteers under the leadership of Giuseppe Garibaldi joined the fray. In 1860, they marched into South Italy and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and succeeded in winning the support of the local peasants in order to drive out the Spanish rulers. In 1861, Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed King of united Italy. However, much of the Italian population, among whom rates of illiteracy were very high, remained blissfully unaware of liberal-nationalist ideology. The peasant masses who had supported Garibaldi in southern Italy had never heard of Italia, and believed that ‘La Talia’ was Victor Emmanuel’s wife
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option
Question 1.
Who formed a secret society called ‘Young Italy’?
(A) Giuseppe Mazzini
(B) Giuseppe Garibaldi
(C) Otto Von Bismarck
(D) Victor Emmanuel
Answer:
(A) Giuseppe Mazzini
Question 2.
Who led the movement to unify the regions of Italy?
(A) Napoleon Bonaparte
(B) Kaiser William II
(C) Chief Minister Cavour
(D) Chief Minister Otto Von Bismarck
Answer:
(C) Chief Minister Cavour
Question 3.
According to the extract, what was the reason for a large part of Italian population remaining unaware of the liberal ideology?
(A) They were unaware of the circumstances.
(B) They didn’t want to get involved in mess.
(C) They were busy in their lives and had no time.
(D)They were illiterate, so they remained unaware of the liberal ideology.
Answer:
(D)They were illiterate, so they remained unaware of the liberal ideology.
Question 4.
Who proclaimed himself as the king of united Italy?
(A) La Taila
(B) Giuseppe Garibaldi
(C) Sardinia
(D) Victor Emmanuel
Answer:
(D) Victor Emmanuel