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Practice Sheet 2
Topic: Ch 1 Rise of Nationalism in Europe
Grade: IX
Subject: Social ScienceMaximum Marks: 10

Question 1 Choose the correct option.

(a) What do the saints, angels and Christ symbolise in the Utopian vision? [1]
i. equality among people
ii. fraternity among nations
iii. freedom of nations
iv. fraterntiy among nations

(b) Who were the Junkers? [1]

i) nobles
ii) writers
iii) soldiers
iv) landowners

(c) Who formed the secret society called ‘Young Italy? [1]
i) Otto von Bismark
ii) Metternich
iii) Giuseppe Mazzini
iv) Johann Gottfried Herder

(d) Which of the following was not true about the National Assembly? [1]
i) workshops to provide employment were set up
ii) guaranteed the right to work
iii) payment of contactors was reduced
iv) granted suffrage to all males above 21

(e) What does the word das volk mean? [1]

i) ruler
ii) common people

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 iii) nobility
iv) writers

Question 2 Explain the following terms. [1]

(a) Conservatism
A political philosophy that stressed the importance of tradition,
established institutions and customs, and preferred gradual
development to quick change.

(b) Nationalism [1]

Nationalism is an ideology and movement that promotes the interests of a
particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the
nation's sovereignty over its homeland.

Question 3 Answer the following questions.

(a) What was the main aim of the revolutionaries of Europe? [1]
Liberate people from despotism

(b) What is an allegory? State one example to clarify the same. [1]
When an abstract idea for instance, greed, envy, freedom,
liberty is expressed through a person or a thing.

(c) Name the event that mobilized nationalist feelings among the [1]
educated elite across Europe in 1830 to 1848.
Greek war of independence

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