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~3h15m

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80 + 20

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BSEB Matric Social Science is a compulsory Class 10 subject with unit weights near History/Civics/Geography ~25 each, Economics ~22, and Disaster Management ~6 (of 100), often theory ~80 + project/internal ~20, mixed objective–subjective format, and pass rules carefully worded near ~30%–33% subject minima as notified. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation for NCERT/BSEB-aligned SST concepts — not the official board paper.

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1Which idea most strongly fuelled the rise of modern nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe?
A.Belief that a people sharing language, culture, and history should form one nation-state
B.Rejection of all written constitutions
C.Preference for absolute monarchy without citizenship rights
D.Exclusive focus on colonial trade only
Explanation: European nationalism linked shared language, culture, and historical memory to the demand for sovereign nation-states, replacing multi-national empires and dynastic rule in the long nineteenth century.
2The French Revolution is important for European nationalism mainly because it spread which idea?
A.Subjects of a monarch alone define political community
B.The people are citizens of a nation with equal rights under a constitution
C.Only nobles may participate in government
D.Language should never be used in administration
Explanation: Revolutionary France redefined political community around equal citizens of the nation rather than subjects of a dynasty, and its symbols, laws, and armies carried this model across Europe.
3Giuseppe Mazzini is best associated with which goal in Italian nationalism?
A.Keeping Italy divided into many small kingdoms forever
B.Uniting Italy into a single republican nation
C.Restoring only papal temporal power across Europe
D.Opposing all secret societies and youth organisations
Explanation: Mazzini founded Young Italy and argued that Italy should become one independent nation, inspiring later unification efforts even though his republican vision was not fully realised in 1861.
4Otto von Bismarck’s method of German unification is often summarised as relying on:
A.Only peaceful petitions to the Austrian emperor
B.Blood and iron — diplomacy backed by Prussian military power
C.Complete rejection of any war
D.British parliamentary statutes alone
Explanation: Bismarck, as Prussian chancellor, used calculated wars and diplomacy to exclude Austria and create a German Empire under Prussian leadership after 1871.
5Allegories such as Marianne (France) and Germania (Germany) were used by nationalists mainly to:
A.Represent the nation as a personified figure people could identify with
B.Replace all maps and borders
C.Abolish education systems
D.Prove that nations have no symbols
Explanation: Female allegories gave abstract nations a recognisable face, costume, and attributes so citizens could visualise and emotionally identify with the nation.
6The Rowlatt Act (1919) angered Indians largely because it:
A.Granted full provincial autonomy immediately
B.Allowed detention without trial and curtailed civil liberties
C.Abolished all taxes in India
D.Made Hindi the sole official language of Britain
Explanation: The Rowlatt Act continued wartime repressive powers in peacetime, enabling arrest and detention without trial, which Gandhi and others opposed through satyagraha.
7Why did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919) become a turning point in Indian nationalism?
A.It convinced many Indians that colonial rule could use extreme force against peaceful gatherings
B.It granted dominion status the next day
C.It ended all nationalist activity permanently
D.It was celebrated as a British cultural festival
Explanation: General Dyer ordered firing on an unarmed crowd in Amritsar, shocking Indian opinion and deepening distrust of British justice after World War I.
8The Non-Cooperation Movement (1920–22) asked people mainly to:
A.Boycott British institutions, titles, schools, courts, and foreign goods
B.Join the British army in larger numbers only
C.Pay double land revenue voluntarily
D.Abandon all village panchayats
Explanation: Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation programme combined boycott of colonial institutions and goods with promotion of swadeshi, national schools, and arbitration, aiming to withdraw consent from colonial rule.
9Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri Chaura incident mainly because:
A.He believed mass violence violated the discipline of satyagraha
B.The British had already granted complete independence
C.Congress leaders banned all future movements forever
D.Peasants refused any further participation worldwide
Explanation: At Chauri Chaura (1922), protesters killed policemen. Gandhi suspended Non-Cooperation, arguing that the movement had turned violent and needed training in non-violent discipline.
10The Salt March (Dandi March, 1930) challenged British authority by:
A.Breaking the colonial salt monopoly and salt tax through civil disobedience
B.Importing only British salt
C.Asking peasants to stop farming rice
D.Joining the Viceroy’s Executive Council en masse
Explanation: Gandhi marched to Dandi and made salt, defying the salt laws that taxed a basic necessity and symbolised unjust colonial monopoly.

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