Class 10 Term 1 Board Exam

SOCIAL SCIENCE
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Q1-When did the French Revolution start?
A. 1789
B. 1879
C. 1780
D. 1769
Ans: A
Q2.What was the political situation in France at the time?
A. Democracy
B. Republic
C. Sovereign State
D. Absolute Monarchy
Ans: D
Q3.What emphasised the notion of a united community
enjoying equal rights under a constitution?
A. la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen)
B. French people in common
C. French Flag
D.idea of one nation state
Ans: A
Q4. How many colours did the new French flag have?
A. two
B. Tricolour

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C. 4 colours
D. single colour
Ans: B
Q5. By whom was the Estates General elected?
A. men and women
B.active citizens
C.women
D.senior citizens
Ans: B
Q6. What was the new name of the Estates General?
A. Federal Assembly
B. States Assembly
C.National Assembly
D.Peoples Assembly
Ans: C
Q7. What actions were taken in the name of the nation?
A. army was formed
B. social work was done
C. hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs
commemorated, custom duties were abolished
D. regular meetings were held
Ans: C
Q8. What type of an administrative system was set up?
A. Federal administrative system
B.Centralised administrative system
C.Regional administrative system
D.Decentralised administrative system
Ans: B
Q9. Regional dialects were discouraged and………….., became
the common language of the nation.
A. English
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B. Polish language
C. French
D. Italian
Ans: C
Q10. Choose the correctly matched pair who speaks about the
people and their ideas about the world.
(a) Frederick Sorrieu - Democratic and social Republic
(b) Ernst Renan - Culture can be found in common people
(c) Napoleon – A common past and present
(d) Johann Gottfried – Democratic countries
Ans: (a) Frederick Sorrieu - Democratic and social Republic
Q11. Choose the correctly matched pair that tells about the
revolts, the year, and the concerned country.
(a) 1830 – England (b) 1845 – Germany
(c) 1848 – Paris (d) 1849 – Silesia
Ans. (c) 1848 – Paris --
Q 12. Choose the correctly matched pair about the year and
important events that took place in Balkan countries.
(a) 1914 - Idea of nationalism swept over Balkan area
(b) 1902 – European countries wanted to control Balkan area
(c) 1892 – The cause of First World War
(d) 1871 – Became the source of tension in Europe.
Ans. (d) 1871 – Became the source of tension in Europe.
Q 13. Choose the correctly matched pair about the country and
its allegory.
(a) Marianne – France
(b) Germania – Armenia
(c) Mother Hayastan – Argentina
(d) Effray of the Republic – Germany
Ans. (a) Marianne - France

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Q 14. Choose the correctly matched pair about the year, and
the action the revolutionaries took in the unification of Italy.
(a) 1831 - Efforts of Mazzini failed
(b) 1859 – Italy unified
(c) 1817 – Italy fragmented in seven States
(d) 1863 - Cavour through diplomacy allied France to defeat
Austria
Ans. (a) 1831 – Efforts of Mazzini failed
Q15. Choose the correctly matched pair about the year and
unification of various countries.
(a) 1855-1961 – Unification of Britain
(b) 1859-1870 – Unification of Italy
(c) 1789-1801 – Unification of Germany
(d) 1866-1871 – Unification of France
Ans. (b) 1859-1870 – Unification of Italy
Q16. Choose the correctlymatched pair about leaders of
Unification and their country.
(a) Giuseppe Garibaldi - Britain
(b) Napoleon France
(c) Bourbon King – Spain
(d) Otto von Bismarck – Germany
Ans. (d) Otto von Bismarck – Germany
Q17. In 1848 who tried to unite the regions of the German
confederation into a nation state by an elected parliament?
(a) Conservatives
(b) Middle – class
(c) Otto von Bismarck
(d) Kaiser William |
Ans. (b) Middle – class
Q18. The British Parliament was dominated by its ................
(a) English members (b) Scottish members
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(c) Irish members (d) Welsh members
Ans. (a) English members
Q 19. What was the language spoken by the Scottish people?
(a) Polish (b) French
(c) Magyar (d) Gaelic
Ans. (d) Gaelic
Q20. The Catholic clans of Scotland were the inhabitants of
the...............
(a) Scottish Plains
(b) Scottish coast
(c) Scottish Highlands
(d) Scottish primitive villages
Ans. (c) Scottish Highlands
Q21. What were the two Christian divisions in Ireland?
(a) New testament and Old testament
(b) Catholic and Protestants
(c) Catholics and Scottish church
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) Catholic and Protestants
Q22. Which was the community that received the help of the
English in Ireland?
(a) Catholics
(b) Protestants
(c) Irish Church
(d) English merchants
Ans: (b) Protestants
Q23. Name the Irish catholic who revolted against British
dominance?
(a) Garibaldi
(b) Grimm Brothers
(c) Wolfe Tone
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(d) Cavour
Ans. (c) Wolfe Tone
Q24. In which year was Ireland fully incorporated into the
United Kingdom?
(a) 1701
(b) 1707
(c) 1801
(d) 1807
Ans. (c) 1801
Q25. Who was responsible for the forcible incorporation of
Ireland into United Kingdom?
(a) King Victor Emmanuel II
(b) Wolfe Tone and United Irishmen
(c) Cavour
(d) Garibaldi
Ans. (b) Wolfe Tone and United Irishmen
Q26. Choose the correct option from the following:
List - (Revolution) List - II ( Place)
a) 1848 Italy
b) 1830 Brussels
c) 1845 France
d) 1859 Silesia

Ans. (b) 1830 – Brussels

Q27. Giuseppe Garibaldi was born in the yeaarr_____.
(a) 1807 (b) 1799
(c) 1805 (d) 1814
Ans. (a) 1807
Q28. In which year did Giuseppe Garibaldi die?
(a) 1880 (b) 1881

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(c) 1882 (d) 1883
Ans. (c) 1882
Q29. What was Giuseppe Garibaldi's occupation before
becoming a revolutionary?
(a) Sailor in merchant navy (b) A soldier
(c) A potter (d) A rich bureaucrat
Ans. (a) Sailor in merchant navy
Q30. The Garibaldi family were engaged in____
(a) Coastal trade (b) Kings courtmen
(c) Commander (d) Slavery
Ans. (a) Coastal trade
Q31. In which year did Mazzini and Garibaldi meet?
(a) 1837 (b) 1836
(c) 1833 (d) 1835
Ans. (c) 1833
Q32. When did Garibaldi participate in the republican uprising
in Piedmont?
(a) 1837 (b) 1834
(c) 1831 (d) 1838
Ans. (b) 1834
Q33. Garibaldi fled to.............. where he lived in exile till 1848.
(a) South America
(b) North America
(c) Spain
(d) France
Ans. (a) South America
Q34. Which country isn’t part of Balkan region?
(a) Greece
(b) France
(c) Albania
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(d) Bulgaria
Ans: France
Q35. In which year did the United Irishmen revolt?
(a) 1797 (b) 1801
(c) 1798 (d) 1799
Ans: 1798

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