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Analyze the… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2023-24, Q31B)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2023-24 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2023-24: question 31(B)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2023-24, section D, question 31(B), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q31(B) · 5 marks · Long answerThe Rise of Nationalism in Europe

Analyze the decisions taken by the conservatives at the Congress of Vienna in the year 1815.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2023-24.

Hints

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Hint 1

Who attended the Congress and what did they want to undo?

Hint 2

What was done to France to prevent future expansion?

Hint 3

What was the nature of the regimes set up after 1815?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria, who had defeated Napoleon, met at Vienna under Austrian Chancellor Duke Metternich and drew up the Treaty of Vienna (1815). Its aim was to undo the Napoleonic changes and restore a conservative order and monarchies.

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  2. The Bourbon dynasty was restored in France, and France lost the territories it had annexed under Napoleon.

    1 mark

  3. States were set up on France's borders to check future expansion, for example the Kingdom of the Netherlands including Belgium in the north, and Genoa added to Piedmont in the south.

    1 mark

  4. Prussia was given territories on its western frontier and Austria control of northern Italy. Russia got part of Poland and Prussia a portion of Saxony. The German Confederation of 39 states was left untouched.

    1 mark

  5. The conservative regimes were autocratic, intolerant of criticism and curbed activities questioning their legitimacy.

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Answer: The Congress restored monarchies, weakened France with buffer states, redistributed territories and set up autocratic conservative regimes.

Where the marks are

  • Powers, host and aim of restoring the old order (1 mark)
  • Bourbon restoration and France's territorial losses (1 mark)
  • Buffer states around France (1 mark)
  • Territorial gains of Prussia, Austria and Russia, German Confederation (1 mark)
  • Autocratic nature of the conservative order (1 mark)

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