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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/1/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 30(A)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/1/1, section D, question 30(A), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q30(A) · 5 marks · Long answerThe Rise of Nationalism in Europe

How did the ideology of 'liberalism' affect the Europe in early nineteenth century? Explain.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Recall the political and the economic meanings of liberalism.

Hint 2

Who could vote in liberal states of that time?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. In early nineteenth-century Europe, ideas of national unity were closely allied to liberalism. Since the French Revolution it stood for the end of autocracy and clerical privileges.

    1 mark

  2. Politically, liberalism stressed government by consent, and a constitution and representative government through Parliament.

    1 mark

  3. Economically, liberalism stood for freedom of markets and abolition of state-imposed restrictions on the movement of goods and capital.

    1 mark

  4. It stressed the inviolability of private property.

    1 mark

  5. However, equality before the law did not mean universal suffrage. Voting rights were limited to property-owning men, and women and the non-propertied were excluded.

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Answer: Liberalism promoted end of autocracy, government by consent, constitution and parliament, free markets and private property, but not universal suffrage.

Where the marks are

  • Link with national unity, end of autocracy and clerical privileges (1 mark)
  • Government by consent, constitution and representative government (1 mark)
  • Freedom of markets and removal of restrictions (1 mark)
  • Inviolability of private property (1 mark)
  • Equality before law but limited suffrage (1 mark)

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