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

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/5/1, 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

Evaluate the role of Giuseppe Mazzini in the unification of the Italian Republic.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/5/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Recall the political state of Italy before unification.

Hint 2

Which secret society did Mazzini found, and what happened to the uprisings?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Italy was divided into seven states. Only Sardinia-Piedmont had an Italian ruling house, the north was under Austrian Habsburgs, the centre under the Pope and the south under the Spanish Bourbons. Mazzini worked in this context of fragmentation.

    1 mark

  2. In the 1830s Mazzini put together a coherent programme for a unitary Italian Republic.

    1 mark

  3. He formed the secret society Young Italy to spread his goals.

    1 mark

  4. The revolutionary uprisings of 1831 and 1848 failed, so the leadership passed to Sardinia-Piedmont under Victor Emmanuel II, showing the limits of his republican approach.

    1 mark

  5. Evaluation: he gave the idea of a united nation and inspired the youth, but unification was completed by monarchy and diplomacy, not by his republic.

    1 mark

Answer: Mazzini provided the vision and organisation (Young Italy) for a unitary republic, but his uprisings failed and Sardinia-Piedmont completed unification.

Where the marks are

  • Italy's division into states (1 mark)
  • Programme for a unitary republic (1 mark)
  • Formation of Young Italy (1 mark)
  • Failed uprisings of 1831 and 1848 and leadership passing to Sardinia-Piedmont (1 mark)
  • Overall evaluation of his role (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Rise of Nationalism in Europe, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 32/5/1: every question, by section.

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