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How did the Greek… (Class 10 Social Science 2025, Q30b)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/2/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 30(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/2/1, section D, question 30(b), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

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

How did the Greek freedom struggle arouse nationalist sentiments in Europe? Explain with suitable arguments.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Which empire ruled Greece?

Hint 2

Who supported the Greeks from outside?

Hint 3

How did the war end?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. The Greek war of independence mobilised nationalist feeling among the educated elite across Europe.

    1 mark

  2. Greece had been part of the Ottoman Empire since the fifteenth century. Revolutionary nationalism sparked a struggle for independence in 1821.

    1 mark

  3. Greek nationalists received support from Greeks in exile and from West Europeans who admired ancient Greek culture.

    1 mark

  4. Poets and artists praised Greece as the cradle of European civilisation and mobilised public opinion against a Muslim empire. Lord Byron raised funds and went to fight, dying of fever in 1824.

    1 mark

  5. The Treaty of Constantinople, 1832, recognised Greece as an independent nation.

    1 mark

Answer: The Greek struggle (1821–1832) won sympathy across Europe and ended in recognition of Greece.

Where the marks are

  • War of independence mobilised the educated elite (1 mark)
  • Ottoman rule and the 1821 struggle (1 mark)
  • Support from exiles and philhellenes (1 mark)
  • Poets, artists and Lord Byron (1 mark)
  • Treaty of Constantinople 1832 (1 mark)

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