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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/3/1 · 4 marks · Case-based

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 34

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/3/1, section E, question 34, for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q34 · 4 marks · Case-basedCompetency-basedThe Rise of Nationalism in Europe

Read the given source and answer the questions that follow:

The Revolutionaries

During the years following 1815, the fear of repression drove many liberal-nationalists underground. Secret societies sprang up in many European states to train revolutionaries and spread their ideas. To be revolutionary at this time meant a commitment to oppose monarchical forms that had been established after the Vienna Congress, and to fight for liberty and freedom. Most of these revolutionaries also saw the creation of nation-states as a necessary part of this struggle for freedom.

  1. (34.1)

    Mention any one political demand of the liberals.

    1 mark
  2. (34.2)

    Mention the main cause for the rise of secret societies in European States.

    1 mark
  3. (34.3)

    Analyse the reasons for many liberal-nationalists going underground after 1815.

    2 marks

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/3/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Find the nation-state idea in the passage.

Hint 2

Read why secret societies were formed.

Hint 3

Think about what the post-1815 governments did to their opponents.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. (i) A political demand of the liberals: creation of nation-states (also liberty and freedom from monarchical rule).

    1 mark

  2. (ii) Secret societies arose to train revolutionaries and spread their ideas of liberty and the nation-state.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) Liberal-nationalists went underground because they feared repression by the conservative monarchies that were restored after the Vienna Congress of 1815.

    1 mark

  4. (iii) They opposed these monarchical forms, so open opposition was dangerous. They worked secretly for liberty and nation-states.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) Creation of nation-states; (ii) to train revolutionaries and spread their ideas; (iii) fear of repression by monarchies they opposed.

Where the marks are

  • States one political demand (1 mark)
  • States the cause of secret societies (1 mark)
  • Fear of repression (1 mark)
  • Opposition to monarchies after Vienna Congress (1 mark)

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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 paper2025 board paper, set 32/3/1: every question, by section.

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