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

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, 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

"The political and constitutional changes that came in the wake of the French Revolution led to the transfer of sovereignty from monarchy to a body of French Citizens." Explain the statement.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/5/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Who became the nation after 1789?

Hint 2

Think of symbols such as the flag and hymns.

Hint 3

Think of the uniform laws and language.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. The Revolution proclaimed that the people would constitute the nation and shape its destiny. The Estates General was elected by active citizens and renamed the National Assembly.

    1 mark

  2. The ideas of 'la patrie' (fatherland) and 'le citoyen' (citizen) stressed a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution.

    1 mark

  3. A new tricolour flag replaced the royal standard. New hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs commemorated in the name of the nation.

    1 mark

  4. A centralised administration made uniform laws. Internal customs duties were abolished and a uniform system of weights and measures was adopted.

    1 mark

  5. Regional dialects were discouraged and Parisian French became the common national language. The revolutionaries declared it the nation's mission to liberate the peoples of Europe from despotism.

    1 mark

Answer: Sovereignty passed from the monarch to the citizens through the National Assembly, new national symbols, uniform laws and a common language.

Where the marks are

  • People as the nation and National Assembly (1 mark)
  • La patrie and le citoyen, equal rights (1 mark)
  • Tricolour, hymns, oaths (1 mark)
  • Centralised administration, uniform laws, weights and measures (1 mark)
  • Common French language and mission to liberate Europe (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 paper2025 board paper, set 32/5/1: every question, by section.

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