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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2026, set 32/5/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2026: question 7(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, paper 32/5/1, section A, question 7(b), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q7(b) · 5 marks · Long answerThe Rise of Nationalism in Europe

Examine the role of Giuseppe Mazzini in the unification of Italy during the nineteenth century.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 32/5/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Which secret society did he join?

Hint 2

What two societies did he found?

Hint 3

Why did conservatives fear him?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Mazzini was born in Genoa in 1805 and joined the secret society of the Carbonari. At 24 he was sent into exile for attempting a revolution in Liguria.

    1 mark

  2. In the 1830s he tried to put forward a clear programme for a unified Italian Republic.

    1 mark

  3. He believed that God had intended nations to be the natural units of mankind. Italy therefore could not remain a patchwork of small states. It had to be a single republic within a wider alliance of nations.

    1 mark

  4. He founded two underground societies to spread his ideas, Young Italy in Marseilles and Young Europe in Berne.

    1 mark

  5. His opposition to monarchy and his vision of democratic republics frightened the conservatives. His ideas and methods inspired other revolutionaries and so helped make unification possible.

    1 mark

Answer: Mazzini inspired Italian unification through his vision of a republican nation-state, his societies Young Italy and Young Europe, and by motivating later revolutionaries.

Where the marks are

  • Early life and the Carbonari (1 mark)
  • Programme for a unified republic (1 mark)
  • Belief in the nation as the natural unit (1 mark)
  • Young Italy and Young Europe (1 mark)
  • Opposed monarchy and inspired others (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

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