Question & answers-world history
1. Write short note on “Young Italy”.
A. Young Italy :
1) Joseph Mazzini, the father of Italian nation was an intellectual and a spiritual
force behind Italian resurrection.
2) Mazzini founded Young Italy a revolutionary society to promote nationalism.
3) The membership was given only to youth below 40 years.
4) Many young people joined with patriotism.
5) They were prepared to undergo any serverest hardship in the cause of their mother land.
2. What is meant by “White man’s burden” ?
A. White man’s Burden:-
1) The Europeans established colonies in Africa and Asia.
2) They considered themselves more civilized and the people of their colonies as uncivilized.
3) They spread an ideology that reasons behind their acquiring large scale empires in Asia and
Africa as their burden for offering civilization to back ward people.
3. What were the principles of Fascism ?
A. The Principles of Fascism:-
1) The fascist party was established by Mussolini in 1919.
2) Fascism opposed democracy, socialism and liberalism
3) It deprived capitalists of all their wealth and on the other hand they also prohibited the
labourers to go on strike.
4) It believed that single party only was useful for the country and also believed in placing all
the powers in the hands of a single dictator.
5) They advocated that “ war is to a nation what maternity is to women.”
4. What are the principles of Bhakti movement.
A. Bhakti movement :
1) The religious movement of the medieval period was known as Bhakti movement,
2) There were social and political upheavals in the country due to the advent of Islam.
3) Important principles of Bhakti movement were..
a) Unity of God head b) Universal Brother hood
c) Lack of Casteism d) Simple devotion to God
e) Penance f) Patience and nonviolence etc.,
5. What is Panchasheel ?
A. Panch Sheel:
1) The treaty signed by India and China which incorporated the principles of non – interference
in other’s affairs and respect for integral territorial integrity and sovereignty is called Panch
Sheel.
2) Panch sheel means five principles.
3) I t wa s s igned by Sr i J awaha r l a l Nehru , the f i r s t Pr ime mini s t e r of Indi a and
Mr.Chou – en – lie, the then Prime Minister of China in 1954.
4) It includes the territorial integrity of India, China and Tibet region.
7. What was the immediate cause of world war I ?
A. The murder of Ferdinand of Austria the heir to the monarchy along with his wife on 28
Th June,1914 was the immediate cause of the world war-I.
8. Expand the term NATO.
A. NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization
9. What are the unifying factors of Indian culture ?
A. Unifying factors of Indian culture
a) Epics
b) Languages
c) Rites and functions
d) Holy places
e) National festivals
f) Rivers
10. In which year Indian constitution was adopted ?
A. Indian Constitution was adopted in the year 1949.
11. What is meant by CTBT ?
A. CTBT means Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
12. Bring out the factors that contributed to the growth of national consciousness in India.
A. Factors that contributed to the growth of national consciousness in India:-
1) Introduction of English Education : - Through English Education, Indians were able to
get to know the western ideas of liberty, democracy, equality etc.,
2) Political unification :- Administrative and political unification of India under British made
Indians to feel “ one people - one nation”.
3) Economic Exploitation :
a) Indians were economically exploited by the British economic policies.
b) They made India a mere supplier of raw-material and a good market for their products.
4) Socio-religious reform movements :
a) Many socio-religious movements emerged in the society,.
b) They worked to rise the national integration in the country.
Ex: Brahma samaj by Raja Rammohan Rai, Arya Samaj by Dayananda saraswathi
etc.,
5) Modern means of Transport and communication : Modern means of transport and
Communication introduced by the British helped in bringining the Indians together.
6) Growth of Press: Development of press created politicla consciousness among the Indians.
Ex: Amrit Bazar Patrika, The Hindu, The Kesari etc.,
7) Early political Associations:
a) Many political organisations were started in India such as British Indian Association,
Bombay Association etc.,
b) They worked for the creation of political consciousness among the Indians.
8) Other factors:
American revolution, French Revolution and Russian revolution inspired the Indians and
made them to fight for freedom.
13. What were the causes of the Revolt or Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 ?
A. The causes for the Revolt or Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 were :-
1) The misrule of the British in India caused frustration among the Indians.
2) Doctrine of Lapse :- Dalhousie’s annexationalist policies made the many native rajas like
Satara, Nagapur, Sambalpur, Udiapur to lose their kingdoms.
3) Introduction of western education made the Indians to suspect the attitude of the British towards Indians.
4) Discriminatory policies of the British towards Indian soldiers raised dissatisfaction among Indian soldiers.
5) Immediate cause of the Revolt :- Introduction of enfield rifles with greased catridges.
6) It was rumoured that the catridges of new rifles were greased with the fats of cow and pig.
The Indian soldiers refused to accept them as it hurt the religious sentiments of the Indian
soldiers.
7) Economic Exploitation :- British plundered the Indian resources.
8) They forced the Indian farmers to grow commercial crops at the cost of food crops. As a
result there was shortage of food grains.
9) Thus, the rule of the British antagonised each section of the people in every part of the
country. This resulted in the form of 1857 revolt.
14. Assess the role of the U.N.O in preserving world peace.
A. Role of UNO in preserving the world peace:-
1) UNO was formed on 24 th Oct, 1945 to prevent wars and promote world peace as its chief objective.
2) UNO succeeded in getting independence to Indonesia from the Dutch.
3) It solved the dispute in Palestine between Arabs and Jews and created separate state of Israel
for Jews.
4) It stopped the aggression of North Korea over South Korea by military action.
5) It succeeded in averting war between England and Egypt over Suez canal crisis.
6) When Pakistan resorted to aggression over Kashmir, it intervened and tried to avert the war
between India and Pakistan.
7) It helped in Cyprus to avert conflict between Greeks and Turks.
8) It also helped about several nations in getting liberated from imperialist control.
9) It condemned apartheid in south Africa as a crime against humanity.
10) It worked hard in economic, social, cultural, educational, health and other related fields of
human development.
15. Give an account of the role played by Bismark in the Unification of Germany.
A. Bismark :
1) Bismark was born on 1 st April 1815.
2) William – I, the king of Prussia appointed Bismark as the Prime Minister of Prussia in 1862.
Bismark's policy :
3) Bismark's policy was based on Blood and Iron and diplomacy.
4) He was an ardent supporter of autocratic government to make Prussia a strongest military power.
5) He won the support of Russia in 1863 in Polish insurrection.
Unification of Germany :
6) In a brief spell of six years (1864 – 1870) he had succeeded in achieving unification of
Germany through three wars.
War with Denmark (1865) :
7) The first war was with Denmark (1865) in which Bismark defeated Denmark with the help
of Austria and annexed Schleswig.Model Paper - I Social Studies
Sri Chaitanya Techno School - A.P. Answer Sheet
Austro – Prussian war (1866) :
8) In a war with Austria (1866) Bismark won the support of Napoleon III of France and Italy.
9) He defeated Austria and annexed Holstein.
10) Austria was made to quit Germany.
Franco – Prussian war (1870) :
11) Bismark created hatred between the French and the Prussians by manipulating Ems Telegram.
This resulted in a war between France and Prussia in 1870.
12) France was defeated by Prussia.
13) The war ended with the treaty of Frankfurt.
14) The treaty gave Alsace and Loranne to Germany.
Thus, the unification of Germany was completed by 1871. The credit of unification goes to Bismark.
1. The American President who introduced the new deal policy [ C ]
A) Lincoln B) Washington C) Roosevelt D) George Bush
2. Das capital was written by [ C ]
A) Louis blanc B) Lenin C) Karl Marx D) Simon
3. Brussels treaty was concluded in [ C ]
A) 1940 B) 1950 C) 1948 D) 1960
4. The person responsible for the abolition of sati was [ B ]
A) Cornwallis B) Bentik C) Dalhousie D) William cary
5. First president of Indian national congress [ D ]
A) Gandhi B) Nehru C) Tilak D) W.C.Benerjee
7. For the first time elections to local bodies were held in the year [ C ]
A) 1880 B) 1882 C) 1884 D) 1887
9. Main architect of Indian foreign policy was [ C ]
A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Ambedkar C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Indira Gandhi
11. ________ was considered as the highest stage of capitalism.(Imperialism)
12. The name of the news paper edited by Mussolini was __________. (Il papalo ‘d’ Italia)
13. Russian parliament is called _____________. (Duma)
14. _________ plan was a counter move to the Marshall plan. (Maltov plan)
15. Temples at Mahabalipuram were built by ________. (Narasimhavarma – Pallavas)
17. Largest democratic country in the world is __________. (India).
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