CBSE Class 10 History · Objective

MCQs with Answers

16 multiple-choice questions with answers & explanations, chapter-wise. Try each, then tap Show answer.

Objective questions now carry real weight in the History paper — assertion-reason, "who/when" facts and case-based MCQs. Drill these chapter-wise and tap "Show answer" only after you commit to one.

The Rise of Nationalism in EuropeNationalism in IndiaThe Making of a Global WorldPrint Culture and the Modern World

The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

  1. Who is regarded as the founder of the secret society 'Young Italy'?

    1. ACount Cavour
    2. BGiuseppe Mazzini
    3. CGiuseppe Garibaldi
    4. DVictor Emmanuel II
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    Answer: B) Giuseppe Mazzini — Mazzini founded Young Italy in Marseilles to promote a unified Italian republic.

  2. The painting 'The Massacre of Chios' depicting the Greek struggle was made by which artist?

    1. AEugène Delacroix
    2. BFrédéric Sorrieu
    3. CPhilip Veit
    4. DCaspar David Friedrich
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    Answer: A) Eugène Delacroix — Delacroix's The Massacre at Chios mobilised European sympathy for the Greek cause.

  3. The Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 recognised the independence of which country?

    1. AItaly
    2. BGermany
    3. CGreece
    4. DPoland
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    Answer: C) Greece — The 1832 Treaty of Constantinople recognised Greece as an independent nation.

  4. Assertion (A): The Habsburg Empire was difficult to govern as a single unit. Reason (R): It was a patchwork of many regions and peoples speaking different languages.

    1. ABoth A and R are true and R explains A
    2. BBoth A and R are true but R does not explain A
    3. CA is true but R is false
    4. DA is false but R is true
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    Answer: A) Both A and R are true and R explains A — The empire's linguistic and regional diversity is exactly why it lacked unity.

Nationalism in India

  1. The Rowlatt Act was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in which year?

    1. A1909
    2. B1919
    3. C1922
    4. D1930
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    Answer: B) 1919 — The Rowlatt Act of 1919 allowed detention of political prisoners without trial.

  2. Gandhiji launched the Civil Disobedience Movement by breaking the salt law with a march to which place?

    1. AChamparan
    2. BDandi
    3. CBardoli
    4. DKheda
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    Answer: B) Dandi — The Salt March to Dandi in 1930 began the Civil Disobedience Movement.

  3. Who wrote the song 'Vande Mataram'?

    1. ARabindranath Tagore
    2. BBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
    3. CAbanindranath Tagore
    4. DNatesa Sastri
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    Answer: B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay — Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Vande Mataram, later included in his novel Anandamath.

  4. The Non-Cooperation Movement was called off by Gandhiji after the violent incident at which place?

    1. AJallianwala Bagh
    2. BChauri Chaura
    3. CAmritsar
    4. DBardoli
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    Answer: B) Chauri Chaura — After the Chauri Chaura incident in 1922 Gandhiji withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement.

The Making of a Global World

  1. The disease that decimated cattle in Africa in the 1890s, undermining livelihoods, was:

    1. ASmallpox
    2. BRinderpest
    3. CCholera
    4. DMalaria
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    Answer: B) Rinderpest — Rinderpest, a fast-spreading cattle plague, devastated African livelihoods in the 1890s.

  2. The Bretton Woods institutions — the IMF and the World Bank — commenced financial operations in which year?

    1. A1929
    2. B1939
    3. C1947
    4. D1944
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    Answer: C) 1947 — Set up at the 1944 conference, the IMF and World Bank began operations in 1947.

  3. The 'Corn Laws' that restricted the import of cheaper food were associated with which country?

    1. ABritain
    2. BUSA
    3. CIndia
    4. DGermany
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    Answer: A) Britain — Britain's Corn Laws were abolished after pressure from industrialists and urban dwellers.

  4. The system of indentured labour migration from India is often described as a 'new system of':

    1. ATrade
    2. BSlavery
    3. CBanking
    4. DFarming
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    Answer: B) Slavery — Indentured labour's harsh conditions led it to be called a 'new system of slavery'.