10 MCQs – History | CBSE Class 10 Board Exam 2026

 

10 MCQs – History | CBSE Class 10 Board Exam 2026

📚 Board Exam 2026 Preparation Series  |  Subject: Social Science – History  |  Class: 10th CBSE

Scoring full marks in History MCQs requires a clear understanding of key events, dates, personalities, and concepts from the NCERT textbook India and the Contemporary World – II. This practice set of 10 carefully selected Multiple Choice Questions covers the most frequently asked topics for the CBSE Class 10 Board Exam 2026. Read each question carefully, note your answer, and check the answer key at the end.

Q1. The idea of nationalism in Europe emerged primarily due to which of the following events?

A) The Industrial Revolution

B) The French Revolution of 1789

C) The Russian Revolution of 1917

D) The American Civil War

Q2. Who painted the famous allegorical figure of Germania that represented the German nation?

A) Otto von Bismarck

B) Frédéric Sorrieu

C) Philipp Veit

D) Ernst Moritz Arndt

Q3. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in the year:

A) 1915

B) 1919

C) 1920

D) 1930

Q4. The Treaty of Vienna (1815) was signed following the defeat of which leader?

A) Adolf Hitler

B) Napoleon Bonaparte

C) Tsar Nicholas II

D) Kaiser Wilhelm II

Q5. Which of the following events led to the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930?

A) Partition of Bengal

B) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

C) Dandi March / Salt March

D) Quit India Movement

Q6. Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in:

A) 1929

B) 1930

C) 1933

D) 1939

Q7. The Enabling Act of March 1933 in Germany is historically significant because it:

A) Ended World War I

B) Gave Hitler all powers to sideline Parliament and rule by decree

C) Established the Weimar Republic

D) Formally started World War II

Q8. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press around the year:

A) 1348

B) 1448

C) 1548

D) 1648

Q9. Which novelist is credited with writing Indiranath and is associated with the development of Bengali prose and print culture?

A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

B) Premchand

C) Rabindranath Tagore

D) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Q10. The Rowlatt Act (1919) was opposed in India because it:

A) Imposed heavy taxes on farmers

B) Allowed the government to arrest and imprison people without trial for up to two years

C) Divided Bengal into two parts

D) Banned the Indian National Congress

✅ Answer Key

QuestionCorrect AnswerKey Concept
Q1B) The French Revolution of 1789Rise of Nationalism in Europe
Q2C) Philipp VeitAllegory of the Nation – Germania
Q3C) 1920Nationalism in India
Q4B) Napoleon BonaparteNationalism in Europe
Q5C) Dandi March / Salt MarchCivil Disobedience Movement
Q6C) 1933Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
Q7B) Gave Hitler all powers to sideline ParliamentNazism and the Rise of Hitler
Q8B) 1448The Age of Print & Modern World
Q9A) Bankim Chandra ChattopadhyayPrint Culture and the Modern World
Q10B) Arrest without trial for two yearsNationalism in India – Rowlatt Act

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