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Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.

Q1. [1] medium thorough-understanding
Which of the following best explains why the major European powers became involved in Balkan conflicts during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Options: (A) They wanted to help the Slavic peoples win independence from the Ottoman Empire out of genuine sympathy. (B) They were competing to extend their own control over the region while countering the influence of rival powers. (C) They were enforcing the terms agreed upon at the Congress of Vienna, 1815. (D) They wanted to prevent the spread of revolutionary republican ideas from the Balkans into Western Europe.
  1. A They wanted to help the Slavic peoples win independence from the Ottoman Empire out of genuine sympathy.
  2. B They were competing to extend their own control over the region while countering the influence of rival powers.
  3. C They were enforcing the terms agreed upon at the Congress of Vienna, 1815.
  4. D They wanted to prevent the spread of revolutionary republican ideas from the Balkans into Western Europe.
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 13:39 · grounding rag
Model Answer

(B) They were competing to extend their own control over the region while countering the influence of rival powers.

Explanation

The textbook explicitly states that each major power — Russia, Germany, England, Austro-Hungary — was keen on countering the hold of other powers over the Balkans and extending its own control, driven by rivalry over trade, colonies, and military might. The other options are either historically inaccurate or not supported by the passage.

Previous-year CBSE Grade 10 board exam questions, organised by subject and chapter, each with a model answer — free to read and print.