Question:

Identify the place where the secret underground society named ‘Young Europe’ was founded by Mazzini.

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Mazzini founded two societies from exile, one for Italy and one for Europe. Recall which city goes with which, and remember the wider one was based in Switzerland.
Updated On: Sep 15, 2026
  • Berne
  • Brussels
  • Marseilles
  • Vienna
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Solution and Explanation

Concept:
  • Giuseppe Mazzini was sent into exile in 1831 for taking part in a revolt in Liguria, and he carried on his work from outside Italy.
  • From exile he set up two secret societies, and the chapter names a different city for each one.

Step 1: Recall the two societies founded by Mazzini.
He founded Young Italy at Marseilles, and later Young Europe at Berne.

Step 2: Note who joined Young Europe.
Its members were like-minded young men from Poland, France, Italy and the German states, all of whom believed that nations should be free and united republics.

Step 3: Check option (C), Marseilles.
Marseilles is the city of the other society, Young Italy. The two are deliberately placed together in the options to see whether the student can separate them.

Step 4: Check options (B) and (D).
Brussels and Vienna are not linked with either society. Vienna is remembered instead for the treaty settlement of 1815 and for Duke Metternich, who called Mazzini the most dangerous enemy of the social order.

Final Answer: (A) Berne
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