How was the nation imagined in liberal nationalism?
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Correct answer: As a community of citizens with equal rights.
Liberal nationalism rejected the idea that a country belonged personally to a monarch or a privileged dynasty. It imagined the nation as a community of citizens governed by common laws and possessing equal civic rights. This idea connected national identity with popular sovereignty and citizenship. Options B, C and D reduce the nation to a ruler, religion or military force and therefore do not express liberal nationalism.
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As a community of citizens with equal rights.
Why is this the correct answer?
Liberal nationalism rejected the idea that a country belonged personally to a monarch or a privileged dynasty. It imagined the nation as a community of citizens governed by common laws and possessing equal civic rights. This idea connected national identity with popular sovereignty and citizenship. Options B, C and D reduce the nation to a ruler, religion or military force and therefore do not express liberal nationalism.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Social Science question. Chapter: The Age of Industrialisation. Topic: The Making of Nationalism in Europe (Aristocracy, New Middle Class, Liberal Nationalism).
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