What is not necessarily proved by showing the nation as a female figure?
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Correct answer: Women had received real political equality
Representing a nation as a woman is an allegorical and emotional device: it personifies the nation and can help people imagine a shared community. However, symbolic respect for a female figure does not automatically grant real women voting rights, equal representation or political power. Thus option A is correct because the image alone does not prove actual gender equality; the other statements describe effects of allegory.
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Women had received real political equality
Why is this the correct answer?
Representing a nation as a woman is an allegorical and emotional device: it personifies the nation and can help people imagine a shared community. However, symbolic respect for a female figure does not automatically grant real women voting rights, equal representation or political power. Thus option A is correct because the image alone does not prove actual gender equality; the other statements describe effects of allegory.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Social Science question. Chapter: The Age of Industrialisation. Topic: The French Revolution and the Idea of the Nation.
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