What major change is reflected by the use of female allegories in nationalist pictures?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Connecting the nation with shared public identity instead of dynasty
Female allegories such as Marianne and Germania represented the nation as a person rather than as the private property of a king or dynasty. This reflected a major change in political thinking: people increasingly imagined themselves as members of a shared national community. Option A is correct. The other choices concern trade, the Church, or taxation and do not explain the nationalist use of allegorical figures.
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Connecting the nation with shared public identity instead of dynasty
Why is this the correct answer?
Female allegories such as Marianne and Germania represented the nation as a person rather than as the private property of a king or dynasty. This reflected a major change in political thinking: people increasingly imagined themselves as members of a shared national community. Option A is correct. The other choices concern trade, the Church, or taxation and do not explain the nationalist use of allegorical figures.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Social Science question. Chapter: The Age of Industrialisation. Topic: Visualising the Nation.
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