Question

Assertion (A): It was through folk songs,folk poetry and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation (volksgeist) was popularised.
Reason (R):So collecting and recording these forms of folk culture was essential to the project of nation building.
Options Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.​

Answer 1

Answer:

I think A is false but R is true

Answer 2

Answer:

(a) Both Assertion and Reason are True and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

Explanation:

• Fold dances, folk poetry, music etc, weren't only seen as essential elements that would bring about the feeling of oneness and collective identity among the people of the nation, but it was also seen as a way through which the illiterate could also help spread the idea of nation building and nationalism to multiple other individuals.

• Hence, as the ideas and messages that these elements carried with themselves were very important, they had to be promoted and this required them to be carefully maintained and preserved.

Therefore, in my opinion both the Assertion and Reason are True and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion