Q.16 Read the source below and answer the question that follows :
SOURCE-A „A nation is the culmination of a long past of endeavours,
sacrifice and devotion. A heroic past, great men, glory, that is the social capital
upon which one bases a national idea. To have common glories in the past, to
have a common will in the present, to have performed great deeds together, to
wish to perform still more, these are the essential conditions of being a people.
A nation is therefore a large-scale solidarity ... Its existence is a daily plebiscite
... A province is its inhabitants; if anyone has the right to be consulted, it is the
inhabitant. A nation never has any real interest in annexing or holding on to a
country against its will. The existence of nations is a good thing, a necessity
even. Their existence is a guarantee of liberty, which would be lost if the world
had only one law and only one master‟. SOURCE-B „The aim of the zollverein is to bind the Germans economically
into a nation. It will strengthen the nation materially as much by protecting its
interests externally as by stimulating its internal productivity. It ought to
awaken and raise national sentiment through a fusion of individual and
provincial interests. The German people have realised that a free economic
system is the only means to engender national feeling.‟
SOURCE-C „Let us ask how many men, possessed by thoughts of living and
dying for the sake of Liberty, would be prepared to fight for the freedom of the
entire people, of all human beings? When asked this question, they would all
too easily respond with a “Yes!”, though their untiring efforts are intended for
the benefit of only one half of humanity - men. But Liberty is indivisible! Free
men therefore must not tolerate to be surrounded by the unfree ...
SOURCE-A(1) Explain the meanings of „Plebiscite‟.
SOURCE-B(2) What is theme of this passage?
SOURCE-C(3) Is the writer in favour of giving equal rights to women or not?
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Q.16 Read the source below and answer the question that follows :
SOURCE-A „A nation is the culmination of a long past of endeavours,
sacrifice and devotion. A heroic past, great men, glory, that is the social capital
upon which one bases a national idea. To have common glories in the past, to
have a common will in the present, to have performed great deeds together, to
wish to perform still more, these are the essential conditions of being a people.
A nation is therefore a large-scale solidarity ... Its existence is a daily plebiscite
... A province is its inhabitants; if anyone has the right to be consulted, it is the
inhabitant. A nation never has any real interest in annexing or holding on to a
country against its will. The existence of nations is a good thing, a necessity
even. Their existence is a guarantee of liberty, which would be lost if the world
had only one law and only one master‟. SOURCE-B „The aim of the zollverein is to bind the Germans economically
into a nation. It will strengthen the nation materially as much by protecting its
interests externally as by stimulating its internal productivity. It ought to
awaken and raise national sentiment through a fusion of individual and
provincial interests. The German people have realised that a free economic
system is the only means to engender national feeling.‟
SOURCE-C „Let us ask how many men, possessed by thoughts of living and
dying for the sake of Liberty, would be prepared to fight for the freedom of the
entire people, of all human beings? When asked this question, they would all
too easily respond with a “Yes!”, though their untiring efforts are intended for
the benefit of only one half of humanity - men. But Liberty is indivisible! Free
men therefore must not tolerate to be surrounded by the unfree ...
SOURCE-A(1) Explain the meanings of „Plebiscite‟.
SOURCE-B(2) What is theme of this passage?
SOURCE-C(3) Is the writer in favour of giving equal rights to women or not?