Question

Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow:

‘A Nation is the culmination of a long past of endeavours, sacrifice and devotion. A heroic past, grant 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 necessary even. Their existence is a guarantee of liberty, which would

be lost if the world had only one law and only one master.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.

23.1. From whose speech have these words been quoted?

Or

What was the theme of the above passage?

23.2 Pick out the correct definition to define the term 'Plebiscite'

a) Plebiscite is a direct vote by which only the female members of a region are asked to accept

or reject a proposal

b) Plebiscite is a direct vote by the female members of a matriarchal system to accept or reject

a proposal.

c) Plebiscite is a direct vote by only a chosen few from the total population of a particular

region to accept or reject a proposal

d) Plebiscite is a direct vote by which all the citizens of a region are asked to accept or reject a

proposal.

23.3 Examine the concept of ‘nation’ as given in the above passage.

23.4 Why the existence of a nation is necessity?​

Answer 1

Answer:

the nation is the process of necessary of the civilized nations

Answer 2

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