Question 15 - Past Year Questions - 3 Marks - Chapter 2 Class 10 History - Nationalism in India - History

This question was asked in [Delhi Set-I, 2017]

Evaluate the contribution of folklore, songs, popular symbols etc., in shaping nationalism during the freedom struggle.

Answer: 

Points to Remember

Contribution of folklore, songs, popular symbols etc, in shaping nationalism during the freedom struggle as 

1. Nation is often symbolised in a figure or image .
2. India is associated with the image of Bharat Mata.
3. ‘Vande Mataram’ is a hymn to the motherland.
4. Abanindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharat Mata .
5. folk tales sung by bards
6. The Folklore of Southern India .
7. folklore was national literature
8. a tricolor flag was designed.

We use any 3 points and elaborate on them

Answer to be written in the exam

1. In the twentieth century , with the growth of nationalism , the identity of India came to be visually associated with the image of Bharat Mata.
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay In the 1870s he wrote ‘Vande Mataram’ as a hymn to the motherland.
3. In Madras , Natesa Sastri published a massive four-volume collection of Tamil folk tales, The Folklore of Southern India . He believed that folklore was national literature ; it was ‘the most trustworthy manifestation of people’s real thoughts and characteristics’ .