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'Romanticism… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2024-25, Q31A)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2024-25: question 31(A)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section D, question 31(A), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q31(A) · 5 marks · Long answerThe Rise of Nationalism in Europe

'Romanticism, a cultural movement sought to develop a particular form of nationalist sentiment.' Justify the statement with suitable arguments.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2024-25.

Hints

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Hint 1

Start with how romantics differed from the Enlightenment view of reason.

Hint 2

Recall Herder and the volk.

Hint 3

What happened to the Polish language and music?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Nationalism grew not only through wars but also through culture. Art, poetry, stories and music helped shape national feelings.

    1 mark

  2. Romantic artists and poets criticised the glorification of reason and science. They stressed emotion, intuition and mystical feelings, and tried to create a sense of shared heritage and a common cultural past as the basis of a nation.

    1 mark

  3. Herder claimed that true German culture lay among the common people (das volk). Folk songs, poetry and dances expressed the volksgeist, so collecting folk culture was essential to nation-building.

    1 mark

  4. Vernacular language and local folklore carried the nationalist message to illiterate audiences. In partitioned Poland, national feeling was kept alive by music, and Karol Kurpinski turned the polonaise and mazurka into nationalist symbols.

    1 mark

  5. Language also served nationalism. After the Russian occupation, Polish was forced out of schools, and after the 1831 revolt the clergy used Polish for Church gatherings and teaching. Priests were jailed or sent to Siberia, and Polish became a symbol of resistance.

    1 mark

Answer: Romanticism built nationalism through a shared cultural heritage, folk culture, vernacular language and music, as in Germany and Poland.

Where the marks are

  • Culture's role in nationalism (1 mark)
  • Romantic emphasis on emotion and shared heritage (1 mark)
  • Herder and folk culture (1 mark)
  • Vernacular language and Kurpinski's music in Poland (1 mark)
  • Polish language as resistance (1 mark)

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