Test: Nationalism - 1 - UPSC MCQ

Hegel argued that a sense of nationality was the cement that held modern societies together in an age when dynastic and religious allegiance was in decline.

East Timor once a Portuguese colony is the youngest nation, which gained independence in 2002 and became the newest member of United Nations.

The '' Gujral Doctrine'' was adopted in June 1996, through which unilateral concessions were given to neighbours.

National Anthem, National flag and Republic day parade are the symbols of Indian nationalism.

In the nineteenth century, nationalism led to the unification of a number of small kingdoms into larger nation states, e.g. Germany and Italy.

Canada has two founding ethnic groups, the British and the French. British Canadians have traditionally dominated Canada, but French Canadians have maintained their own language and culture in the populous province of Quebec.

Twenty one states agreed to join a North German Confederation, led by Prussia with its capital, the Prussian capital.

The history for a nation helps to develop a sense of continuing historical identity.

A Liberal nation is in principle a community of equal rights-bearing citizens, unified by patriotic attachment and share a set of political practices and values. Liberal nationalism is not based on common identity of ethnicity, language or religion.

​Communalism divides a nation into mutually opposed races and communities. Nations divided on communal grounds continue to face ethnic conflicts and genocide. Examples: India and Pakistan. Thus, in the presence of communalism, there can be no unity in a nation.