Competency Based Questions
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1. Note down the significance of all seven political symbols given
in the textbook in the observation sheet.
S.NO. POLITICAL SYMBOL ATTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANCE
? Breast plate with eagle
2
? Broken Chain
3
? Crown of oak leaves
4
? Sword
5
Black, red and gold
? tricolour
6
? Rays of the rising sun
7
Olive branch around
the sword
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2. Fill in the blanks based on chapter knwledge
Female allegories were invented by artists in the nineteenth century to represent the __________.
In France she was christened ________, a popular Christian name, which underlined the idea of
a people’s nation. Her characteristics were drawn from those of Liberty and the Republic –
the red cap, ___________, the cockade.
Similarly, Germania became the allegory of the __________ nation. In visual representations,
Germania wears a crown of oak leaves, as the German oak stands for _____________.
3. Why artist in eighteenth and nineteenth century portrayed
nation as female figure only why not in male figure?
4. Evaluate the importance of the following years in concern with
Nationalism in Europe.
a) 1797-
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b) 1814-1815
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c) 1821-
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d) 1848-
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e) 1859-1870
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f) 1866-1871
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g) 1905
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5. Who were Marianne and Germania? What was the importance of
the way in which they were portrayed?
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6. What was the allegory of France called?
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7. Explicate the significance of portraying nations as female figure
by the artists of the 18th and 19th century.
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