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This sense of collective belonging came partly through the experience of united struggles. But there were also a variety of cultural processes through which nationalism captured people's imagination. History and fiction, folklore and songs, popular prints and symbols, all played a part in the making of nationalism. The identity of the nation is most often symbolized in a figure or image. This helps create an image with which people can identify the nation. It was in the twentieth century, with the growth of nationalism, that the identity of India came to be visually associated with the image of Bharat Mata. The image was first created by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. In the 1870s he wrote 'Vande Mataram' as a hymn to the motherland. Later it was included in his novel Ananda math and widely sung during the Swadeshi movement in Bengal. Moved by the Swadeshi movement, Abanindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharat Mata. In this painting Bharat Mata is portrayed as an ascetic figure, she is calm, composed, divine, and spiritual. In subsequent years, the image of Bharat Mata acquired many different forms, as it circulated in popular prints, and was painted by different artists. Devotion to this mother figure came to be seen as evidence of one's nationalism.


Which of the following played an important role to ignite feelings of nationalism?


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a

Anandmath

b

Collection of folklore and folktale

c

Image of Bharat Mata

d

All of the above 

answer is D.

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Anandamath, the collection of folklore and folktale and the image of Bharat Mata played an essential role in igniting feelings of nationalism.
History, legends, songs, texts, and symbols also played a significant part in instilling feelings of nationalism in India. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote a motherland hymn 'Vande Mataram' in the 1870s, which was later included in his novel, Anandamath. As the Swadeshi movement spread throughout India, the portrait of Bharat Mata was painted by Abanindranath Tagore as a humble, God-fearing, and spiritual woman. The Tricolour flag of the Swadeshi movement and Gandhiji's Swaraj flag served the purpose of national symbols. National leaders also gathered folklores and folktales to restore one's pride in the nation's past.
 
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