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Social Science · 2022 · 3 marks
CBSE 2022 · Region 1 · Set 1 · Q7
"It was essential to preserve folk tradition in order to discover one's national identity and restore a sense of pride in one's past." Support the…
"It was essential to preserve folk tradition in order to discover one's national identity and restore a sense of pride in one's past." Support the statement in reference to India.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) Idea of Nationalism was based on the revival of Indian folk lore.
(ii) Folk tales, folk songs and legends were sung by bards.
(iii) Rabindernath Tagore collected ballads, rhymes and myths.
(iv) In Madras, Natesa Shastri published massive four volume collection of Tamil folk tales (The Folklore of Southern India).
(v) Folklore was considered as manifestation of people’s real thought and characteristics.
(vi) Many Indian tried to instil a sense of pride in the Indian folk history.
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