Q1. [1] medium exam-ready
Assertion (A): Romantic artists and poets of the nineteenth century glorified reason and science as the primary tools for building national identity.
Reason (R): Romanticism sought to develop nationalist sentiment by emphasising emotions, intuition, mystical feelings, and a shared cultural heritage.
- A Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
- B Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
- C A is false but R is true.
- D Both A and R are false.
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Model Answer
Answer: C — A is false but R is true.
Assertion (A) is false because Romantic artists and poets criticised the glorification of reason and science, not glorified them. Reason (R) is true as Romanticism focused on emotions, intuition, mystical feelings, and shared cultural heritage to build nationalist sentiment.
Source: The Rise of Nationalism in Europe, Section 3.1 – The Romantic Imagination and National Feeling
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Explanation
- The textbook explicitly states: "Romantic artists and poets generally criticised the glorification of reason and science and focused instead on emotions, intuition and mystical feelings." So Assertion A directly contradicts the textbook — making it false.
- Reason R is a straightforward accurate statement from the same paragraph, so it is true.
- Since A is false and R is true, the correct option is C.
- A common mistake is choosing B — remember, if the Assertion itself is factually wrong, options A and B are automatically eliminated.