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Social Science — CBSE Class 10 board question

Q1. [1]
In reference to the Germania allegory the "olive branch around the sword" symbolizes which one of the following?
  1. A Being freed
  2. B Heroism and strength
  3. C Willingness to make peace
  4. D Beginning of a new era
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Model Answer

The olive branch around the sword symbolizes C) Willingness to make peace.

Source: Nationalism in Europe, Chapter 1, Box 3.

Explanation

Box 3 in the textbook lists the symbolic meanings of Germania's attributes. "Olive branch around the sword" = willingness to make peace. Students must not confuse this with "Rays of the rising sun" (beginning of a new era) or "Crown of oak leaves" (heroism).

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