Assertion: Nationalism implied that the people of India or of any colonised society have an equal right to be sovereign.
Reason : Nation states are closely associated with the rise of capitalism.

A is true R is false

The correct answer is Option 3: A is true and R is false.

Assertion (A): Nationalism implied that the people of India or of any colonised society have an equal right to be sovereign. — Correct. Nationalism is based on the idea that a group of people sharing a common identity have the right to be free and exercise sovereign power. In the context of colonial societies, it supported the demand for independence from foreign rule.

Reason (R): Nation states are closely associated with the rise of capitalism. — Incorrect. Nation states are closely associated with the rise of nationalism, not capitalism. The emergen

NCERT: Nation states are closely associated with the rise of nationalism. The principle of nationalism assumes that any set of people have a right to be free and exercise sovereign power. It is an important part of the rise of democratic ideas. You will be reading more about this in Chapter 3. It must have struck you that the practice of colonialism and the principle of nationalism and democratic rights are contradictory. For colonial rule implied foreign rule such as British rule over India. Nationalism implied that the people of India or of any colonised society have an equal right to be sovereign. Indian nationalist leaders were quick to grasp this irony. They declared that freedom or swaraj was their birthright and fought for both political and economic freedom. ce of nation states was linked with modern political ideas such as sovereignty and national identity.