What laid the basis for the creation of nationalism?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Printing
Option (1) Improved telecommunication — Incorrect. The telephone and later inventions revolutionised communication between different parts of the world, which drives globalisation today; they came long after nationalism took shape.
Option (2) Printing — Correct. When printing initially came into being, it laid the basis for the creation of nationalism. In the same way, today’s technology is expected to change how we think of our personal and collective lives.
Option (3) Invention of microchips — Incorrect. The microchip is a recent invention that, like the telegraph and the telephone, transformed communication in the age of globalisation.
Option (4) Invention of telegraph — Incorrect. The telegraph too is named as a technology that revolutionised communication, a cause of globalisation, not of nationalism.
NCERT (2025-26): “Causes of Globalisation … While globalisation is not caused by any single factor, technology remains a critical element. There is no doubt that the invention of the telegraph, the telephone, and the microchip in more recent times has revolutionised communication between different parts of the world. When printing initially came into being it laid the basis for the creation of nationalism. So also today we should expect that technology will affect the way we think of our personal but also our collective lives.…” |