NIFT PG 2020 Question Paper with solutions

Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow.
Indian nationalism emanated from 'traditional patriotism', a socially active sentiment of attachment to land, language and cult, that developed in the subcontinent long before the process of westernisation had begun. In India of the 18 th and early 19 th centuries, such sentiments were emerging on a regional basis as homeland was being defined by various terms like desh, vatan or nadu. But although regionally centred at Bengal, Maharashtra, Awadh or Mysore, their isolation broke down through various means of communication, the political legitimacy of the Mughal empire was recognised throughout Hindustan, which was thought to be the abode of both. The Hindus and the Muslims; and cultural barriers melted down through commercialisation and regular pilgrimages. It burst forth through numerous acts of resistance; participated by both princes and the commoners, culminating in the Revolt of 1857 . After the revolt, a modern sector of politics gradually evolved in India, through rapid spread of education, development of communication systems, such as the railways and telegraph and the emergence of a new public space created by the colonial institutions.