Question

In which of the years the idea of nation state took birth in Europe?
1.1700s
2.1600s
3.1800s
4.1850s

Answer 1

Hint: A nation-state is a country where most people have the same culture and are aware of it. The nation-state is the ideal of matching cultural boundaries with political boundaries. This is a more precise concept than "country" because a country does not need to have a major ethnic group.

Complete answer:
In the 19th century, nationalism developed into a force causing radical changes in the political and mental world of Europe. The end result of this change was the emergence of "nation states" instead of multinational dynastic kingdoms in Europe. The concept and practice of a modern state in which a centralized government exercises sovereign control over well-defined territories has long developed in Europe. But it is a nation-state in which the majority of citizens, not just rulers, develop a common sense of identity and history. This custom has not existed since time immemorial; It is developed through struggle, through the actions of leaders and ordinary people.

A nation-state can be rejected by:
1.A multinational state in which no ethnic group dominates (such a country can also be seen as a multicultural country, depending on the degree of cultural assimilation of different groups).
2.A city-state that is at the same time smaller than a "nation" in the sense of "a great sovereign state" and which may or may not be governed by "nation" in the sense of the same ethnic group.
3.An empire containing many states (possibly non-sovereign states) and countries under the rule of a king or ruling state.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note:despite France after the French Revolution (1787-99) is often referred to as the first nation-state, some scholars believe that the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1649 is the earliest example of the creation of a nation-state.