Answer: Option D
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D
Explanation:
A nation is to a great extent an ‘imagined community, held together by the collective beliefs, aspirations and imaginations of its members. It is based on certain assumptions which people make about the collective whole with which they identify.
Statement 1 is correct: A shared vision of the future and the collective aspiration to have an independent political existence that distinguishes groups from nations. Members of a nation share a vision of the kind of state they want to build. They affirm among other things a set of values and principles such as democracy, secularism and liberalism. These ideals represent the terms under which they come together and are willing to live together. It represents, in other words, their shared political ideal as a nation.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Single Citizenship means a person is a citizen of a particular country only and not of the respective states whereas dual citizenship means being a citizen of two or more countries. Single citizenship is having citizenship of only one country. Some countries allow dual citizenship and some countries won't. Countries that allow dual citizenship are: Canada, Australia, Albania, USA etc. Hence, single citizenship is not a necessary trait to constitute a Nation.
Statement 3 is correct: A nation is constituted by shared belief. Nations are not like mountains, rivers or buildings which we can see and feel. They are not things which exist independent of the beliefs that people have about them. To speak of a people as a nation is not to make a comment about their physical characteristics or behaviour. Rather, it is to refer to the collective identity and vision for the future of a group which aspires to have an independent political existence.