Which one of the following explains the “contradictory pulls” on Indian nationalism? (i) Despite its scientific and technological inferiority - Bzziii.com
Reading Comprehension
Which one of the following explains the “contradictory pulls” on Indian nationalism?
(i) Despite its scientific and technological inferiority, Indian nationalism had to fight against colonial domination.
(ii) Despite its fight against colonial domination, Indian nationalism had to borrow from the coloniser in the material sphere.
(iii) Despite its fight against colonial domination, Indian nationalism had to borrow from the coloniser in the spiritual sphere.
(iv) Despite its spiritual superiority, Indian nationalism had to fight against colonial domination.
(i) Despite its scientific and technological inferiority, Indian nationalism had to fight against colonial domination.
(ii) Despite its fight against colonial domination, Indian nationalism had to borrow from the coloniser in the material sphere.
(iii) Despite its fight against colonial domination, Indian nationalism had to borrow from the coloniser in the spiritual sphere.
(iv) Despite its spiritual superiority, Indian nationalism had to fight against colonial domination.
(ii) Despite its fight against colonial domination, Indian nationalism had to borrow from the coloniser in the material sphere.
The author begins the passage by describing the 'paradoxical pull' on Indian nationalist ideology. In modern methods of science, technology, economic organization and state art, the West dominated. In fact, to overcome this supremacy, instead of fighting the colonists on this front, the colonists had to 'learn the best techniques of organizing material life and incorporate them into their cultures'. In other words, despite its fight against colonial domination, Indian nationalism had embraced Western ideas in the material realm.So, we can say that the correct answer is option 2.
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