Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) A town that adopts and openly debates new dress and music from abroad shows an open-ended attitude.
(B) India has been enriched by its open approach to cultural influences.
(C) Our tradition has been wary of the kupamanduka, the frog in a well suspicious of the outside.
(D) Today's cultural debates differ from earlier ones mainly in the direction of change.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B and C only
(A) A town that adopts and openly debates new dress and music from abroad shows an open-ended attitude. — Correct. India keeps its traditional open-ended attitude to this day. Because of it, people hold heated debates about changes in clothes, styles, music and films, so a town that takes up and argues over foreign dress and music shows this attitude.
(B) India has been enriched by its open approach to cultural influences. — Correct. Over the ages India has had an open approach to cultural influences. The country has been enriched because of this openness.
(C) Our tradition has been wary of the kupamanduka, the frog in a well suspicious of the outside. — Correct. The kupamanduka is the frog that lives its whole life in a well and distrusts everything outside it. Our cultural tradition has been wary of this closed outlook.
(D) Today's cultural debates differ from earlier ones mainly in the direction of change. — Incorrect. The issues of today are in some ways the same as those debated by 19th century reformers and early nationalists. What sets today apart is the scale and intensity of change, so the statement names the wrong feature.
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