Assimilationist policies are aimed at:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Uniform set of values largely of dominant social group

Option (1) Encouraging all citizens to adopt different set of cultural values and norms — Incorrect. Assimilation asks all citizens to adopt one uniform set of cultural values, not different sets. Allowing different values is what assimilation tries to end.

Option (2) Non-national cultures have to be restricted to private sphere — Incorrect. This is the mark of integrationist policies, which relegate all ‘non-national’ cultures to the private sphere. They differ from assimilation in style, though their final aim is the same.

Option (3) Uniform set of values largely of dominant social group — Correct. Policies that promote assimilation are aimed at persuading, encouraging or forcing all citizens to adopt a uniform set of cultural values and norms. These values and norms are usually entirely or largely those of the dominant social group; other groups are expected to give up their own values and adopt the prescribed ones.

Option (4) Public culture to be culture of public sphere — Incorrect. Insisting that the public culture be restricted to a common national pattern is again the integrationist approach, which leaves other cultures alone in private life.