Durgabai warned that a section of people had been made to feel that the attitude of the Hindi-speaking areas had a particular aim. What was that aim, as they saw it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Preventing the influence of other powerful languages on the composite culture
Option (1) Ending the use of English in the courts and the central government — Incorrect. The place of English was a separate question. Durgabai's worry was about the other Indian languages.
Option (2) Preventing the influence of other powerful languages on the composite culture — Correct. Non-Hindi people felt the Hindi campaign was a fight for <strong>preventing the natural influence of other powerful languages</strong> on the <strong>composite culture</strong> of the nation, that is, a culture made of many parts.
Option (3) Denying the princely states their own official languages — Incorrect. The princely states have no part in this worry. Her fear concerned the languages of the non-Hindi provinces.
Option (4) Ending the use of the Persian script for Hindustani in the north — Incorrect. The script of Hindustani is a separate question. Her fear concerned the Indian languages as a whole.
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