Given below are two statements:
Statement I: What discrimination and exclusion mean was brought home even to the most privileged Indians at the hands of the British colonial state.
Statement II: Such experiences of discrimination were uncommon among women, dalits and other oppressed castes and tribes.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
Statement I: What discrimination and exclusion mean was brought home even to the most privileged Indians at the hands of the British colonial state. — Correct. Under colonial rule, even the most privileged Indians learnt what discrimination and exclusion mean at the hands of the British colonial state. This humiliation, along with ideas of democracy and justice, drew many Indians into social reform movements.
Statement II: Such experiences of discrimination were uncommon among women, dalits and other oppressed castes and tribes. — Incorrect. Such experiences were common among socially discriminated groups like women, dalits and other oppressed castes and tribes. Calling them uncommon reverses the real position.
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