Match List-I (steps taken to handle prejudice) with List-II (the aim…

Match List-I (steps taken to handle prejudice) with List-II (the aim each step serves).

List-I	List-II
(A) A school removes textbook passages and television content that show some communities in a bad light.	(I) Discouraging the tendency towards self-fulfilling prophecy among the victims of prejudice
(B) Through discussions, adults who already hold negative views about a caste group come to see it more favourably.	(II) Minimising opportunities for learning prejudices
(C) A college places students in houses that cut across region and religion so that no single ingroup dominates.	(III) De-emphasising a narrow social identity based on the ingroup
(D) Counsellors help members of a stigmatised group avoid behaving in ways that confirm the negative expectations about them.	(IV) Changing prejudiced attitudes

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) A school removes textbook passages and television content that show some communities in a bad light.	(II) Minimising opportunities for learning prejudices	Removing content that shows communities in a bad light cuts down the sources from which prejudice is picked up. This minimises opportunities for learning prejudices.
(B) Through discussions, adults who already hold negative views about a caste group come to see it more favourably.	(IV) Changing prejudiced attitudes	These adults already hold a negative view, and the discussions make it more favourable. That is changing prejudiced attitudes.
(C) A college places students in houses that cut across region and religion so that no single ingroup dominates.	(III) De-emphasising a narrow social identity based on the ingroup	Mixed houses stop any one region or religion from becoming a strong ingroup. This de-emphasises a narrow social identity based on the ingroup.
(D) Counsellors help members of a stigmatised group avoid behaving in ways that confirm the negative expectations about them.	(I) Discouraging the tendency towards self-fulfilling prophecy among the victims of prejudice	The counsellors stop the victims from acting in ways that confirm the negative expectations about them. This discourages the self-fulfilling prophecy among victims of prejudice.

NCERT (2026-27): “STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING PREJUDICE …
Thus, the strategies for handling prejudice would be effective if they aim at : (a) minimising opportunities for learning prejudices, (b) changing such attitudes,”

“(c) de-emphasising a narrow social identity based on the ingroup, and”

“(d) discouraging the tendency towards self-fulfilling prophecy among the victims of prejudice.”