Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Structural Change

Question:
"Assertion: All the changes brought about by Britishers in India during Colonial Rule were deliberate.
Reason: Western education was introduced to create Indians who would manage British colonialism. Instead it led to the growth of a nationalist and anti-colonial consciousness."
Options:
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true R is false
A is false R is true
Correct Answer:
A is false R is true
Explanation:
To facilitate the smooth functioning of its rule, colonialism introduced a wide array of changes in every sphere, be it legal or cultural or architectural. Some of these changes were deliberate while some took place in an unintended fashion. For example we saw how western education was introduced to create Indians who would manage British colonialism. Instead it led to the growth of a nationalist and anti colonial consciousness.