Please read the passage and answer the question that follow.

A popular Bollywood movie 'Lagan' portrays India before Independence. Indians were ruled by the Britishers for many years. They were denied basic rights. The common and the lower strata of the society were not provided the privilege of education as the Britishers felt that 'Indians are not good enough'. They deliberately gave Indians less qualified jobs and kept highly qualified jobs for themselves.

_____ is a group based way of expressing frustration resulting in negative attitudes or prejudice against the weaker group.

Scapegoating

The correct answer is Option (3) → Scapegoating

Scapegoating : This is a phenomenon by which the majority group places the blame on a minority outgroup for its own social, economic or political problems. The minority is too weak or too small in number to defend itself against such accusations. Scapegoating is a groupbased way of expressing frustration, and it often results in negative attitudes or prejudice against the weaker group.

Why the other options are incorrect:

• Option 1: Ingroup bias refers to the tendency to favor one's own group over others, but it doesn't necessarily describe a "way of expressing frustration" through blame.

• Option 2: Kernel of truth is the idea that some stereotypes might be based on a tiny fragment of truth that is then overgeneralized.

• Option 3: Self-fulfilling prophecy- incorrect, as it refers to a situation where expectations about a group lead them to behave in ways that confirm those expectations, rather than a group venting frustration by blaming another group.