The women's movement grew quiet after 1947: some leaders joined government work for the new state, while others were shaken by the violence and uprooting of that year. Which explanations does this account combine?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Nation building and the trauma of Partition
Option (1) Nation building and the limited focus of early organisations — Incorrect. Nation building fits the leaders who joined government work. The limited focus of early organisations describes how bodies like the AIWC began before 1947, so it cannot explain the lull.
Option (2) Partition trauma and the AIWC's separation of welfare from politics — Incorrect. The trauma of Partition fits those shaken by the violence. The AIWC's early view that welfare and politics were separate belongs to its beginnings before 1947, so it cannot explain the lull.
Option (3) Nation building and the trauma of Partition — Correct. Leaders who took up government work for the new state match the first explanation: activists from the nationalist movement got involved in the nation building task. Those shaken by the violence and uprooting match the second: the trauma of Partition caused the lull.
Option (4) Partition trauma and a shift in organisational strategy — Incorrect. The trauma of Partition fits those shaken by the violence. A shift in organisational strategy is no part of the account; the leaders who joined government work point to nation building.
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