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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.

Like the Britishers in the movie, Indians also believed that they were useless and continued to take up jobs that were below their potential. This on part of Indians is an example of:-

Self fulfilling prophecy

The correct answer is Option (4) → Self fulfilling prophecy

A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when people start believing in the negative labels or expectations placed upon them, and as a result, their behavior starts to align with those expectations — even if they were not originally true.

In the passage, Indians began to believe what the British said about them (that they were not good enough), and eventually accepted lower-status jobs even though they were capable of more. Their belief in this negative judgment led to behaviors that confirmed it — a classic example of a self-fulfilling prophecy.