In the Indian pluralistic society, textbooks of Social Science should:

India is a pluralistic society, home to many religions, languages, and social groups. The National Curriculum Framework (NCF 2005), grounded in the constitutional values of secularism and equality, holds that curriculum and textbook content in such a society must be inclusive: every community should be able to find itself represented, so that students grow up recognising and respecting diversity rather than absorbing a single, narrow viewpoint.

Applied to Social Science textbooks specifically: because these textbooks shape how children understand their society, history, and civic life, they must consciously give space to the beliefs, practices, and contributions of all religious and social groups that make up India, not just the numerically largest community.

• Basing content on only the majority community's viewpoint privileges one group's perspective and leaves other communities under-represented -- the opposite of pluralistic inclusion.

• Avoiding controversial issues sidesteps genuine social diversity instead of engaging with it, leaving students unprepared to understand real social complexity.

• Shaping content to match the ruling government's views turns the textbook into an instrument of the state rather than neutral material serving citizens of every community, regardless of who governs.

Only a textbook that includes and represents all religions and social groups meets the pluralism criterion NCF 2005 sets for Social Science education -- so "include and represent all religions and social groups" is the correct choice.