According to the passage, what stance did the Indian intelligentsia take…
2017
According to the passage, what stance did the Indian intelligentsia take during the war?
Answer: D. They expressed sympathy for England’s dogged courage. — ConceptIn a passage-based question, identify the author’s explicit statement about the group’s attitude. Distinguish that statement from its reversal and from…
- A.
Indifference to Russia’s plight.
- B.
They favoured Japanese militarism.
- C.
They prompted creativity out of confused loyalties.
- D.
They expressed sympathy for England’s dogged courage.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept
In a passage-based question, identify the author’s explicit statement about the group’s attitude. Distinguish that statement from its reversal and from consequences that the passage explicitly denies.
Application
The passage says that the Indian intelligentsia faced a moral dilemma. On one side, they could not help sympathising with England’s dogged courage, the Russians resisting Nazi forces, and China suffering under Japanese militarism; on the other side, India remained under colonial military occupation while Subhas Bose’s army sought liberation from the opposing camp.
Contrast
Indifference to Russia reverses the passage’s statement that the intelligentsia sympathised with the Russians.
Support for Japanese militarism reverses the passage’s sympathy for China under Japanese domination.
Creativity arising from confused loyalties contradicts the passage’s statement that no creative impulse could emerge from that conflict.
Cross-check and result
The wording about sympathy for England’s dogged courage appears directly in the passage and fits the described moral dilemma. Therefore, the stance identified in the passage is sympathy for England’s dogged courage.