Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below: For…
2023
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below:
For thousands of Delhiites who suffered the pain of the 1947 partition, visiting the world's second museum on the partition of India at the Dara Shikoh Library building in Delhi will be like walking down the lanes of memory. For their descendants, it will be an opportunity to know the pain of their parents and grandparents and to learn lessons from history about the world's largest displacement.
The purpose of this museum is to connect people with their past. This will also create a sense of heritage among the visitors. Kishwar Desai, Chairperson of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust, said, "History is important and the younger generation should learn from the past and not repeat mistakes." She also said that millions of people were killed and displaced during the partition and people need to remember that such violence should never happen again.
The wooden artwork of a horse laden with skeletons and bones made in Papier-mâché style by Kashmiri artist Veer Munshi describes the pain of the people during displacement. Delhi residents who decided not to go back shared their experiences—what they said, what happened to them on the day of independence—in some audio-visual clips.
Rehabilitation was also not easy and Munshi has depicted this struggle through the wooden "fallen house". Desai pointed out that even when a person tries to resettle, their home actually remains scattered.
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The museum in the Dara Shikoh Library tries to show the pain of partition.
Statement II: Rehabilitation was not a struggle for the displaced migrants.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
- B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
- C.
Statement I is true, but Statement II is false.
- D.
Statement I is false, but Statement II is true.
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Correct answer: C
Statement I is correct because the passage states the museum connects people with their past pain. Statement II is incorrect as the text explicitly mentions rehabilitation was not easy and depicted a struggle.