Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
'A single shelf of a good European library is worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia.' This statement is
AFactual
BLogical
COpinion
DReactionary ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Reactionary — The statement is reactionary, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The statement is reactionary, so that is the answer.
★It dismisses whole civilisations' literatures with contempt and no evidence.
★This is Macaulay's biased colonial pronouncement, not a factual claim.
★It reflects a prejudiced, backward-looking attitude toward native learning.
★Such a scornful, biased assertion is best called reactionary.
★So the answer is reactionary.
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