Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Statement I:A rigid application of ethical principles is not possible in ethnographic research.

Statement II:The principle of informed consent is theoretical, as pre-information is likely to affect the research findings.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true ✓ Correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Explanation

Both statements about ethnographic ethics are true.

A rigid application of ethical rules is hard in ethnography's fluid field settings.

Situations shift constantly, so ethical judgement must stay flexible.

Informed consent stays partly theoretical when prior information would alter behaviour.

Advance knowledge can make participants act unnaturally, distorting the findings.

This tension makes covert observation an enduring ethical debate.

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