History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET December 2021 History (Shift-II)
Passage
We who came from the East have sat here on the platform day after day and have been told in a patronising way that we ought to accept Christianity because Christian nations are the most prosperous. We look about us and we see England, the most prosperous Christian nation in the world, with her foot on the neck of two hundred and fifty millions of Asiatics. We look back into history and see that the prosperity of Christian Europe began with Spain. Spain's prosperity began with the invasion of Mexico. Christianity wins its prosperity by cutting the throats of its fellow men. At such a price the Hindu will not have prosperity. I have sat here today and I have heard the height of intolerance.
The statement is not recorded in the proceedings but it was published in the:
AChicago Daily Tribune ✓ Correct
BNew York Times
CTelegraph
DThe Times
Correct answer: (A) Chicago Daily Tribune — It was published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★It was published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, so that is the answer.
★According to the passage, the statement is not recorded in the proceedings but was published in the Chicago Daily Tribune.
★The Chicago Daily Tribune was a leading American newspaper of the time.
★It reported on the Parliament of the World's Religions of 1893.
★This is how the statement was preserved.
★So the statement was published in the Chicago Daily Tribune.
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