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UGC NET December 2019 History
Which of the following statements regarding the promotion of science during colonial India are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. Nineteenth-century Indian science was a Eurocentric, centripetal and hegemonistic discipline.
- 2. For Mahendra Lal Sarkar, political nationalism had no meaning without science as its guiding spirit.
- 3. The state involvement made colonial science philanthropic and promoting of Indian interests.
- 4. Colonial science was inextricably woven into the whole fabric of colonialism.
A1 and 2 only
B2, 3 and 4 only
C3 and 4 only
D1, 2 and 4 only ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 1, 2 and 4 only — The first, second and fourth statements are correct, so the answer is 1, 2 and 4 only.
Explanation
★The first, second and fourth statements are correct, so the answer is 1, 2 and 4 only.
★Nineteenth-century Indian science was a Eurocentric, centripetal and hegemonistic discipline.
★For Mahendra Lal Sarkar, political nationalism had no meaning without science as its guiding spirit.
★Colonial science was inextricably woven into the whole fabric of colonialism.
★The third statement is wrong, as state involvement did not make colonial science philanthropic or pro-Indian.
★So only the first, second and fourth statements are correct.
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