2017 · Q4
Statement INationalism in India, which was assigned a privileged position by its western educated political leadership, was a 'different', but a 'derivative discourse' from the west.
Statement IIIndian nationalism as a response to western imperialism was 'like all such responses, shaped by what it was responding to'.
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- ABoth the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
- BBoth the statements are individually true but Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of Statement I
- CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
- DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Explanation
Both statements restate Partha Chatterjee’s thesis in Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: Indian nationalism, though anti-colonial, borrowed its categories from Western nationalist thought and was therefore a different but derivative discourse. Statement I states that thesis, and Statement II supplies its rationale – that nationalisms formed in response to Western imperialism are shaped by what they respond to. Because Statement II directly explains Statement I, both are true and the answer is (A).