Which one of the following explains the "contradictory pulls" on Indian nationalism?

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Which one of the following explains the "contradictory pulls" on Indian nationalism?

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A.
Despite its spiritual superiority, Indian nationalism had to fight against colonial domination.
B.
Despite its fight against colonial domination, Indian nationalism had to borrow from the coloniser in the spiritual sphere.
C.
Despite its fight against colonial domination, Indian nationalism had to borrow from the coloniser in the material sphere.
D.
Despite its scientific and technological inferiority, Indian nationalism had to fight against colonial domination.

Option C is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

The author begins the passage by describing the 'contradictory pulls' on Indian nationalist ideology. In science, technology, economic organization and modern methods of statecraft, the West dominated. In fact, to overcome this domination, instead of fighting the colonialists on this front, colonized people 'had to learn those superior techniques of organizing material life and incorporate them within their own cultures'. In other words, despite its fight against colonial domination, Indian nationalism had adopt Western ideas in the material sphere.