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Question :

In the context of the passage, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT:

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A.
Orientalist scholarship influenced Indians.
B.
Indian texts influenced Orientalist scholars.
C.
India's spiritualism served as a salve for European colonisers.
D.

Orientalists' understanding of Indian history was linked to colonial concerns.

Option C is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

The last line of the passage implies that India's spiritualism served as a salve for anti-colonial nationalists. Option C is clearly incorrect.
That Oriental scholarship influenced Indians is implied from the first line of the paragraph. The passage says that Orientalist scholars tried to 'discover' India through 'selected literature' in Sanskrit. So, option B is also true. That Orientalists' understanding of Indian history was linked to colonial concerns can also be inferred from passage