Which one of the following best describes the liberal perception of Indian nationalism?

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Which one of the following best describes the liberal perception of Indian nationalism?

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A.
Indian nationalism embraced the changes brought about by colonialism in Indian women's traditional gender roles.
B.
Indian nationalist discourses reaffirmed traditional gender roles for Indian women.
C.
Indian nationalism's sophistication resided in its distinction of the material from the spiritual spheres.
D.
Indian nationalist discourses provided an ideological principle of selection.

Option B is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

In the matching of the home/world dichotomy with gender-based social roles, the liberals are apt to (likely to), according to the author, see a total rejection of the West by Indian nationalists : ‘It would be a grave error to see in this, as liberals are apt to in their despair at the many marks of social conservatism in nationalist practice, a total rejection of the West.’ In other words, in the liberals’ view Indian nationalist discourses reaffirmed traditional gender roles for Indian women.