Question :
Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
History cannot be altered and its myriad paths would follow their own destined course. However, it would not be entirely futile to indulge our imagination in picturing the course of history if such and such an event had not taken place. One such occurrence is the British colonization of India. The British colonized India gradually and established their rule over the country for more than a century. If the British colonization had not happened at all, where would we be today?
To begin with, we would not have suffered all that we did under the British in the process of winning freedom from them. Today, India’s history bears the scars of British colonialism and exploitation that the memory finds hard to erase. The country was forced to undergo humiliation in terms of its pride besides suffering political, economic and social exploitation. In colonized India, the people were stripped of their rights in every sense. They could not participate in the political and economic development of their own country. They were denied the right to form their own government and run the administration of their country. The country’s primary institutions including those related to judiciary, defense and law were run by outsiders who did not care about the welfare of the nation and its people. The people’s attempt to win their rights only brought about suffering and death. It was not only loss of wealth and prosperity that the masses had to endure; thousands of people lost their lives in the fight for freedom from the British yoke. The country’s nationalist leaders paid a heavy price in their attempt to secure freedom for India. All this would not have happened if the British had not come to reign in India.
Which of the following is synonymous to prosperity?
Option 1: Indignity
Option 2: Resources
Option 3: Affluence
Option 4: Growth
Option 5: Penury
Correct Answer: Affluence
Solution : Here, the word is related to the richness of Indians.
