Question

The author refers to his own experience as a child during the Bengal famine of 1943 in order to.

• A. Illustrate how religiosity may instill passive acceptance of even the worst forms of starvation among people
• B. Repudiate the argument that religious discrimination usually tends to inspire violent protests
• C. Substantiate his assertion that it is not unusual to have the most intense suffering and misery coexist with complete peace
• D. Demonstrate that people confronted with acute starvation are rendered too helpless to protest ever at all

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Demonstrate that people confronted with acute starvation are rendered too helpless to protest ever at all

The paragraph 3 last sentences-' A starving wretch can be too frail and too dejected to fight and battle, and even to protest and holler. It is thus not surprising that often enough intense and widespread suffering and misery have been accompanied by unusual peace and silence./ Therefore option (d) is correct.