Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. Removal of economic discrimination leads to removal of social discrimination. 2. Democratic polity is the best way to repair historical wrongs. Which of the above assumptions is/ are valid?

Passage

Political theorists, no doubt have to take the history of injustice, for example, untouchability, seriously. The concept of historical injustice takes note of a variety of historical wrongs that continue into the present in some form or the other and tend to resist repair. Two reasons might account for resistance to repair. One, not only are the roots of injustice buried deep in history, injustice itself constitutes economic structures of exploitation, ideologies of discrimination and modes of representation. Two, the category of historical injustice generally extends across a number of wrongs such as economic deprivation, social discrimination and lack of recognition. This category is complex, not only because of the overlap between a number of wrongs, but because one or the other wrong, generally discrimination, tends to acquire partial autonomy from others. This is borne out by the history of repair in India.

QUESTION

CSAT

Easy

Comprehension

Prelims 2019

Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:

Removal of economic discrimination leads to removal of social discrimination.
Democratic polity is the best way to repair historical wrongs.

Which of the above assumptions is/ are valid?

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Explanation

Statement 1 is incorrect. The passage mentions that economic deprivation and social discrimination are intertwined but also notes that one can acquire partial autonomy from the other. This implies that removing one (e.g., economic discrimination) does not automatically lead to the removal of the other (e.g., social discrimination). Hence, this assumption is not valid.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The passage does not directly discuss or suggest the role of democratic polity in repairing historical injustices. It focuses on the nature and resistance to repair of historical wrongs but does not advocate or identify democratic polity as a solution. Hence, this assumption is not valid.