Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers to these items should be based on the passage only.
A country under foreign domination seeks escape from the present in dreams of a vanished age, and finds consolation in visions of past greatness. That is a foolish and dangerous pastime in which many of us indulge. An equally questionable practice for us in India is to imagine that we are still spiritually great though we have come down, in the world in other respects. Spiritual or any other greatness cannot be founded on lack of freedom and opportunity, or on starvation and misery. Many western writers have encouraged that notion that Indians are other-worldly. I suppose the poor and unfortunate in every country become to some extent other-worldly, unless they become revolutionaries, for this world is evidently not meant for them. So also subject peoples. As a man grows to maturity he is not entirely engrossed in, or satisfied with, the external objective world. He seeks also some inner meaning, some psychological and physical satisfactions. So also with peoples and civilizations as they mature and grow adult. Every civilization and every people exhibit these parallel streams of an external life and an internal life. Where they meet or keep close to each other, there is an equilibrium and stability. When they diverge conflict arises and the crises that torture the mind and spirit.
The passage mentions that ‘this world is evidently not meant for them’. It refers to people who
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The passage explicitly states, "I suppose the poor and unfortunate in every country become to some extent other-worldly, unless they become revolutionaries, for this world is evidently not meant for them." This directly attributes the sentiment that 'this world is evidently not meant for them' to individuals experiencing poverty and misfortune. The preceding context also links 'starvation and misery' to a lack of greatness, reinforcing the idea that these conditions render the world unsuitable for such individuals. Therefore, statement 2 accurately reflects the direct reference in the passage.
Statement 1: While the passage mentions "So also subject peoples" immediately after the phrase, implying a similar condition for them, the phrase 'this world is evidently not meant for them' is primarily introduced as a direct consequence for 'the poor and unfortunate'. Seeking freedom from foreign domination is a characteristic of subject peoples, but the passage ties the phrase more directly to the existential condition of poverty and misery rather than the active pursuit of freedom.
Statement 3: The passage explicitly differentiates revolutionaries by stating, "unless they become revolutionaries." This indicates that revolutionaries are an exception to those for whom this world is not meant. Instead, they actively engage with and seek to transform the world, suggesting a different relationship with it.