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AssignmentMultiple Choice

India under British Rule

Question 1 • PBCSD_Grade_Forgiveness_2109310_World History_S2_2015

According to Kipling, what is the white man’s burden?

Answer
A
White men have the duty to serve others around the world.
B
White men must send their best sons to work as household servants.
C
White men must wait until they have worked hard enough to improve other regions.
D
White men are devilish and childish, and these qualities harm society.

Explanation

Kipling presents the “white man’s burden” as the supposed responsibility of white men to govern and “civilize” people in other parts of the world. Choice A best captures this idea by describing a duty to serve others around the world. The poem’s language is paternalistic, but the other choices do not state its central claim.

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