'Indian history was written by British historians — extremely well documented and researched, but not always impartial. History had to serve its purpose: Everything was made subservient to the glory of the Union Jack. Latter-day Indian scholars presented a contrary picture.' From the text above, we can infer that A. British history was well documented and researched but was sometimes biased B. British history was not well documented and researched but was always biased C. Indian history was well documented and researched and was sometimes biased D. Indian history was well documented and researched and was always biased

GATE 2019 · General Aptitude · Passage Reading · easy

Answer: C. Indian history was well documented and researched and was sometimes biased

1. Identify what the passage says about British-written Indian history: The passage says British historians wrote Indian history: 'extremely well documented and researched, but not always impartial'. Not always impartial = sometimes biased (not always biased).
2. Check the subject of each option: A and B say 'British history' — this is wrong; the passage is about Indian history written by British historians. C and D say 'Indian history' which is correct as the subject being written about.
3. Distinguish C from D on the bias qualifier: D says 'always biased' but the passage says 'not always impartial' (sometimes biased). C says 'sometimes biased' which correctly maps to 'not always impartial'. C is correct.