“White Man's Burden” refers to
A) the growing awareness and guilt European and American men felt for limiting the life choices of women.
B) a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta about colonial life.
C) the conviction that Westerners had a duty to their colonial subjects.
D) a section of the manifesto of the Indian Congress Party.
E) the competition between European nations to subdue Africa.
Ans: C
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