Question
Passage 1
Safe
by A. Gautam
Bina Kapoor was finally going to see the Disney World. The bags were packed and the tickets were at hand. An old woman disposed
to the care of her son's family, Bina had insisted on accompanying her grandchildren despite her advanced age. She wanted to relive
and reinvent her childhood. Vinnie Kapoor knew that his Mom had never slept well while traveling not since the independence of India
and Pakistan. He had seen her twitch and scream at night decades after her horrific journey by train. Vinnie knew that in the arms of the
night, his mother was still a child. The terror of 1947 was fresh in her nightmares.
Vinnie had finally told his mother that the kids were now old enough to understand their heritage. This meant that Bina could tell them
about the Partition, the tragic joumey from Karachi to Delhi, and the story of her survival. As the Kapoor family waited to board the plane,
Vinnie told her story with animation and nostalgia.
"The train was supposed to be fast," Bina whispered to her three grandchildren cuddled together in the airport lobby. "But it was not
fast enough to stop the people from climbing. I had only packed my favorite clothes, kids. There wasn't enough room in the train for all
mv nartv thus And the nponle were climhing on the windows hanning on to the door and even holding on to other neonle's hands "
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Which historical period do both passages reflect?
O A. the mass migration of Indians to the U.S.
O B. the time following India's independence
© C. the first and the second World Wars
O D. Civil War in the Indian subcontinent
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Answer
The historical period reflected in the passage is the time following India's independence.