Explanation (b) is the correct scientific explanation of the given fact.
Though the law gives women equal status in India, many people hold unscientific views on a woman's innate nature, capacity and intelligence, and in practice give them a secondary status and role. Demolish this view using scientific arguments, and by quoting examples of great women in science and other spheres; and persuade yourself and others that, given equal opportunity, women are on par with men.
Science, like any knowledge, can be put to good or bad use, depending on the user.
Given below are some of the applications of science.
Formulate your views on whether the particular application is good, bad or something that cannot be so clearly categorized:
(a) Mass vaccination against small pox to curb and finally eradicate this disease from the population. (This has already been successfully done in India).
(b) Television for eradication of illiteracy and for mass communication of news and ideas.
(c) Prenatal sex determination.
(d) Computers for increase in work efficiency.
(e) Putting artificial satellites into orbits around the Earth.
(f) Development of nuclear weapons.
(g) Development of new and powerful techniques of chemical and biological war-fare.
(h)Purification of water for drinking.
(i) Plastic surgery.
(j) Cloning
(a) Good
(b) Good
(c) Bad
(d) Good
(e) Good
(f) Bad
(g) Good
(h) Good
(i) In some cases good and in some cases bad.
(j) Cannot be clearly categorized