Question

Read the excerpt from Jawaharlal Nehru’s speech "A Tryst with Destiny.”

Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon this assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. Before the birth of freedom we have endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are heavy with the memory of this sorrow. Some of those pains continue even now. Nevertheless, the past is over and it is the future that beckons to us now.

That future is not one of ease or resting but of incessant striving so that we may fulfil the pledges we have so often taken and the one we shall take today. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity.

The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but as long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.

And so we have to labour and to work, and work hard, to give reality to our dreams. Those dreams are for India, but they are also for the world, for all the nations and peoples are too closely knit together today for anyone of them to imagine that it can live apart.

Which statement best analyzes Nehru’s use of evidence to support his claim?

Nehru’s use of logical evidence explaining the need to bring opportunity to India’s people and end poverty is an effective way to persuade the nation to work hard to solve its problems.
Nehru’s use of logical evidence detailing the steps required to solve India’s problems is an ineffective way to convince the assembly to work toward solving these issues.
Nehru’s use of empirical evidence of disease rates in India is an effective way to persuade the audience that work needs to be done to fight for reform and opportunity.
Nehru’s use of empirical evidence from research into economic opportunities is an ineffective way to support the claim that India must work hard to fight poverty.

Answer 1

Nehru’s use of logical evidence explaining the need to bring opportunity to India’s people and end poverty is an effective way to persuade the nation to work hard to solve its problems.

He appeals to moral responsibility and common-sense goals rather than citing specific empirical data or step-by-step plans, which makes the logical argument persuasive for a broad national audience.