Reading comprehension—best supported inference (women's education and national progress): The author foresees a bright future for women in India and endorses Napoleon's dictum that educating women educates the whole nation, noting that a country cannot rise without the contribution of half its population. What is the best-supported conclusion?

Given data

• Educating women effectively educates the nation.
• Without the contribution of 50% of the population, a country cannot rise.

Concept / Approach
Choose the statement that most directly connects women's empowerment/education with national progress.

Step-by-step reasoning
Step 1: The passage links national rise to women's contribution and education.Step 2: Option C explicitly states that national progress requires giving women equal rights and opportunities—enabling their contribution.Step 3: Option B focuses only on education (important but narrower). Options A and D introduce claims not directly evidenced.

Verification / Alternative
If half the population must contribute, equality of rights/opportunities is a necessary condition—hence C.

Common pitfalls

• Picking a broadly agreeable statement that is not the passage's central inference.

Final Answer
A nation can progress only when women are given equal rights and opportunities as men.