Read the passage and answer the next five questions. Choose the most appropriate options from the options given:

As part of the great cultural renaissance generated during the post-independence period, there has occurred a most meaningful encounter with tradition in various fields of creative activity. The return to and discovery y of tradition was is inspired by a search for roots and a quest for identity. This was a part of the whole process of decolonization of our lifestyle, values, social institutions, creative forms and cultural modes. The modern Indian theatre, product of a colonial theatrical culture, felt the need to search for roots most intensely to match its violent dislocation from the traditional course. Directors like B.V. karanth, K.N. Panikar and Ratan Thiyam have had a most meaningful encounter with tradition and, with their work ork, have reversed rsed the the colonial course c of contemporary theatre and put it back on the track of the great Natyashastra tradition. It sounds paradoxical, but their theatre is both avant-garde in the context of conventional realistic theatre, and still helongs the Natyashastra theatrical tradition.

The return to and discovery of traditional in post-independence era was inspired by

A) Search for values

B) Search for roots

C) Search for realism

D) Search for identity

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct answer is B & D only — that is, the return to and discovery of tradition in the post-independence era was inspired by a Search for roots (B) and a Search for identity (D).

Let us carefully analyse the passage to understand why this is the correct answer.

Step 1: Locate the key sentence in the passage.

The passage contains a very direct and explicit statement about what inspired the return to tradition. The relevant sentence reads:

"The return to and discovery of tradition was inspired by a search for roots and a quest for identity."

This single sentence is the key to answering this question correctly. It explicitly names two motivating forces:

1. A search for roots — which directly corresponds to option B.
2. A quest for identity — which directly corresponds to option D.

Step 2: Eliminate the incorrect options.

Option A — Search for values: While the passage does mention "values" in the broader context of decolonization ("decolonization of our lifestyle, values, social institutions..."), values are listed as part of what was being decolonized — they are not stated as the inspiration behind the return to tradition. So Option A is incorrect in this context.

Option C — Search for realism: The passage actually mentions "conventional realistic theatre" as something that the new theatre was moving away from (it is described as "avant-garde in the context of conventional realistic theatre"). Realism is not cited anywhere as an inspiration for returning to tradition. So Option C is incorrect.

Step 3: Confirm the correct pairing.

Since only B (Search for roots) and D (Search for identity) are explicitly and directly mentioned in the passage as the inspirations for the return to tradition, and since options A and C are not supported by the text, the correct combination is B & D only.

Conclusion: This is a direct evidence-based reading comprehension question. The answer is found verbatim in the passage — "a search for roots and a quest for identity" — making B & D only the most appropriate and accurate choice.