Question

Read this passage from "The True Conception of Empire":

But the British Empire is not confined to the self-governing Colonies and the United Kingdom. It includes a much greater area, a much more numerous population, in tropical climes, where no considerable European settlement is possible, and where the native population must always vastly outnumber the white inhabitants; and in these cases also the same change has come over the imperial idea.

Which phrase most clearly suggests Chamberlain's attitude of British superiority over all countries on the globe?

A. a much more numerous population, in tropical climes

B. where the native population must always vastly outnumber the white inhabitant

C. where no considerable European settlement is possible

D. not confined to the self-governing Colonies

Answer 1

where no considerable European settlement is possible. -apex-

Answer 2

C. where no considerable European settlement is possible

Though all the passage clearly expresses the author's idea to convey that British is superior to all countries, option C is the phrase that most clearly suggest that.

By using the words "no (...) is possible", the author expresses that normally people considered impossible/unfeasible a big European settlement in their lands, but since they are the British Empire, they are superiors and therefore they are the ones who can make it possible.