What is Mond's method for maintaining social order in relation to science and culture?

• A. He suppresses dissent and regulates knowledge, art, and religion to prevent upheaval.
• B. He curtails all scientific progress entirely.
• C. He encourages open debate and unregulated inquiry.
• D. He promotes spontaneous cultural expression with no limits.

Answer: (A)

Controlling knowledge and culture to prevent upheaval. Mond keeps society stable by censoring and regulating what people can learn, read, create, and believe. He allows science and art only when they reinforce the state’s goals and the appearance of happiness, but blocks ideas that could provoke doubt or rebellion. Religion is managed, not allowed to challenge social norms, and dissent is suppressed. This deliberate shaping of education, media, and belief keeps people content and prevents the destabilizing forces that once shook the world. Open debate or unregulated inquiry would threaten this balance, while complete suppression of science or unbounded cultural expression would also disrupt the order he aims to maintain.