Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers to these items should be based on th

Question

Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers to these items should be based on the passage only.

Passage

A country under foreign domination seeks escape from the present in dreams of a vanished age, and finds consolation in visions of past greatness. That is a foolish and dangerous pastime in which many of us indulge. An equally questionable practice for us in India is to imagine that we are still spiritually great though we have come down, in the world in other respects. Spiritual or any other greatness cannot be founded on lack of freedom and opportunity, or on starvation and misery. Many western writers have encouraged that notion that Indians are other- worldly. I suppose the poor and unfortunate in every country become to some extent other- worldly, unless they become revolutionaries, for this world is evidently not meant for them. So also subject peoples. As a man grows to maturity he is not entirely engrossed in, or satisfied with, the external objective world. He seeks also some inner meaning, some psychological and physical satisfactions. So also with peoples and civilizations as they mature and grow adult. Every civilization and every people exhibit these parallel streams of an external life and an internal life. Where they meet or keep close to each other, there is an equilibrium and stability. When they diverge conflict arises and the crises that torture the mind and spirit.

The passage mentions that "this world is evidently not meant for them". It refers to people who

1. seek freedom from foreign domination. 2. live in starvation and misery. 3. become revolutionaries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

The passage states: "I suppose the poor and unfortunate in every country become to some extent other- worldly, unless they become revolutionaries, for this world is evidently not meant for them. So also subject peoples."

Let's analyze each statement:

1.  seek freedom from foreign domination: The passage mentions "So also subject peoples" for whom the world is not meant. Subject peoples are under foreign domination. While they would naturally seek freedom, the phrase refers to their *condition* (being subject), not their *action* of seeking freedom. The statement describes an action, not the group's state of being for whom the world is not meant.

2.  live in starvation and misery: The passage explicitly refers to "the poor and unfortunate in every country" as those for whom "this world is evidently not meant for them." People living in starvation and misery clearly fall under the category of "the poor and unfortunate." This statement is directly supported by the passage.

3.  become revolutionaries: The passage states, "...unless they become revolutionaries, for this world is evidently not meant for them." This implies that revolutionaries are an *alternative path* taken by the poor and unfortunate (for whom the world is not meant). The world is not meant for the poor and unfortunate, and *as a result*, they either become other-worldly or revolutionaries. Therefore, the phrase refers to the poor and unfortunate, not to those who *become* revolutionaries as a separate category for whom the world is not meant.

Based on the direct wording of the passage, only statement 2 accurately describes the people for whom "this world is evidently not meant for them."

The final answer is B

Answer

1 and 2

Answer

2 only

Answer

2 and 3

Answer

3 only

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