CAT 1995 — VARC Question 41
Direction: This section contains statements followed by questions based on the statements. Read the statements and select the best option as the answer.
Unless you decide your whole life to it, you will never learn to speak the language of another country to perfection; you will never know its people and its literature with complete intimacy.
Which of the following is likely to undermine the above argument?
Answer & solution
- A
I can speak 10 foreign languages already.
- B
I do not travel to foreign countries.
- C
I am happy with the languages I know and do not need to learn any other language.
I should spend time to understand my own people and literature first, only then can I appreciate other languages and cultures.
One cannot devote one's whole life to understanding another culture, if to appreciate other cultures first one
has to spend time understanding one's own culture and people.