CAT 1998 — VARC Question 35
Direction: Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
From Cochin to Shimla, the new culture vultures are tearing down acres of India's architectural treasures. Ancestral owners are often fobbed off with a few hundred rupees for an exquisitely carved door or window, which fetches fifty times that much from foreign dealers, and yet more from the drawing room sophisticates of Europe and the US. The reason for such shameless rape of the Indian architectural wealth can perhaps, not wrongly, be attributed to the unfortunate blend of activist disunity and the local indifference.
It can be inferred from the above passage that
Answer & solution
the environment created by the meeting between activist disunity and local indifference is ideal for antique dealers to strive in India.
- B
only Indians are not proud of their cultural heritage and are hungry for the foreign currency that is easily available in return of artifacts.
- C
most Indian families have heirlooms which can be sold at high prices to Europeans and Americans.
- D
India provides a rich market for unscrupulous antique dealers.
The passage states that the rape of Indian architectural wealth can be attributed to the blend of activist disunity and local indifference. (b) may not be true as Indians may be gullible. (c) and (d) are stated in the passage.