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CAT 1998 — VARC Question 36

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Passage / Data

Direction: Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.

Deepa Metha's Fire is under fire from the country's self-appointed moral police. Their contention is that the film is a violation of the Indian cultural mores and cannot be allowed to influence the Indian psyche. According to them, such films ruin the moral fabric of the nation, which must be protected and defended against such intrusions at all cost, even at the cost of cultural dictatorship.

Based on the information in the above passage, it can be inferred that

Answer & solution

Correct answer: the assumption underlying the moral police's critique of Fire is that the Indian audience is impressionable and must be protected against 'immoral' influences.

  • A

    the assumption underlying the moral police's critique of Fire is that the Indian audience is vulnerable to all types of influence.

  • the assumption underlying the moral police's critique of Fire is that the Indian audience is impressionable and must be protected against 'immoral' influences.

  • C

    the moral police thinks it has the sole authority to pass judgement on films screened in India.

  • D

    None of these

Solution

The moral police feel that Fire would influence the Indian psyche and ruin the moral fabric of the nation, which it should not be allowed to do. (a) is not true, as Indian audiences may be discriminating. (c) is not an inference, it is true to a certain extent.

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