CAT 1998VARC Question 39

Inference StatementsEasy
Passage / Data

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

Whether we look at the intrinsic value of our literature, or at the particular situation of this country, we shall see the strongest reason to think that of all foreign tongues, the English tongue is that which would be the most useful to our native subjects.

It can be inferred that

Answer & solution

  • A

    the speaker is a die-hard colonist.

  • B

    the speaker has the good of the nation at heart.

  • C

    the speaker is addressing an issue related to a colonial empire.

  • None of these

Solution

None of the given options is supported by the passage. (c) may not be true in the immediate temporal context of the argument. (b) is clear from the argum

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