CAT 1998VARC Question 40

Inference StatementsEasy
Passage / Data

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

Where the film Bombay loses out is where every commercial film congenitally goes awry — becoming too simplistic to address serious issues and failing to translate real life to reel.

Which of the following can be inferred from the above line?

Answer & solution

  • A

    The film's director aimed at recreating real life on the silver screen.

  • B

    The film was too simplistic for the audience's taste.

  • C

    The film was successful in spite of its shortcomings.

  • None of these

Solution

The passage supports none of the given options. (c) does not seem to be true in light of facts presented in
the passage. (b) is stated anyway in the passage. What the director aimed at does not seem to be the focus of the argument, which discusses a general consequence.

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