XAT 2016 — VARC Question 4
Read the following poem and answer the question that follows:
I sought a soul in the sea
And found a coral there
Beneath the foam for me
An ocean was all laid bare.
Into my heart’s night
Along a narrow way
I groped; and lo! The light,
An infinite land of day.âââââââ
This season will pass. The Prime Minister may not win Lok Sabha elections, or she may; she may not continue as Prime Minister, or she may. The country will survive whatever the texture of politics in this decade or the next.
Which of the following, IF TRUE, will BEST reinforce the author’s view?
Answer & solution
- A
The survival of any Prime Minister is dependent on the country’s economics growth.
- B
The country has a vibrant young working population.
- C
The survival of the country depends on a dynamic, growth-oriented Prime Minister, not on the texture of politics.
The previous season had also witnessed similar political uncertainty.
- E
The survival of the Prime Minister is dependent on the political texture of the country.
The author's view presented in the passage is that the election seasons will come and go and no matter who wins or loses, the country will continue to survive.
Option 1 introduces the term “economic growth” which is not mentioned in the passage.
Option 2 mentions the about the “young” population and the passage does not say anything about the age of the population.
Option 3 is contrary to the view of the author as it says that the country is dependent on a credible Prime Minister while the author's view says the opposite.
The author's confidence in saying that the season will pass and the country will survive the uncertainties of the election period in this as well as the following decades indicates that the author has experienced the same scenario in the past. This vindicates option 4 as the correct answer.
Option 5 links the survival of the Prime Minister with the political texture of the country which is contrary to the author's view.
Hence, the correct answer is option 4.