XAT 2018 — VARC Question 26
Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow:
A spirit that lives in this world and does not wear the shirt of love, such an existence in a deep disgrace.
Be foolish in love, because love is all there is.
There is no way into presence except through love exchange.
If someone asks, But what is love? Answer, dissolving the will.
True freedom comes to those who have escaped the question of freewill and fate.
Love is an emperor. The two worlds play across him. He barely notices their tumbling game.
Love and lover live in eternity. Other desires are substitute for that way of being.
How long do you lay embracing a corpse? Love rather the soul, which cannot be held.
Anything born in spring dies in the fall, but love is not seasonal.
With wine pressed from grapes, expect a hangover.
But this love path has no expectations. You are uneasy riding the body?
Dismount, travel lighter. Wings will be given.
Be clear like mirror holding nothing.
Be clean of pictures and the worry that comes with images.
Gaze into what is not ashamed or afraid of any truth.
Contain all human faces in your own without any judgment of them.
Be pure emptiness. What is inside of that? You ask. Silence is all I can say.
Lovers have some secrets they keep.
Read the following statements carefully:
Though he thought of himself as a/an ______ person, his boss's abusive behaviour made him talk back. However, as he engaged in a/an _______ with his boss, all he got in response was a/an
_______, which only filled him with _____
Fill in the blanks meaningfully, in the above statement, from the following options:
Answer & solution
nonchalant, remonstration, philippic, ennui
- B
insouciant, philippic, remonstration, ennui
- C
philippic, remonstration, ennui, insouciance
- D
ennui, philippic, insouciance, remonstration
- E
nonchalant, ennui, philippic, remonstration
‘Nonchalant’ or ‘insouciant’ refers to someone who is feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed. ‘Philippic’ means ‘a bitter attack or denunciation’. ‘Ennui’ means a ‘feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement’. Thus only, ‘nonchalant’ or ‘insouciant’ can be used to describe a person as ‘Ennui’ and ‘Philippic’ are feelings. Thus, [3] and [4] are eliminated. Similarly, one cannot indulge in ‘Ennui’ or ‘Philippic’ with one’s boss. ‘Remonstration’ means saying or pleading in protest, objection, or disapproval. It fits the second blank perfectly. Hence, [2] and [5] are eliminated. ‘Philippic’ and ‘Ennui’ fit the third and fourth blanks perfectly.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.