XAT 2024 — VARC Question 16
InferenceEasy
Passage / Data
Read the following poem and answer the TWO questions that follow.
In the darkened room
a woman
cannot find her reflection in the mirror
waiting as usual
at the edge of sleep
In her hands she holds
the oil lamp
whose drunken yellow flames
know where her lonely body hides
What do the lines “the drunken yellow flames/know where her lonely body hides” BEST represent?
Answer & solution
The lines represent flames as distorted memories that preserve her identity.
- B
The lines represent flames as turbulent emotions of a nameless woman.
- C
The lines represent flames as her desperate pursuit for her lost self.
- D
The lines represent flames that highlight the location of her body.
- E
The lines represent flames as forces that are aware of her solitude.