Verbal Ability - Comprehension - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Comprehension - Section 2 (Q.No. 3)
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But I did not want to shoot the elephant. I watched him beating his bunch of grass against his knees, with the preoccupied grandmotherly air that elephants have. It seemed to me that it would be murder to shoot him. I had never shot an elephant and never wanted to. (Somehow it always seems worse to kill large animal.) Besides, there was the beast's owner to be considered. But I had got to act quickly. I turned to some experienced-looking Burmans who had been there when we arrived, and asked them how the elephants had been behaving. They all said the same thing; he took no notice of you if you left him alone, but he might charge if you went too close to him.
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The author did not want to shoot the elephant because he
Discussion:
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Geetha said:
8 years ago
First thing, the answer neither B nor C, it must be a combination of both.
First of all, it is clear from the passage that the author doesn't wnt to kill elephant because its big in size and it's not doing any harm by its own. Considering the saying of Burmans the animal not do anything until they found something wrong.
First of all, it is clear from the passage that the author doesn't wnt to kill elephant because its big in size and it's not doing any harm by its own. Considering the saying of Burmans the animal not do anything until they found something wrong.
Mohana said:
8 years ago
According to me, the answer is C.
SaiManu said:
8 years ago
According to me, the answer is a combination of both C&D.
Because the author has written in the passage the elephants are not effecting too much.
Because the author has written in the passage the elephants are not effecting too much.
Deepak Sharma said:
8 years ago
I think C should be its answer because in the paragraph it was mentioned that he never wanted to shoot the elephant it doesn't mean he didn't want to have experience for shooting an experience. If only " I had never shot an elephant" is mentioned then we could think that yes he didn't have experience that's why he didn't shoot it but if he didn't want to shoot and it is inferred that he is kind and considerate than option C should be correct.
BHANU said:
8 years ago
I agree C is the correct answer.
Denson said:
7 years ago
(Somehow it always seems worse to kill the large animal).
Doesn't this indicate that he has the experience to kill large animals (perhaps not elephants) to make the comparison that it seems worse (than killing small ones)?
Doesn't this indicate that he has the experience to kill large animals (perhaps not elephants) to make the comparison that it seems worse (than killing small ones)?
Sunny said:
7 years ago
I think the answer should be C because the author is kindhearted and don't want to kill the elephant who is not harming anyone.
Akhil said:
7 years ago
It doesn't make any sense that if a person doesn't have any experience with a thing then he don't want to do that thing.
Am I right?
Am I right?
Meganathan said:
7 years ago
I think answer is C. Because elephant is the big animal so experience is not a matter and in this the given first line not shoot the animal so like should the answer C.
HarisH Kumar said:
7 years ago
In my point of view, the answer is D because he noticed the behaviour of the elephant and he loves that also. Answer, C also prior to Answer D but in answer D, the elephant is represented.
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