Verbal Ability - Comprehension - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Comprehension - Section 9 (Q.No. 3)
Directions to Solve
Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that plague the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to those who inherited the reins of political power.
3.
Which one of the following best illustrates the relationship between the phrases:
(i) 'eschew the glittering prizes' and
(ii) 'idyllic and rural paradise'?
(i) 'eschew the glittering prizes' and
(ii) 'idyllic and rural paradise'?
Discussion:
15 comments Page 1 of 2.
Sarah said:
1 decade ago
I think option A is the correct answer.
The phrase to eschew the glittering prize of the 20th century implies the act of abstaining oneself from the glittering prize of the 20th century which is materialization and the phrase idyllic and rural paradise is the reward from abstaining oneself from the temptation.
If you abstain from something bad you get a reward for it. Here if you abstain yourself from the glittering prize you end up in an idyllic rural paradise.
To achieve II you must perform I.
The phrase to eschew the glittering prize of the 20th century implies the act of abstaining oneself from the glittering prize of the 20th century which is materialization and the phrase idyllic and rural paradise is the reward from abstaining oneself from the temptation.
If you abstain from something bad you get a reward for it. Here if you abstain yourself from the glittering prize you end up in an idyllic rural paradise.
To achieve II you must perform I.
Sagar said:
8 years ago
Eschew symphony is given up so,
First statement means to be giving up the thought of the glittering prizes.
Second statement describes self-sufficiency in food clothes and simplicity of the lifestyle,
So, 2 statements are carrying opposite meanings.
First statement means to be giving up the thought of the glittering prizes.
Second statement describes self-sufficiency in food clothes and simplicity of the lifestyle,
So, 2 statements are carrying opposite meanings.
(1)
Jenna K said:
3 years ago
Eschewing the glittering prizes has the same meaning of giving up the glittering prizes, and an idyllic (ideal) and rural paradise is the opposite of giving up the prizes.
Sushma said:
1 decade ago
Correct answer is option:C first implies that having sufficient food and basic needs that leads to removal of poverty, it gives the second option.
(1)
Barbie said:
8 years ago
I think the right answer is A because unless and until you eschew, i.e, reject the rewards you can't be self-sufficient and happy.
(1)
Gebermedhin said:
6 years ago
Those who are saying D is wrong, you miss the word "eschew" behind.
Rucha said:
9 years ago
I agree with you @Sarah!
Option A must be the answer.
Option A must be the answer.
Bibizzz said:
8 years ago
@Sagar is correct.
Eschew means give up.
Eschew means give up.
Shiva said:
9 years ago
According to me, option c is correct.
KIT Ramtek said:
9 years ago
I think the right answer is option A.
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