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 2 of 2.
Ksc said:
8 years ago
C is the correct answer.
Bibizzz said:
8 years ago
@Sagar is correct.
Eschew means give up.
Eschew means give up.
Lary said:
8 years ago
It is option A.
Gebermedhin said:
6 years ago
Those who are saying D is wrong, you miss the word "eschew" behind.
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.
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