Verbal Ability - Comprehension - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Comprehension - Section 9 (Q.No. 1)
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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.
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The meaning of 'glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers is
Discussion:
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Harry said:
4 years ago
A is correct answer as it is more assimilative and encompass both industrialization and which leads to indirectly reduction of poverty of villagers.
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Mark Johnson said:
1 decade ago
C cannot be the answer because there is at no point any suggestion that "poverty" will be removed -- nor the absolute statement of "complete". Hunger and lack of material goods can connote poverty, but the paragraph is referring to goods and services.
A is a better answer, but it uses the word "culture" and that's a stretch from what is actually in the material.
A is a better answer, but it uses the word "culture" and that's a stretch from what is actually in the material.
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Ayushma said:
9 years ago
"complete" removal of poverty is just a concept and not reality. Hence A is the right answer.
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Priyanka said:
5 years ago
Option A is correct.
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Godwin-Godson said:
1 decade ago
Why option C?
Mitesh said:
1 decade ago
Can some one please help as to why option C is the right answer?
Tanisha said:
1 decade ago
Right answer is A. The glittering prize of 20th century is material welfare resulting from industrialisation.
Nitin Khandelwal said:
1 decade ago
A is the right answer. Eschew the glittering prizes literally means Circumvent or boycott the temptations that the 20th century offers. And going by the passage it quite obvious to understand that 20th century offers materialized culture.
Setu Mittal said:
1 decade ago
I agree with @Nitin. A should be the right answer, but B also is a potentially good answer for the question. Anyhow C doesn't seems to be right.
Keshri said:
1 decade ago
C is indeed the correct answer. Industrialization offers (or advertises) for poverty removal so government would accept it. But, Mahatma Gandhi knew it to be worthless.
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