Verbal Ability - Comprehension - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Comprehension - Section 9 (Q.No. 1)
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.

1.
The meaning of 'glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers is
pursuit of a commercialised material culture
replacement of rural by urban interests
complete removal of poverty
absence of violence and corruption
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
16 comments Page 2 of 2.

Dreamer..acheiver said:   9 years ago
C is correct because Gandhi is talking about poor Indian villagers, their problems and how they can be self-sufficient.

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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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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Srinitha Reddy said:   6 months ago
The answer should be A.

Virat said:   3 months ago
Anyone, explain the right answer.


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