Read the passage carefully and answer the questions: The true role of our…
2020
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions:
The true role of our energy is to gain personal power and operate from it at all times. Today, in many situations, people lose their personal power in relationships between boss-subordinate, client-customer, colleague-colleague, teacher-student, husband-wife, parent-child, Friend-Friend, etc. Often in these relationships someone plays the role of the oppressor while the other plays the role of the oppressed. But this is a great weakness in the relationship and it undermines people's capacity to be their authentic selves and accomplish what they want in their lives. We need personal power to hold our self-esteem and go forward to succeed in our pursuits. Human relationships often deteriorate through these power struggles and ultimately both, whether they are playing the role of an oppressor or the oppressed, lose their personal power. Personal power can be seen as the result of an interplay between masculine and feminine forms of power. Both these forms of power can co-exist in both men and women. Both feminine and the masculine forms of power need to be honoured and expressed for a beautiful presence and creation in the world. We have to gain a deeper understanding of the characteristics of masculine and feminine forms of power.
Relationships of different types of power among people will lead to
- A.
Social diversity
- B.
Hierarchical structure
- C.
Balance of power in society
- D.
Subjugation of the weak and meek
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Correct answer: B
Concept: In an inference-based reading-comprehension question, the correct completion must be a consequence that follows directly from what the passage itself states — not an idea imported from outside the passage, and not simply repeating its wording, but the logical result of the facts described.
Application: The passage lists many different relationship types — boss-subordinate, client-customer, colleague-colleague, teacher-student, husband-wife, parent-child, and friend-friend — and states that often in these relationships one party plays the role of "the oppressor" while the other plays the role of "the oppressed". This means many of these relationships settle into two distinct, unequal ranks: one party occupying the higher (oppressor) position and the other the lower (oppressed) position. A ranked, unequal arrangement of this kind is exactly what a hierarchical structure is, so relationships involving different types of power lead to a hierarchical structure.
Why the other options do not fit:
Social diversity: the passage discusses how power is exercised inside relationship pairings that are already named, not variety among people's backgrounds or identities; no diversity claim is made.
Balance of power in society: the passage states these relationships deteriorate through power struggles in which both parties end up losing their personal power, which is the opposite of a stable, evenly-held balance.
Subjugation of the weak and meek: the passage's own pairings include colleague-colleague and friend-friend, relationship types with no inherent weak-or-meek party; the oppressor and oppressed roles arise from the power struggle itself, not from pre-existing weakness.