Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow…
2021
Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate options :
The richness of her childhood experience came from living a life, which embraced tradition on one hand and exposure to the world of change, of questioning and questing on the other. Her father’s progressive ideas, his involvement in bringing about change in the restricted Brahminical society, his encouragement of Kamaladevi to follow her own inclinations and yet give her an opportunity to study in a school and participate in all the social functions with which he was involved, as a Senior Revenue Official, gave her confidence. The example of her grandmother, who lived the life of a scholar and fearless woman, who travelled alone without any fear of any social disapproval or adverse consequences, was a fitting example to Kamaladevi, who later travelled all over the world, often risking her life.
Girjabai, her mother was a dominant influence throughout her childhood and youth who set an example by overcoming all difficulties without a murmur. She discarded meaningless social customs and observances. She championed the cause of women. Her conviction was that a woman must educate herself, so that she could be independent and her insistence that Kamaladevi should not only study, but also participate in cultural activities and sports, enriched her daughter’s life.
Kamaladevi went with her mother to Seva Sadan and saw her exhorting women even older than her to become literate. She heard her read to them from the newspapers, magazines and extracts from books by social reformers and nationalists, followed by discussions and saw their attitudes changing. Girjabai’s love for music was shared by Kamaladevi and she was encouraged to learn North Indian and Carnatic music. This love of music was a great source of peace for Kamaladevi in her later years.
Study the following statements:
A. Kamaladevi's mother read to her from newspapers and magazines.
B. Music was a source of great comfort to her.
- A.
A is right and B is wrong.
- B.
A is wrong and B is right.
- C.
Both A and B are right.
- D.
Both A and B are wrong.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
In passage-based questions that ask whether given statements are right or wrong, each statement must be checked strictly against the specific wording of the passage, including which person a pronoun such as “her” or “them” actually refers to, and a paraphrase is accepted as matching only when it keeps the original meaning.
Statement A says that Kamaladevi's mother read to her from newspapers and magazines. The passage places this reading at Seva Sadan: “Kamaladevi went with her mother to Seva Sadan and saw her exhorting women even older than her to become literate. She heard her read to them from the newspapers, magazines…” Here “her”, the one exhorting and reading, is Girjabai, and “them” is the women being taught at Seva Sadan, not Kamaladevi. So the passage has the mother reading to the women, not to Kamaladevi, and Statement A does not match it.
Statement B says that music was a source of great comfort to Kamaladevi. The passage states this directly: “This love of music was a great source of peace for Kamaladevi in her later years.” “Peace” here is simply a paraphrase of “comfort”, so Statement B matches the passage.
Re-reading the sentence confirms that both “her” and “them” trace back to Girjabai and the women she was teaching, never to Kamaladevi, so Statement A cannot be salvaged under any reading of the pronouns; the music sentence carries no such ambiguity, so Statement B stands confirmed.
“A is right and B is wrong” does not fit, since Statement A does not match the passage while Statement B does.
“Both A and B are right” does not fit, since Statement A does not match the passage even though Statement B does.
“Both A and B are wrong” does not fit, since Statement B does match the passage's description of music as a source of peace.
“A is wrong and B is right” fits, since Statement A does not match the passage while Statement B does.
Statement A does not match the passage and Statement B does, so the correct combination is “A is wrong and B is right.”