Comprehension:
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions.
Colour therapy, also known as chromotherapy, is a form of therapy that uses colour and light to treat certain mental and physical health conditions. We can trace this form of therapy back to the ancient Egyptians. They made use of sun-filled rooms with coloured glasses for therapeutic purposes.
Although colour therapy has gained some popularity over the years, it’s still not a widely accepted form of therapy in Western medicine. Many medical experts consider it to be pseudoscience or quackery.
There are two major techniques of colour therapy. It can either be done through sight, that is, by looking at a particular colour in hopes that it elicits the desired response in your body or by directly reflecting certain colours on parts of the body.
Colour therapists believe that colour can enter our bodies either through our eyes or skin. Each colour we can see has its wavelength and unique frequency. Each unique frequency has a different effect on people and is used for different purposes. Warm colours are typically used for stimulating effects, while cool colours are used for calming effects.
Certain colours like blue and green are thought to have soothing effects on people who are stressed or anxious. Warm and stimulating colours are thought to boost your appetite when you struggle with having a desire for food. Colours such as red and yellow are believed to boost your energy and make you more motivated. The effects of certain colours on people may range from person to person. Colours most people might find calming or soothing might be anxiety-inducing or depressing to others.
Which of the following is not one of the techniques of colour therapy?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Through drinking colourful water without seeing
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. However, more than one answer is possible here: Option (4) "Through drinking colourful water without seeing" and Option (2) "Through studying the effect of colour on body" are both not techniques of colour therapy, as explained below.
The passage names only two techniques: colour therapy "can either be done through sight, that is, by looking at a particular colour ... or by directly reflecting certain colours on parts of the body".
Option 1: Through seeing the colours — Incorrect. True in the passage: it is the first technique named, "through sight, that is, by looking at a particular colour".
Option 2: Through studying the effect of colour on body — Can also be considered as correct. The passage does say that "Each unique frequency has a different effect on people", but that is the reason the therapy works, not a way of giving it. Studying the effect of colour is not one of the two techniques named, so it is also NOT a technique of colour therapy.
Option 3: Through reflecting colours on parts of body — Incorrect. True in the passage: it is the second technique named, "by directly reflecting certain colours on parts of the body".
Option 4: Through drinking colourful water without seeing — Correct (Answer as per NTA). Drinking coloured water is not mentioned anywhere in the passage, and "without seeing" goes against the first technique, which works through sight.