Read the following passage and answer Questions.
1. Cinema has truly played a major role in changing our society. Patriotic movies make us remember to love our nation. Good comedy movies have treated many patients through laughter therapy. Adventure movies have given us a sense of adventure to explore new possibilities. There are many more:
2. In our society, there are many practices and traditions which are based on ignorance and have posed hurdles in the progress of our society. Rigidity of caste system, untouchability, dowry system and the purdah system have done enormous harm to our society. Cinema or films can do a lot to eradicate these evils. They can be used for promoting national integration, prohibition, inter-caste marriages, family planning, eradication of illiteracy, etc. Such themes can help in the transformation of our society. Cinema can be used as an instrument to help people get rid of obscurantism and also to guide them along the right path. It can help in removing ignorance from our society. Not only this, several much needed social reforms can be introduced and brought about with the help of the cinema.
3. The cinema exercises a great influence on the minds of the people. It has a great educative value. It can achieve splendid results in expanding education. There are certain subjects such as science and geography which can be taught more effectively with the help of cinema.
Choose the correct answer from options given below to complete the following sentence.
From the passage we may conclude that ______________ .
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → cinema can easily promote patriotism
The passage says that patriotic movies remind us to love our nation, and that films can be used for promoting national integration. So cinema can promote patriotism (love for one's country).
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: cinema can never promote patriotism — Incorrect. Contradicted: it goes against the line about patriotic movies.
Option 3: patriotism is to be avoided at any cost — Incorrect. Contradicted: the passage speaks of love for the nation as something good; it never asks us to avoid it.
Option 4: no nation, including India needs Patriotism — Incorrect. Not mentioned: nothing in the passage says this; it praises films that make us love our nation.