Match List-I with List-II according to the passage. List-I List-II 1.…

Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:

The two dominant features of our age are science and democracy. They have come to stay and have brought a revolution to human life. We cannot ask educated people to accept the deliverances of faith without rational evidence. Whatever we are called upon to accept must be justified and supported by reason. Otherwise our religious beliefs will be reduced to wishful thinking. Modern man must learn to live with a religion which commends itself to his intellectual conscience, to the spirit of science. Moreover, religion should be the sustaining faith of democracy, which insists on the intellectual and spiritual development of every human being irrespective of his caste, creed, community or race. Any religion which divides man from man and supports privileges, exploitation and wars cannot commend itself to us today.

Match List-I with List-II according to the passage.

List-I	List-II
1. Educated people	A. is reduced to wishful thinking
2. True religion	B. cannot appeal to modern society
3. Religion without reason	C. must accept only beliefs supported by reason
4. Religion that supports exploitation	D. helps every human being grow

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → 1-C, 2-D, 3-A, 4-B

List-I	List-II	Explanation
1. Educated people	C. must accept only beliefs supported by reason	The writer says we cannot ask educated people to accept faith “without rational evidence”. Rational evidence means proof that makes sense to the mind. Whatever they accept must be “supported by reason”.
2. True religion	D. helps every human being grow	The writer wants religion to support democracy. Democracy asks for the “development of every human being”. Development means growth of the mind and spirit.
3. Religion without reason	A. is reduced to wishful thinking	Beliefs not backed by reason “will be reduced to wishful thinking”. Wishful thinking means believing something only because we want it to be true.
4. Religion that supports exploitation	B. cannot appeal to modern society	Exploitation means using people unfairly for one’s own gain. The last line says such a religion “cannot commend itself to us today”. This means we today cannot like or accept it.