Match List I with List II LIST I LIST II A. A man of few words will I…

After reading the following passage, answer the questions which follow:

I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been of no great disadvantage to me. In fact, I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage. My hesitancy in speech, which was once an annoyance, is now a pleasure. Its greatest pleasure has been that it has taught me the economy of words. I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. And I can now, give myself the certificate that a thoughtless word hardly ever escapes my tongue or pen. I do not recollect ever having had to regret anything in my speech or writing. I have thus been spared many a mishap and waste of time. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. Proneness to exaggerate, to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of man and silence is necessary in order to surmount it. A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech; he will measure every word.

Match List I with List II

LIST I	LIST II
A. A man of few words will	I. rarely be thoughtless in his speech
B. My hesitancy in speech	II. was once an annoyance.
C. Proneness to exaggerate, modify and suppress that truth	III. is a natural weakness in man
D. My shyness	IV. occasionally exposed me to laughter

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-I, B-II, C-III, D - IV

List-I	List-II	Explanation
A. A man of few words will	I. rarely be thoughtless in his speech	The last line of the passage: "A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech". He will measure every word.
B. My hesitancy in speech	II. was once an annoyance.	The author says his hesitancy in speech, "which was once an annoyance, is now a pleasure".
C. Proneness to exaggerate, modify and suppress that truth	III. is a natural weakness in man	Proneness means a tendency. The passage says that the tendency to exaggerate, suppress or modify the truth "is a natural weakness of man".
D. My shyness	IV. occasionally exposed me to laughter	The passage opens: "beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter", his shyness has been of no great disadvantage.