When I was growing up, my father said something to me I will never forget, "Son when you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way that when you die the world cries while you rejoice". We live in an age when we have forgotten what life is all about. We can easily put a person on the Moon, but we have trouble walking across the street to meet a new neighbour. We can fire a missile across the world with pinpoint accuracy, but we have trouble keeping a date with our children to go to the library. We have e-mail, fax machines and digital phones so that we can stay connected and yet we live in a time where human beings have never been less connected. We have lost touch with our humanity. We have lost touch with our purpose. We have lost sight of the things that matter the most.
Select the correct answer from the options given below and complete the sentence.
"But we have trouble walking across the street to meet a new neighbour," indicates our___.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → indifferent attitude
Indifferent means having no interest in or concern for someone or something. The writer sets two facts side by side: we can put a person on the Moon, but we will not walk across the street to meet a new neighbour. The distance is tiny, so the problem is not ability but lack of interest in people. The line shows our indifferent attitude towards others.
Example: The officer was indifferent to the complaints of the villagers.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: laziness — Incorrect. Wrong reason: Laziness is unwillingness to work or make an effort. The same people who do hard things like reaching the Moon are not lazy; they just do not care about the neighbour.
Example: His laziness cost him the job.
Option 3: busy life — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage never says we are too busy; its point is that we have lost touch with our humanity.
Option 4: hate for the neighbour — Incorrect. Overstated: Not meeting someone is not the same as hating him; the neighbour is new, so there is nothing to hate.