Practicing Success
Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows : In our boyhood we saw the death of that intimate sociability which was characteristic of the last generation. Neighbourly feelings used to be so strong that informal gatherings were a necessity, and those who could contribute to its organisation were in great request. People nowadays call on each other for business, or as a matter of social duty, but not to gather informally. They have neither the time, nor the same intimate relations! What goings and comings we used to see, how merry were the rooms and verandahs with the hum of conversation and the snatches of laughter! The faculty our predecessors had of becoming the centre of groups and gatherings, of starting and keeping up animated and amusing gossip, has vanished. Men still come and go, but those same verandahs and rooms seem empty and deserted. |
Why does the author feel that the rooms and verandahs have become deserted? A. No facilities for arranging meetings are available |
A only D only B only C only |
D only |
The correct answer is: D. The conversational quality of our predecessors has vanished now. The passage explicitly mentions that the desertedness of the rooms and verandahs stems from the lack of the same engaging and lively conversations that filled them in the past. The author reminisces about the "hum of conversation" and "snatches of laughter" that characterized the gatherings of his youth. He contrasts this with the present, where people meet only for business or duty, and there is no longer the same joy and intimacy in their interactions. |