Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Comprehension - (Narrative / Factual)

Question:

Read the following passage and answer the question.

The era of exclusivity has come to an end. We are now in an age of inclusion - a pivotal moment in human history. The new era is one in which we learn to reverberate together with the existential truth of unity and connectivity of all life.

Sanatan Dharma is an eternal law, and is India's great contribution to humanity. But no law can be eternal without being absolutely inclusive. Celebrating exclusivity in any form is a terrible desecration of this law. Living in inclusiveness is to recognise how vital every being, every stone, every microbial life, every speck of soil, is to our well being and to the various kaleidoscope of existence. As I write this, a grasshopper is crawling over my foot. I could put it back where it belongs in the garden. But if I decided to eliminate it, I would have eliminated one more foundation stone of our very existence.

Maha Akhand Bharat is an offering of this subcontinent's great vision of inclusiveness to the entire world. It is about raising individual consciousness beyond physical boundaries, and raise collective consciousness beyond national boundaries. As our country takes on the presidency for G20 this year, we are in a position to offer the planet a new template for world leadership based on inclusiveness, not dominance.

A Conscious Planet - its time has come. Let us make it happen.

Living in inclusiveness means:

(A) Grasshopper is crawling over Author's foot.
(B) Inclusiveness is an eternal law in Sanatan Dharma.
(C) Microbiological life is the foundation stone for our existence.
(D) It is very important to recognize every microbiological life.
(E) Celebrating Microbiology is the part of eternal law.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Options:

(C) and (D) Only

(A) and (B) Only

(B) and (E) Only

(E) and (A) Only

Correct Answer:

(C) and (D) Only

Explanation:

Based on the passage, the correct answer to what living in inclusiveness means is: (C) and (D) Only

(C) Microbiological life is the foundation stone for our existence.

(D) It is very important to recognize every microbiological life.

The passage explicitly connects recognizing the importance of every living thing to living in inclusiveness:

  • "...every being, every stone, every microbial life, every speck of soil, is to our well being..."
  • "Living in inclusiveness is to recognise how vital every being..."
  • "If I decided to eliminate it [grasshopper], I would have eliminated one more foundation stone of our very existence."