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. |
The approach of the author of this passage seems to be: A. too conservative to admit of any social evolution |
C only A only B only D only |
B only |
The correct answer is: B. emphatic about the need for informal social interaction. The author's approach in the passage is emphatic about the need for informal social interaction. The author laments the loss of intimate sociability and highlights the joylessness in contemporary home life, emphasizing the importance of informal gatherings and expressing criticism towards the lack of such interactions in the present. |