Closet Test - English (MCQ) for Bank, MBA, CAT, MAT, GMAT, SSC for Q. 12287
View PassageMany of us wish to escape to the Himalayas to find peace but this too is a...(a).... Change of dress or change of address does not make you spiritual. The dis-ease is within you and you carry it wherever you go (that is why there is ...(b)...and scandal even at ashrams).
You can find peace right here, in the midst of ..(c). By using your intellect, creating strength of character and choosing to be a ‘better human being’. Not that you are superior but maybe you are..(d).... People say you are different or even odd.
You help others without doing elaborate calculations about what you get in return.
You take up work which you find interesting and not for money alone. Money is important to you but nobody can buy your soul.
You enjoy good things in life but you are not ...(e)..... If those things are taken away you can still see yourself being happy.
a. Himalayas
b. Chaos
c. Tranquility
d. Disaster
e. Madness
ANSWER: Chaos
Author does not advocate going to the Himalayas. So a) is not the answer. Peace is synonymous to tranquility, so c) is not the answer. d) Finding peace in the midst of disaster is an extreme view. Nowhere does the author take this extreme view in the passage. So no d) The author never says that civilization is ‘mad’. ‘Chaos’ seems the best answer.
