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Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage:

Every nation, every culture, has its own approach to the subject of management, as well as to other forms of group life and activity. Today, there are two great nations which are highly specialized in the field of management and have their own philosophies relating to it: one is America and the other is Japan. Not many in India know that their own country has its own philosophy of administration and management that is second to none. And there is a positive sign today that many of our own people are eager to explore it further. Many writers have sprung up expounding this subject, basing their treatment on the great Yoga philosophy and technique of the Bhagvad-Gita.

What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?

  1. To bring focus back on the Bhagvad-Gita as the philosophy of administration and management

  2. To expound on the benefits of yoga that is based on the philosophies of the Bhagvad-Gita

  3. To demonstrate that India's philosophy of administration and management compares favourably with those of the best in the world

  4. To show that American and Japanese are no match to India when it came to the philosophy of administration and management even though they are rated high

  5. To point to the ignorance of Indians on the question of the Bhagvad-Gita supplying such a great philosophy on administration and management
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Explanation

The writer is clear that the Bhagvad-gita has a great philosophy on administration and management; but because not many know about it, there is need to bring focus back on it.

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