Multiple choice

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

A recent Japanese visitor to our country was struck by seeing the widespread wearing of wrist watches by our people, including even our clerks, rickshaw-pullers, and other low paid citizens. He remarked to his Indian friend: In spite of Japan being economically more advanced than India, we Japanese do not consume most of what our industry produces like wrist watches and clocks, but largely export them for strengthening our economy; and what strikes me further in India is that everyone here wears a watch, but nobody is punctual, that the watch seems to be more a status symbol than a useful instrument of punctuality!

What message does the passage convey?

  1. That Indians do not understand nitty-gritty of economy

  2. That Japan is economically a developed country

  3. That keeping to time is more important than making a show of it

  4. That the visitors from Japan are very inquisitive by nature

  5. That it is important to sell watches and clocks to strengthen economy
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Indians were seen flaunting wrist watches, but were not being punctual in their work.

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