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Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows.

Whatever is, is in some sense the seed of what is to emerge from it... To be in process of change is not an evil, any more than to be the product of change is a good... Time is a river, the resistless flow of all created things. One thing no sooner comes in sight than it is hurried past and another is borne along, only to be swept away in its turn... What follows is ever closely linked to what precedes; it is not a procession of isolated events, merely obeying the laws of sequence, but a rational continuity. Moreover, just as things already in existence are all harmoniously co-ordinated, things in the act of coming into existence exhibit the same marvel of concatenation, rather than simply the bare fact of succession.

What is the theme of the passage?

  1. Nature's highest happiness lies in changing the things that are forming new things after their kind.

  2. The change is of the same order and no less necessary to Nature.

  3. Whatever the world may say or do, my part is to keep myself good and also keep my colour true.

  4. Change is not an evil process.

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Explanation

Change is the main idea of this passage. In this light, option (3) can be ruled out as it is off the point. Option (2) is true but it is narrow. It does not sum up the theme of the passage, instead mentions one characteristic of change. Hence, (4) can also be ruled out. Nowhere in the passage, change is being compared to Nature, although it is an important aspect of Nature. Hence, (2) is ruled out. As option (1) states the essence of this passage, thus, it is the answer. Hence, (1) is the answer.

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