Multiple choice

According to the author, which of the following is not one of the possible explanations for the feeling of déjà vu?

Directions: Answer the question based on the following passage:

Déjà vu is linked to extraordinary temporal lobe activity but there is more to it than that, including a couple of very interesting theories involving past life experiences and an empirical theory which propounds that the human mind knows everything about everything in the universe - past, present and future. Setting aside medical research which suggests that déjà vu is experienced often just before epilepsy attack, for the simple reason that not everyone who has such an experience suffers from epilepsy, the other two paranormal theories offer a lot of food for thought because they go beyond the realm of surface knowledge and delve into the unknown, uncharted and controversial realms of knowledge. Of all the knowledge that we have now, a vast majority was considered heresy and fantasy before it was established with suitable proof. It is important to try and understand these streams of relatively unexplored and nascent fountainheads of alternative knowledge as conventional dogmas alone cannot hope to provide all the answers to the plethora of unanswered mysteries of the world. One possible explanation for the experiences could be the past life theory, juxtaposing which with déjà vu would suggest the linkage of experiences in previous births with a sensation of having been there before in the present birth but a basic but serious flaw in this theory comes from statistical data which suggests that experiences of déjà vu peak in adolescence and taper off rapidly thereafter. As a starting point however, the theory is not so bad as science is nothing but the art of unraveling a badly jumbled up ball of yarn by pulling, tugging every individual strand and all available ends to try and determine the connection between them. Once a connection or knot is revealed, the next step involves getting one ball of yarn through that tunnel and then repeating that step maybe hundreds of times till a pattern begins to emerge.

  1. Out of the ordinary activity in the temporal lobe of the brain

  2. A state of super consciousness that transcends the concept of time as we understand it

  3. Wisdom accrued in the past being treated with derision

  4. Possibility of witnessing something that one has seen in a previous birth

  5. Metaphysical experiences that we do not have an explanation for as yet
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1): This is clearly stated in the first sentence in the context of déjà vu. Option (2): This is mentioned in the passage in the context of déjà vu. Option (3): This is the correct answer as the statement has nothing to do with the phenomenon of déjà vu. Option (4): This is mentioned in the passage in the context of déjà vu. Option (5): This is mentioned in the passage as one possible form of déjà vu.

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