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Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows.
Many of us use Grand Goals to deny our own freedom. We allow ourselves to become the slaves of our Goals. You know the story. Get up in the morning. Go to work. You confront the tasks in front of you. You experience each moment as a means to the next. One job leads to another. You become the tool of your tasks. This is slavery, not freedom. Slaves are chained to the goals of their masters. Many of us think we are free because we are not, technically speaking, slaves. We have not been bought on the slave trader's block. We are free to run away any time we want. Or are we? We do not run away. What holds us? Our Goals. However exhilarating freedom can be, we are afraid to surrender those navigational aids that could steer us out of Dante's dark wood. Goals and purposes are so good for giving a direction to life. They are such good organizers of actions. Single-mindedness, for what it's worth, becomes possible. What is the theme of the given passage?

  1. Goals and purposes are must for meaningful living.

  2. We are living without a goal.

  3. A single goal always shines like a beacon on the horizon.

  4. The marketing enterprises have made us slaves of our ownselves.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Let's scrutinize each of the above options: (1) Option (1) is contrary to the passage (last statements - “goals and purpose………… becomes possible” highlights the negative aspect), hence, it is ruled out. (2) This is the answer. The passage discusses that our goals have made us slaves of ourselves and we are not able to run away from them. Goals are being discussed in the passage in the negative sense. What the author tries to explain is stated in option (2), hence, it forms the answer.
(3) This is true according to the option but it is very narrow and satisfies the last three sentences of the passage. Hence, (3) is ruled out. (4) Our jobs (any field) have made us slaves of ourselves. Marketing enterprises narrow down our approach, hence, (4) is also ruled out.

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