Multiple choice

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

As it is, lAS recruitment is a mess. Collegians mugging books late into the night to crack the civil services exam have a rather poor idea of what they're doing. Or why. At this age, their motives are often driven by parental authority, hoary notions of status, marriage-market value and material aspirations. The country's well being?

What according to you would succeed the passage?

  1. Are you joking?

  2. That's a priority, of course.

  3. Oh that... fine, if you insist.

  4. Well! Ask the parents.

  5. God knows.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The motive for getting into IAS is anything but country's well being. Obviously the country's well-being is not a priority. The sarcastic sentiment of the passage is aptly described in (3). Hence, this is our answer. 

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