Multiple choice

Directions: The following passage is followed by a question with five options. Choose the best option.

Ms. Aruna Khadiwala argued that money and time invested in acquiring a professional degree are totally wasted. As evidence supporting her argument, she offered the case of a man who, at considerable expense of money and time, completed his law degree and then married and lived as a house-husband taking care of his children.

Ms. Aruna makes the unsupported assumption that

  1. a qualification in law is useful only in pursuing law-related activities

  2. what was not acceptable twenty-five years ago may very well be acceptable today

  3. wealth is more important than learning

  4. professional success is a function of the quality of one’s education

  5. the main area of operation of a male lies essentially outside the house
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The example of the man having degree in law hints at 1 as the correct choice. That is what Aruna thinks.

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