Multiple choice

Music is different from other art forms in the way that it

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
Music
Music is a wonderful art indeed. It gets us out of the individual self into the social self without any effort on our part. It is a bond of social unity.
Moliere even expected it would unite the whole human race in love and peace. He said: “If all men learn music, would it not be a means of agreeing together in unity and establishing universal peace in the world?”
All men love music. Even some animals respond to it. It is nature’s direct wireless message.
Music lightens labour and promotes harmony and unity among men. It enlivens our leisure moments, and adds a touch of refinement to all our pleasures. It rescues us from coarseness and rudeness, and lifts us to a higher mental and ethical plane. It awakens in us that inner rhythm which adds to the passion of life and increases our energy and vitality. It takes us away from the insignificant material pleasures that are so false and misleading.
Whoever got tired of good music, even after the millionth repetition? Music expresses for us what speech cannot convey.

  1. makes us more happy and contented than others

  2. provides individual pleasure

  3. not only provides individual pleasure but also improves social life

  4. cannot be carried out individually
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C Correct answer
Explanation

It is clearly stated in the passage. “It gets us out of the individual self into the social self without any effort on our part. It is a bond of social unity”.

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