Multiple choice

Which one of the following assumptions or steps is essential in developing the author’s position?

Directions: Read the passage and the question that follows.

In our approach to life, be it pragmatic or otherwise, a basic fact that confronts us squarely and unmistakably is the desire for peace, security and happiness. Different forms of life at different levels of existence make up the teeming denizens of this earth of ours. And, no matter whether they belong to the higher groups such as human beings or to the lower groups such as animals, all beings primarily seek peace, comfort and security. Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. Even the lowliest insect strives for protection against dangers that threaten its life. Just as each one of us wants to live and not to die, so do all other creatures.

  1. All forms of life have a single thought process

  2. The will to survive of a creature is identified with a desire for peace

  3. All beings are divided into higher and lower groups

  4. A parallel is drawn between happiness and life and pain and death
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Explanation

This assumption is an important premise from the point of view of the author.

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