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Reading Passage
The miseries of the world cannot be cured by physical help only. Until man's nature changes, his physical needs will always arise, and miseries will always be felt, and no amount of physical help will remove them completely. The only solution of the problem is to make mankind pure. Ignorance is the mother of evil and of all the misery we see. Let men have light, let them be pure and spiritually strong and educated; then alone will misery cease in the world. We may convert every house in the country into a charitable asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but human misery will continue, until man's character changes.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is most likely to be true as the reason for man's miseries?

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A.The poor economic and social conditions prevailing in society
B.The refusal on the part of man to change his characterCorrect
C.The absence of physical and material help from his society
D.Ever increasing physical needs due to changing social structure
Explanation & Solution

Correct Option: (B) The refusal on the part of man to change his character

The passage emphasizes that misery will continue 'until man's character changes' and that physical help alone cannot solve the problem. This directly points to man's refusal to change his character as the root cause.

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पठित परिच्छेद
The miseries of the world cannot be cured by physical help only. Until man's nature changes, his physical needs will always arise, and miseries will always be felt, and no amount of physical help will remove them completely. The only solution of the problem is to make mankind pure. Ignorance is the mother of evil and of all the misery we see. Let men have light, let them be pure and spiritually strong and educated; then alone will misery cease in the world. We may convert every house in the country into a charitable asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but human misery will continue, until man's character changes.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is most likely to be true as the reason for man's miseries?

A.The poor economic and social conditions prevailing in society
B.The refusal on the part of man to change his characterसही
C.The absence of physical and material help from his society
D.Ever increasing physical needs due to changing social structure

सही उत्तर: (B) The refusal on the part of man to change his character

The passage emphasizes that misery will continue 'until man's character changes' and that physical help alone cannot solve the problem. This directly points to man's refusal to change his character as the root cause.

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