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UPSC Civil ServicesPrelims2022General Studies Paper II (CSAT)
Question
QQ53. Directions for the following 3 (three) items : Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. Passage If presents bring less thrill now that we are grown up, perhaps it is because we have too much already; or perhaps it is because we have lost the fullness of the joy of giving, and with it the fullness of the joy of receiving. Children's fears are poignant, their miseries are acute, but they do not look too forward nor too far backward. Their joys are clear and complete, because they have not yet learnt always to add ‘but’ to every proposition. Perhaps we are too cautious, too anxious, too sceptical. Perhaps some of our cares would shrink if we thought less about them and entered with more single-minded enjoyment into the happiness that come our way. The author of the passage is against
Options
- A worrying too much about the past and future
- B being in the habit of thinking about presents
- C not being thrilled by new things
- D giving and receiving joy only partially
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Correct Answer
A worrying too much about the past and future
Model Answer
Answer: option A, as per UPSC's final answer key (Series A).