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UPSC Civil ServicesPrelims2022General Studies Paper II (CSAT)
Question
QQ62. 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 The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs, are generally, easily influenced by the opinions of others. They permit the newspapers and the gossiping neighbours to do their thinking for them. Opinions are the cheapest commodities on the earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon by anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by opinions when you reach decisions, you will not succeed in any undertaking. What is the main idea of the passage?
Options
- A People should not be influenced by the opinions of others.
- B People should accumulate as much money as they can.
- C People should neither give nor accept the opinions.
- D People will succeed in any undertaking if they do not accept any opinion at all.
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Correct Answer
A People should not be influenced by the opinions of others.
Model Answer
Answer: option A, as per UPSC's final answer key (Series A).