Question 60
MediumOriginal questionMeera: You've been staring at that college list for an hour. Have you decided?
Arjun: I've decided that I hate deciding. The one near home has the course I want. The one in Delhi has the name everyone .
Meera: And which one do you want?
Arjun: That's the trouble. When I say the Delhi one out loud, I sound . When I think about actually living there, I feel tired.
Meera: So you want the Delhi college for the sound of it.
Arjun: That's a way to put it.
Meera: I didn't say it was wrong. Plenty of people choose for the name, and a name opens doors. I only asked which one you want.
Arjun: Papa says a big name matters for jobs.
Meera: He might be right. He also said the scooter would last ten more years, and it has been in the repair shop twice this month.
Arjun: Don't let him hear you say that.
Meera: I'm serious, though. Write down what you would do on an ordinary Tuesday at each place. Not the version. A Tuesday.
Arjun: An ordinary Tuesday. At home I'd be in the lab by nine. In Delhi I'd be on the metro by eight, trying to remember why I came.
Meera: Well. You just answered it.
What does Arjun realise by the end of the conversation?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
Picturing an ordinary Tuesday, he sees himself happily at work in the lab at home, and in Delhi "trying to remember why I came".
Meera's last line, "You just answered it", tells us he has seen which choice fits the life he wants.
Worth noting
The metro is a detail of his picture of Delhi, not what he realises.
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