Question 146
MediumOriginal questionMother: Your father's cousin says science is the only choice.
Aditi: He says that about everything he chose himself.
Mother: That's not fair. He's a successful man.
Aditi: He is. And he tells us every Diwali how much he hates his job.
Mother: (laughs ) He does, doesn't he.
Aditi: Amma, I'm not saying science is wrong. I'm saying it isn't mine. When I read about the Mughal for my project, I forgot to eat lunch. When I do chemistry, I watch the clock.
Mother: You can't build a life on forgetting lunch.
Aditi: Why not? People who forget lunch over their work usually end up good at it.
Mother: And what if history doesn't give you a job?
Aditi: Then I'll have tried the thing I love and learnt something. If I choose science and fail, I'll have neither.
Mother: (after a long pause) Write down three jobs you could do with history. Real ones. We'll look at them together, and then we'll talk to your father.
Aditi: That's not a yes.
Mother: It isn't a no, either.
What does Aditi mean by "He says that about everything he chose himself"?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
She suggests that he calls science "the only sensible choice" because it was his choice, not because it is right for her.
She then adds that he complains every Diwali about his job, which weakens his advice further.
Worth noting
Her mother calls this "not fair", which shows it is a criticism of his advice, not agreement.
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- Inferring the point of a remark
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