Question 108
HardOriginal questionPapa: Your results are good, Riya. Ninety per cent in science. So, science for Class 11?
Riya: Everyone keeps asking me that. Sharma uncle asked me at the wedding. The auto driver asked me this morning.
Papa: The auto driver?
Riya: He has a daughter in Class 10 too. He wanted to know what I was choosing so he could tell her.
Papa: (laughing) And what did you tell him?
Riya: I told him I don't know yet. Papa, I got ninety in science, but I enjoyed more. I liked working out why prices go up. Science I just studied.
Papa: Economics is in commerce.
Riya: I know. That's why I'm asking you, not the auto driver.
Papa: (after a ) When I was your age, my father chose for me. Engineering. I was good at it, and I have a good job. But I still remember sitting in the drawing class, wishing I were in the history room next door.
Riya: So you think I should take commerce?
Papa: I think you should take what you want to keep studying when nobody is making you. Then tell the auto driver, so his daughter knows it's allowed.
Why does Papa tell Riya about his own father choosing engineering for him?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
He says he was good at it and has a good job, "But I still remember ... wishing I were in the history room next door."
He does not want his daughter to have the same regret.
Worth noting
He admits his job is good, so he is not complaining; the story is about choice.
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