Question 110
MediumOriginal 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.
"Then tell the auto driver, so his daughter knows it's allowed." What does Papa suggest by this?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: C
Explanation
"So his daughter knows it's allowed" suggests the girl might otherwise feel she has to follow what others expect.
Worth noting
The remark is warm and hopeful, not a criticism of the driver.
- Concept
- Interpreting a closing remark
- Typical timeTypical
- 40 s
- Your timeYours
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