Question 115
EasyOriginal questionLeave this chanting and singing and telling of ! Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut? Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee!
He is there where the is tilling the hard ground and where the pathmaker is breaking stones. He is with them in sun and in shower, and his garment is covered with dust. Put off thy holy and even like him come down on the dusty soil!
? Where is this deliverance to be found? Our master himself has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of creation; he is bound with us all for ever.
Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy flowers and incense! What harm is there if thy clothes become and stained? Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow.
"What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained?" "Tattered" means
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
Clothes worn while working in "toil and in sweat" get torn and stained; the poet says this does no harm.
Worth noting
The question expects an answer of "no harm", so "tattered" must describe damage from work, not newness.
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- Working out a word from context
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