GRE Verbal
Passage 13
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    Once upon a time there was a vast Kingdom in the north-west of India called Rawalgarh. The King of Rawalgarh was a very contented person and so were the people of his kingdom. Since the King had no children, the Queen was all the time worried about his successor. The King was a God-fearing person. He used to stage open durbars in which every one of his citizens had the accessibility to him. He loved his subjects and wanted them to prosper but he knew they could not prosper unless they were educated. He decided to commission a project to eradicate illiteracy of the people. He was quite serious and religiously wanted to implement his project. Before he could give final shape to his project, he fell sick. For several months he was confined to his bed. People held prayers and longed for the speedy recovery of their King. One day burly youth from a nearby kingdom came to the town and heard of the King’s illness. The people were all agog as the youth drew a wand from his huge pocket and rubbed it against the bare chest of the king. It was to everybody’s surprise that the king immediately got cured and resumed his work with same vigor and strength. The king was so delighted that the next day he called that boy and honored him with a great gift.

Choose the 2/3/4 correct answer options from the list provided:

What were the various impediments in the path that led to the prosperity of the king’s subjects?

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    Correct Answer: A, C and D

    Explanation:

    The passage provides us with a short story of a small kingdom in which the King wanted to achieve prosperity for his subjects and tried hard for it to be achieved. We are informed that the major obstruction that stood in his way was the illiteracy of the people; therefore, the fourth option given to us is a correct answer; but we must not forget that when the project of eradicating illiteracy got delayed due to the illness that the King encountered, they also became impediments in the road to achieve this goal. Thus, the first and third options are also the correct answers to this question.

Choose the 2/3/4 correct answer options from the list provided:

‘The youth drew a wand from his huge pocket and rubbed it against the bare chest of the king’ – Which among the following are the correct words to explain this type of a treatment method?

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    Correct Answer: A, B, C, D and E

    Explanation:

    The method adopted by the young boy to treat the King was not a regular curing therapy or treatment method but was something beyond the explanation of a normal human being. His aides were no medicines or herbs, but a wand which he used to rub against the King’s bare chest so as to make all his ailments disappear from his body and make him hale and hearty again. This curing method can be explained as something above the normal human existence level, therefore, the first option, ‘Transcendental’ is one of the correct answers. The rest of the options given to us imply to a secretive, not easily comprehendible method, and thus are all correct answers.

Choose the 2/3/4 correct answer options from the list provided:

What does the King’s resuming of work with the same vigor and strength imply?

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    Correct Answer: A, B, D and E

    Explanation:

    The question requires us to analyze all the consequent events that would be inspired by the King’s well-being. It first of all means his being back on the task of working for the benefit of his people that includes wiping off the vices, resuming the project for fighting illiteracy and finally, the ultimate happiness of the subjects. The correct answers thus, are options A, B, D and E. The remaining one option cannot be correct as we have already seen from the curing technique of the young man that he is not a doctor.

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