IPMAT Rohtak 2019
Easy
Harold a professional man who had worked in an office for many years had a fearful dream. In it, he found himself in a land where small slug-like animals with slimy tentacles lived on people's bodies. The people tolerated the loathsome creatures because after many years they grew into elephants which then became the nation's system of transport, carrying everyone wherever he wanted to go. Harold suddenly realised that he himself was covered with these things, and he woke upscreaming. In a vivid sequence of pictures this dream dramatised for Harold what he had never been able to put in to words; he saw himself as letting society feed on his body in his early years so that it would carry him when he retired. He later threw off the "security bug" and took upfreelance work.
Harold's dream was fearful because
- it brought him face to face with reality - Incorrect. While the dream was confrontational, the specific fear comes from the vivid and grotesque imagery, not just the confrontation with reality.
- it was full of vivid pictures of snakes - Incorrect. The dream involved slug-like creatures and elephants, not snakes.
- he saw huge elephant in it - Incorrect. The presence of elephants is not highlighted as the primary source of fear; it's the transformation and what it symbolizes that's key.
- in it he saw slimy creatures feeding on people's bodies - Correct. This option captures the grotesque and disturbing nature of the dream, which is directly linked to Harold's fear and ultimate realization.