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.
Which one of the following phrases best helps to bring out the precise meaning of 'loathsome creatures'?
- Security bug and slimy tentacles - Incorrect. This choice, while evocative of the dream's imagery, does not directly explain the realization Harold had about societal expectations and his career.
- Fearful dream and slug-like animals - Incorrect. This option describes elements of the dream but doesn't connect to the deeper realization about security and societal expectations.
- Slimy tentacles and slug-like animals - Correct. This choice best captures the key elements of the dream that symbolize the societal 'parasitism' Harold felt, leading to his career change.
- Slug-like animals and security bug - Incorrect. While mentioning elements of the dream, this option doesn't encapsulate the turning point realization for Harold as effectively as the correct answer.