JIPMAT 2024
VA
Reading Comprehension
Hard
Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
All great thinkers live and move on a high plane of thought. It is only there they can breathe freely. It is only in contact with spirits like themselves they can live harmoniously and attain that serenity which comes from ideal companionship. I have always thought that the strongest argument in favour of the Baconian theory was, that no man, however indubitable his genius, could have written the plays and sonnets that have come down to us under Shakespeare's name who had not the liberal education of Bacon. How this habit of intercourse with the gods makes one impatient of mere men. The magnificent ideals that have ever haunted the human mind, and given us our highest proofs of a future immortality by reason of the impossibility of their fulfillment here, are splintered into atoms by contact with life's realities. Hence comes our sublime discontent. It may be spiritual or intellectual pride that is engendered on the high plane of intellectual life. But whatever it is, it becomes inevitable. A habitual meditation on the vast problems that underline human life, and are knit into human destinies. It is easy to understand, therefore, why such thinkers fly to the solitude of their own thoughts, or the silent companionship of the immortals; and if they care to present their views in prose or verse to the world, that these views take a sombre and melancholy setting from "the pale cast of thought"in which they were engendered.Given below are two statements :Statement I: The author upholds the Baconian theory because, according to him, despite being a genius, Shakespeare could not write the plays and sonnets that have come down to us under his name.Statement II : He holds that Bacon was more resourceful than Shakespeare because he had the liberal education.
Given below are two statements :Statement I: The author upholds the Baconian theory because, according to him, despite being a genius, Shakespeare could not write the plays and sonnets that have come down to us under his name.Statement II : He holds that Bacon was more resourceful than Shakespeare because he had the liberal education.
Correct Option: 1
- The liberal education of Bacon - Correct. The passage argues that the strongest point in favor of the Baconian theory is Bacon's liberal education, which supposedly enabled the creation of works attributed to Shakespeare.
- The genius of Bacon - Incorrect. Although Bacon's genius is acknowledged, the primary argument is based on his liberal education.
- The impatience of great thinkers - Incorrect. This is a characteristic of great thinkers but not a main argument for the Baconian theory.
- The habit of intercourse with gods - Incorrect. This phrase explains the impatience of great thinkers but is not directly related to the argument for the Baconian theory.