GATE 2013 CS (CS1) – Question 8
After several defeats in wars, Robert Bruce went in exile and wanted to commit suicide. Just before committing suicide, he came across a spider attempting tirelessly to have its net. Time and again, the spider failed but that did not deter it to refrain from making attempts. Such attempts by the spider made Bruce curious. Thus, Bruce started observing the near-impossible goal of the spider to have the net. Ultimately, the spider succeeded in having its net despite several failures. Such act of the spider encouraged Bruce not to commit suicide. And then, Bruce went back again and won many a battle, and the rest is history.
Which assertion is best supported?
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Correct answer: (D) No adversity justifies giving up hope.
Explanation
The central event is recovery of hope through perseverance despite repeated failure. D expresses that lesson most directly: adversity should not cause abandonment of hope. Honesty and adventure are not the theme; A is related but states a broader causal claim about failure rather than the passage’s explicit reversal of despair.