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GATE 2024 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 12

Reasoning and Comprehension · Verbal reasoning and comprehension · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct sequence for the following passage:

I am wearing for the first time some (i)________ that I have never been able to wear for long at a time, as they are horribly tight. I usually put them on just before giving a lecture. The painful pressure they exert on my feet goads my oratorical capacities to their utmost. This sharp and overwhelming pain makes me sing like a nightingale or like one of those Neapolitan singers who also wear (ii)____ that are too tight. The visceral physical longing, the overwhelming torture provoked by my (iii)_____, forces me to extract from words distilled and sublime truths, generalized by the supreme inquisition of the pain my (iv)____ suffer.

  1. (i) patent-leather belt (ii) belts (iii) patent-leather belt (iv) waist
  2. (i) patent-leather shoes (ii) bands (iii) patent-leather bands (iv) wrist
  3. (i) patent-leather shoes (ii) shoes (iii) patent-leather shoes (iv) feet
  4. (i) patent-leather jacket (ii) jacket (iii) patent-leather jacket (iv) body

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Correct answer: (C) (i) patent-leather shoes (ii) shoes (iii) patent-leather shoes (iv) feet

Explanation

The pressure is “on my feet”, so the item is patent-leather shoes and the part that suffers is the feet.