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GATE 2019 CE (CE2) – Question 10

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 2 marks · Multiple choice

“Popular Hindi fiction, despite – or perhaps because of – its wide reach, often does not appear in our cinema. As ideals that viewers are meant to look up to rather than identify with, Hindi film protagonists usually read books of aspirational value: textbooks, English books, or high value literature.”

Which statement CANNOT be inferred?

  1. Though popular Hindi fiction has wide reach, it often does not appear in the movies.
  2. Protagonists in Hindi movies, being ideals for viewers, read only books of aspirational value.
  3. Textbooks, English books or high value literature have aspirational value, but not popular Hindi fiction.
  4. People do not look up to writers of textbooks, English books or high value literature.

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Correct answer: (B) Protagonists in Hindi movies, being ideals for viewers, read only books of aspirational value.; (D) People do not look up to writers of textbooks, English books or high value literature.

Explanation

Option B strengthens “usually” to “only”, which is not entailed. Option D concerns looking up to writers, while the passage discusses film protagonists and their reading. The final key individually accepts **B or D**; this remains a single-choice question with alternative accepted responses.