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GATE 2023 EC – Question 8

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Reading Comprehension and Reasoning · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Which one of the following options can be inferred from the given passage alone?

“When I was a kid, I was partial to stories about other worlds and interplanetary travel. I used to imagine that I could just gaze off into space and be whisked to another planet.”

[Excerpt from *The Truth about Stories* by T. King]

  1. It is a child’s description of what he or she likes.
  2. It is an adult’s memory of what he or she liked as a child.
  3. The child in the passage read stories about interplanetary travel only in parts.
  4. It teaches us that stories are good for children.

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Correct answer: (B) It is an adult’s memory of what he or she liked as a child.

Explanation

The speaker uses the past tense ("When I was a kid ... I used to imagine"), so it is an adult recalling childhood tastes. The passage does not say the stories were read only in parts or that stories are good for children.