Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
It is said that everyone lives (1) _________selling something. What you can (2) __________from this statement is that teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers live by selling wisdom and priests earn their living by selling spiritual comfort. Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to (3) _________the true value of the services which people perform for us. There are times when we would (4) _________give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely the same service. The (5) __________of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: obstacles
Option 2: interferences
Option 3: conditions
Option 4: connections
Correct Answer: conditions
Solution : The correct answer to this question is the third option.
Explanation: The word norms in this context refers to the accepted or established standards or patterns of behaviour within a society. The sentence suggests that the established expectations or standards of society dictate their skills, like those o f teachers, philosophers, priests, and surgeons mentioned in the passage, have to be compensated or paid for, just like goods purchased in a shop.
Other options, such as obstacles and interferences, do not fit the meaning of the sentence.
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