Reading Comprehension Series – 4 | Important Ways To Eliminate Options In RC

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What pattern a question setter usually follows?

1. Creates the questions
2. Works on creating the correct answer choice
3. She/he creates incorrect answer choices

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I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man, and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call forth all the energies of the softer sex, and give such intrepidity and elevation to their character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness, while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and support of her husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity.

What is the main idea of the author in the passage?
a. Women are brave in bad times and vulnerable in times of good times
b. Women provide comfort, support and strength to their male counterparts in times of distress
c. The author strongly believes that even weakest of the weak women can also show strength in hard times
d. The character of women can be shaped by circumstances