Which one of the following statements most clearly suggests the central theme of the passage ........

English Language (Defence) Reading comprehension (P)

Directions for the following 20 (twenty) items : In this section, you have five short passages. After each passage, you will find some questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.
Passage – 3
In national no less than in individual life there are no watertight compartments. No sharp lines can be drawn to mark off the political from the moral, the social from the economic regions of life. Politicians often talk as though one has only to introduce certain political and economic changes for paradise to descend on earth, forgetful of the fact that the efficiency of an institution depends on the way it is worked, which itself is determined by the character and wisdom of the men who work it.

Which one of the following statements most clearly suggests the central theme of the passage?

Political and economic changes can solve all the problems facing the nation.

There is no difference between the political, moral, social and economic regions of life.

It is not the institutions that are important but the character and wisdom of the people who manage them.

National progress depends solely on the efficient running of our institutions.

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Explanation:

From the last few line of the passage, it can be clearly inferred that, ‘It is not the institutions that are important but the character and the wisdom of the people who manage them’.