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English Comprehension Reading Comprehension (C)

Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.
Passage-2

The flower was not invented to please us. It flaunted its petals and spread its perfume to attract an insect. The insect carries the pollen from flower to flower so that pollen is not carried away by wind and thus not wasted. What we call a flower's beauty is merely a by-product and a human invention. The perfume is not there to please us, it pleases us because it is there and we have been conditioned to it.

Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:

1. The author of the passage believes that flowers are Nature's luxury. creations of

2. The author of the passage does not believe in the usefulness of flowers except as things of beauty.

Which of the assumptions given above is/are valid?

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1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

- Assumption 1: The author believes flowers are Nature's luxury creations.

- This assumption is not supported by the passage. The passage explains that flowers serve the utilitarian purpose of attracting insects for pollination, rather than being luxurious.

- Assumption 2: The author does not believe in the usefulness of flowers except as things of beauty.

- This assumption is incorrect. The author indicates flowers are functional for pollination and their beauty is a by-product, not their primary purpose.

- Option 1: 1 only

- This is incorrect as Assumption 1 is not valid.

- Option 2: 2 only

- This is incorrect as Assumption 2 is not valid.

- Option 3: Both 1 and 2

- This is incorrect because neither assumption is valid.

- Option 4: Neither 1 nor 2

- This is the correct answer as both assumptions are invalid.

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