Passage: Only with long experience and opening of his wares on many a beach where his language is not spoken…
Passage: Only with long experience and opening of his wares on many a beach where his language is not spoken, will the merchant come to know the worth of what he carries, and what is parochial and what is universal in his choice. Such delicate goods as justice, love and honour, courtesy, and indeed all the things we care for, are valid everywhere but they are variously moulded and often differently handled, and sometimes nearly unrecognizable if you meet them in a foreign land, and the art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their fellows.
With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. Travel leads to an understanding of humans.
2. Travel helps those who wish to learn fundamental common values.
3. A person with long experience in travel can resolve differences amongst people.
Which of the assumptions given above are valid?
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
Solution
Assumption 1 is valid: through travel a merchant learns the worth of values like justice, love and honour, related to understanding human values. Assumption 2 is valid: the passage explicitly says the art of learning fundamental common values is the greatest gain of travel. Assumption 3 is invalid: the passage does not state that a well-travelled person can resolve differences among people. Hence assumptions 1 and 2 only are valid.