Read the following passage and answer the item that follows. Your answer should be based on the passage only…
Read the following passage and answer the item that follows. Your answer should be based on the passage only.
For two or three generations past, ever-increasing number of individuals have been living as workers merely, not as human beings. An excessive amount of labour is rule today in every circle of society, with the result that man's spiritual element cannot thrive. He finds it very difficult to spend his little leisure in serious activities. He does not want to think; or he cannot even if he wants to. He seeks not Self-improvement, but entertainment which would enable him to be mentally idle and to forget his usual activities. Therefore, the so-called culture of our age is dependent more on cinema than on theatre, more on newspapers, magazines and crime stories than on serious literature.
The passage is based on the idea that
man should not work hard
the great evil of our age is overstrain
man cannot think well
man cannot care for his spiritual welfare
Solution
The passage centres on how an excessive amount of labour leaves no time or energy for spiritual and intellectual growth. The underlying idea is that the great evil of the age is overstrain. Option B is correct.