In this section you have eight short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage, and then 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:
We shall go on to the end; we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and strength in the air, we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender, and even if this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas would carry on the struggle, until the New World steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old.
Question: On the basis of the passage which of the following statements may be said to be correct?
- AThe speaker is encouraging his men for the conquest of France.
- BThe speaker is aggressive and maniacal war-monger.
- CThe speaker is not satisfied with the conquest of the island.
- DThe speaker is a patriot urging the defence of his mother-land.
Explanation
'We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be ... We shall never surrender' — a patriot urging defence of the motherland.