In this section, you have short passages. After each passage, you will find some items based on the passage. Read the passage carefully and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based solely on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author.
Passage:
In Delhi, it was forbidden by the law, at one time, to take a Dog into a public vehicle.One day a lady, accompanied by a pet dog, entered a bus. Wishing to evade the law, she placed her tiny dog in her dress pocket. It so happened that the person next to this lady was a pickpocket;and during the journey he carefully placed his hand into her pocket in search of her purse. Great was the horror to find instead a pair of sharp teeth inserted into his fingers. His exclamation of pain and surprise drew the attention of other passengers to him
Which one of the following correctly expresses the meaning of “wishing to evade the law” ?
- AWish to avoid following the law
- BDesire to follow the law blindly
- CReluctance to break the law
- DWish to change the law
Explanation
'Evade' means to escape or avoid, so 'wishing to evade the law' means wishing to avoid following the law. Option (b) states the opposite, (c) describes reluctance to break it, and (d) concerns changing it. Hence (a) is correct.