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:
We live in a curious age. We are offered glimpses of a world civilization slowly emerging, for example, the U.N. special agencies dedicated to health and education. But along with these are sights and sounds that suggest that the whole civilization is rapidly being destroyed. Two official policies clash, and instantly embassies are attacked by howling mobs of students, at once defying law, custom and usage. And that this may not be merely so many hot-headed lads escaping all control, and may itself be part of the policy of the political parties, that is, mob antics as additional propaganda to deceive world opinion, makes the situation even worse. Parties have always been dishonest, but now it seems as if power-mania is ready to destroy those civilities that make international relations possible. There is something even worse. What inspires these students to bum cars and books is not their political enthusiasm but a frenzied delight in destruction, an urge towards violent demolition.
It is deplorable to witness mob attacks on embassies following a clash of policies of two official policy makers because
- Astudents should not take part in politics, but should concentrate on their studies
- Bthey may result in the loss of lives of young and promising students
- Cthey are overlooked by the policy planners themselves
- Dthey are indicative of the complete failure of the government in controlling the rebellious students
Explanation
The passage deplores that mob antics, possibly abetted by political parties as propaganda, make the situation even worse. The author presents the attacks as a breakdown of control and civility in international relations. Options about students’ studies or loss of life are not the author’s stated reason. Hence option (d) is correct.