2023 · Q12
Given below are five items, comprising sentences in which one word has been underlined. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is closest to the meaning of the underlined word and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly. world. The judgment of beauty is based on the human capacity for disinterested pleasure in the natural
General EnglishSentence arrangement and completion
- AIndifference
- BFree of all self-interest
- CNot caring for something
- DExtremely focused
Explanation
In aesthetics, disinterested pleasure (Kant) means judging beauty free of personal desire or self-interest, without wanting to possess or use the object. It does not mean indifference (A) or not caring (C); it is impartiality of judgement. Hence B.