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GATE CSE 2013 · Q63

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After several defeats in wars, Robert Bruce went in exile and wanted to commit suicide. Just before committing suicide, he came across a spider attempting tirelessly to have its net. Time and again, the spider failed but that did not deter it to refrain from making attempts. Such attempts by the spider made Bruce curious. Thus, Bruce started observing the near-impossible goal of the spider to have the net. Ultimately, the spider succeeded in having its net despite several failures. Such act of the spider encouraged Bruce not to commit suicide. And then, Bruce went back again and won many a battle, and the rest is history. Which one of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?

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Official answer: D) No adversity justifies giving up hope.

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The passage highlights how Robert Bruce was on the verge of giving up and committing suicide due to severe defeats, but seeing the spider persevere despite repeated failures inspired him not to lose hope, leading him back to victory.

  • (D) captures the central moral and assertion supported by the passage: even in the deepest adversity, one should never give up hope.

  • (A) ("Failure is the pillar of success") is a general proverb, but the passage focuses more fundamentally on not losing hope/giving up in extreme adversity.

  • (B) and (C) are completely unrelated to the themes in the passage.

Hence, (D) is the correct option.

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This Verbal Aptitude previous year question is Q63 of the GATE CSE 2013 paper. Find more GATE CSE PYQs on Verbal Aptitude in General Aptitude, or browse all GATE CSE PYQs.

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After several defeats in wars, Robert Bruce went in exile and wanted to commit suicide. Just before committing suicide, he came across a spider attempting tirelessly to have its net. Time and again, the spider failed but that did not deter it to refrain from making attempts. Such attempts by the spider made Bruce curious. Thus, Bruce started observing the near-impossible goal of the spider to have the net. Ultimately, the spider succeeded in having its net despite several failures. Such act of the spider encouraged Bruce not to commit suicide. And then, Bruce went back again and won many a battle, and the rest is history. Which one of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?

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