Identifying the central idea regarding the cost of being influenced by others
Question
What is the main idea of the passage?
Options
People should not be influenced by the opinions of others.
People should accumulate as much money as they can.
People should neither give nor accept the opinions.
People will succeed in any undertaking if they do not accept any opinion at all.
Explanation
The passage outlines the disastrous effects of relying on external chatter, concluding with a harsh, definitive warning: "If you are influenced by opinions when you reach decisions, you will not succeed in any undertaking." The core instructional thesis is a warning against allowing others to dictate your thinking. Option (a) directly captures this main idea. Option (c) goes too far by suggesting people shouldn't give opinions (the author only warns against accepting them for decisions), and option (d) falsely reverses the conditional into a guarantee of success.
Answer: (a).
Question details
Year
2022
Paper
CSAT
Question
Q62
Section
Reading Comprehension
Sub-topic
Psychology / Society passage
Type
Factual single
Difficulty
Easy
Source hint
Passage 1 (Opinions and accumulation) - Q62
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