"Gandhi's greatest challenge was post-truth. The Indian social universe was overflowing with ways of living established by the powerful that inevitably oppressed the powerless. In order to tackle this inequality, Gandhi changed the understanding of truth that the powerful had inherited and internalized. He dislodged truth from its long-held. theological location of an ultimate divine compassion. Only goodness mattered. If that quality could be inculcated, truth would take care of itself."
CMAT Critical Reasoning Questions
Question 1
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: Gandhi, in his experiment with truth, dislodged truth as all ultimate divine revelation.
Reason R: He holds that truth can be substituted with goodness, and people can manage. without truth.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
Solution
"Gandhi changed the understanding of truth that the powerful had inherited and internalized. He dislodged truth from its long-held. theological location of an ultimate divine compassion"
From the above excerpt, it can be understood that Gandhi dislodged truth as all ultimate divine revelation. Thus, assertion A is correct.
"Only goodness mattered. If that quality could be inculcated, truth would take care of itself."
In the above excerpt, although it is mentioned that the quality that Gandhi considered superior is goodness, it is nowhere mentioned that truth can be replaced by goodness, and people can manage without truth. Gandhi considered truth as a byproduct of goodness, rather than a substitute.
The correct option is C.
Question 2
Which of the following notions is compatible with Gandhi's idea of Truth?
A. Truth is inherited and internalized
B. Truth is ultimate divine revelation
C. Truth is a byproduct of honesty, humanism and compassion
D. Truth directly corresponds with goodness
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Solution
Option A suggests that truth is something that is passed down or acquired through inheritance or internalization. However, the passage explicitly states that Gandhi changed the understanding of truth by giving more importance to goodness. Thus, this is not the correct statement.
The passage explicitly mentions that Gandhi dislodged truth from its long-held theological location of an ultimate divine compassion. This suggests that Gandhi did not view truth as a singular, divine revelation but rather shifted the understanding of truth away from its theological association. Thus, option B is not a correct statement.
The passage explicitly mentions that truth is a byproduct of goodness. Honesty, humanism and compassion are the subsets of goodness. Thus, option C is a correct statement.
Similarly, option D will also be a correct statement.
The correct option is D.
Question 3
In the given passage, the term "inevitably" connotes __________.
Solution
The term "inevitably" suggests that the ways of living established by the powerful in the Indian social universe inevitably oppressed the powerless. It indicates a sense of certainty, implying that oppression was bound to happen as a result of the established power dynamics.
The correct option is C.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, Critical Reasoning is an important topic in the Logical Reasoning section of CMAT. It evaluates a candidate's ability to analyze arguments, assess evidence, and make logical decisions based on the information provided.
The number of Critical Reasoning questions varies from year to year. CMAT does not prescribe a fixed number of questions from any specific Logical Reasoning topic.
CMAT may include questions on assumptions, inferences, conclusions, strengthening and weakening arguments, cause-and-effect relationships, statement analysis, and logical evaluation.
Understand the fundamentals of argument analysis, practice different types of reasoning questions regularly, learn to identify assumptions and conclusions, and solve previous year questions and mock tests to improve accuracy.
Most Critical Reasoning questions in CMAT are of easy to moderate difficulty. With consistent practice and strong analytical skills, candidates can solve them accurately and efficiently.
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