This is a sensitive issue-based story which tries to sensitise the readers about

Question

PASSAGE

Set against a rural backdrop, 'Stench of kerosene' is the story of a couple, Guleri and Manak, who have been happily married for several years but do not have a child. Manak' mother is desperate to have a grandchild to carry on the family name. Hence, she gets Manak remarried in Guleri' absence. Manak, who acts as a reluctant but passive spectator, is meanwhile, informed by a friend that Guleri, on hearing about her husband' second marriage, poured kerosene on her clothes and set to them. Manak is heartbroken and begins to live as if he were a * man. When his second wife delivers a son, Manak stares at the child for a long time and blurts out, "Take him away ! He stinks of kerosene."

This is a sensitive issue-based story which tries to sensitise the readers about

(a) Male chauvinism and infidelity

(b) Love and betrayal

(c) Lack of legal safeguards for *****

(d) Influence of patriarchal mindset

Answer 1

(d) (a) is wrong as the passage is not at all related to Male chauvinism and infidelity

(b) is wrong as Love and betrayal is not the issue the passage is trying to sentitise about. The passage is more about a mothers' influence on her child. How she governed his life?

(c) is wrong as the passage is not at all related to Lack of legal safeguards for *****. Guleri didn't resorted for any such protection.

(d) is correct as discussed in (b). The real reason behind this situation was Manak' mother. He could not realise her wife' love as he was under the influence of her mother'* mindset.