Question

The future beckons to us. Whither do we go and what shall be our endeavour? To bring freedom and opportunity to the common man, to the peasants and workers of India; to fight and end poverty and ignorance and disease; to build up a prosperous, democratic and progressive nation, and to create social, economic and political institutions which will ensure justice and fullness of life to every man and woman.

We have hard work ahead. There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem our pledge in full, till we make all the people of India what destiny intended them to be.

We are citizens of a great country, on the verge of bold advance, and we have to live up to that high standard. All of us, to whatever religion we may belong, are equally the children of India with equal rights, privileges and obligations. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.

–“A Tryst with Destiny,”
Jawaharlal Nehru

What logical evidence, or reasoning, in the passage best supports the claim that Indians must work hard for opportunities? Check all that apply.

“to bring . . . opportunity to the common man”
“Build up . . . institutions which will ensure justice”
“end poverty and ignorance and disease”
“We cannot encourage communalism and narrow-mindedness”
“The future beckons to us.”

Answer 1

Choose:
- “to bring . . . opportunity to the common man”
- “Build up . . . institutions which will ensure justice”
- “end poverty and ignorance and disease”

Why: those three state concrete tasks/goals that imply effort and work needed to create opportunities. The other two lines are rhetorical or prescriptive (avoid communalism) rather than direct evidence that Indians must work hard for opportunities.