Direction: In this section you have a short passage. After the passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First read the passage and then answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passa

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Direction: In this section you have a short passage. After the passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First read the passage and then answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgement wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. According to the author, why should one study?

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Science

question_exam: 

NDA-II

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The correct answer to the question is option 3: For pleasure, enhanced capability, and holistic growth. The passage explains that studies serve different purposes, including delight, ornament, and ability. Studies provide delight and privacy when done in solitude. They serve as ornamentation when used in conversation. And they enhance one`s ability to judge and handle business matters. The author also mentions that expert individuals can handle specific tasks, but overall strategies and organizing affairs are best executed by learned individuals. It is mentioned that spending too much time on studies can be considered lazy, while using them solely for ornamentation is considered pretentious. The passage emphasizes that studies perfect one`s natural abilities and are themselves perfected by experience. The author highlights that crafty individuals criticize studies, simple individuals admire them, but wise individuals use them. It is implied that studying is not just about accumulating knowledge but also about gaining wisdom through observation and experience.

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