College of Admission Tests Multan

Main Idea

Solve the question of and select the option from the choices A through D/E. Check your Answer and view the explanation.

Question: 6

From the very beginning — from the first moment, I may almost say — of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry.

The main idea of this passage is

  • The speaker does not want to marry the person they are addressing because there are plenty of other men to marry.
  • The speaker does not want to marry the person they are addressing because they do not have enough money.
  • The speaker does not want to marry the person they are addressing because the speaker dislikes them.
  • The speaker wants to marry the person they are addressing because they believe this person is their only option.
  • The speaker wants to marry the person they are addressing because they find this person's fault's endearing.

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Correct Answer: C

The speaker lists a number of negative qualities they've observed in the person they are addressing, including arrogance and selfishness. The speaker then cites their "immovable dislike" of this person, and essentially says that this is the last person in the world they would want to marry. Thus, the speaker does not way to marry the person they are addressing because they dislike this person.