Question

Some people think that Silence is golden. Words they need to use, but they need no love for them. Speech is to them a danger, a tool for entangling men. They feel that each one could also be understood as goodbye as nothing is said; that only in silence can one reach bent the mind and therefore the heart be known. In the exchange of words their personalities don't expand but contract; they see the stunning procession of thought and feeling become a dusty and disorderly crowd of words and phrases. They see the talkers with mingled fear and contempt, stripping themselves publicly , like exhibitionists. The talkers cannot understand the silent; nor can the silent explain their attitude, except in speech. This illuminates the weakness of their belief, that they need to convince us of the uselessness of speech by means of speech.
One weakness of the attitude of the silent is that _____________.
A) They can confuse people
B) Their words are disorderly
C) They can’t practice what they preach
D) Their personalities shrink

Answer 1

Hint: Passage is a portion or section of a written work or the passage is a small part of one text in general. One must read the passage thoroughly and understand it to answer the question related to it.

 Complete step by step answer:
Option A) They can confuse people – is an incorrect answer because the sentence ‘they can confuse people’ does not imply in the passage. So, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) Their words are disorderly – is an incorrect answer because the sentence ‘their words are disorderly’ means that in the passage he is one of their beliefs, not their weakness, as mentioned. They see the stunning procession of thought and feeling become a dusty and disorderly crowd of words and phrases. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) They can’t practise what they preach – is the correct answer because it is mentioned in the passage: "The talkers cannot understand the silent; nor can the silent explain their attitude, except in speech. This illuminates the weakness of their belief, that they need to convince us of the uselessness of speech by means of speech."
These lines mean that the talkers cannot understand the silent because they do not speak and the only way that the silent can explain their attitude, is by talking to them. This throws light on the weakness of their belief that they need to justify their silence through speech. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option D) Their personalities shrink – is an incorrect answer because this expresses the effect on the silent people, not their weakness:
"In the exchange of words their personalities don't expand but contract”. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
One weakness of the attitude of the silent is that they can’t practise what they preach. (Option C)


So, the correct answer is “Option c”.

Note:
Reading the passage is very essential for understanding the question and to give a perfect answer. It means the silent people need to use speech - something that they preach to not use (they feel that each one could also be understood goodbye as nothing is said) - so as to justify their silent attitude. This is their weakness that they themselves cannot practise what they preach. The same is mentioned in option C. Hence it is the correct answer as compared to the other options.