JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2007

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    Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Speech is a great blessing but it can also be a great curse, for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue. use of an unusual word, or of an the ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend. Again, different classes of people use different vocabularies, and the ordinary speech of an educated man may strike an uneducated listener as pompous. Unwittingly, we may use a word which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men.

    Speech can be a curse, because it can

    A)  reveal our intentions

    B)  lead to carelessness

    C)  hurt others

    D)  create misunderstanding

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    create misunderstanding


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