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Direction: Most people lead the lives that circumstances have thrust upon them. But Wison had boldly taken the course of his life into his own hands. At 35, he had quit his job to lead a pleasant life on an exotic island with just enough money to last for twenty five years. Once, fifteen years after he had been on the island, I happened to him and inquired about his financial situation. He said,” It will carry me on till I am sixty.” “ But one can not be sure of dying at sixty”, I said, “Well...” he replied. “ It depends on oneself, doesn’t it”?

  1. "... depends on oneself" suggests that Wilson, at 60, would ?
    1. depend on his own resources
    2. surrender himself to destiny
    3. take away his own life
    4. carry on living in the same way
Correct Option: C

The line suggests that after 60 when Wilson doesn't have money he will take away his own life.



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