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CDS 2024 · PYQ · Reading Comprehension · medium

The tragedy of our times is

  1. A.we are unable to bear pain
  2. B.we have forgotten the problems of the human heart
  3. C.we have learnt to bear general and universal physical fear✓ Correct
  4. D.the fear of the spirit

Explanation

The passage opens with the statement that 'Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it.' This directly indicates that the tragedy of our times is that humanity has become so accustomed to general and universal physical fear that we have learnt to bear it. Hence option (c) accurately captures the author's point.
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