Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Your answer to these questions should be based on passage only.
It is not luck but labor that makes a man. Luck says an American writer, is every waiting for something to turn up; labor with keen eyes and strong will always turns up something . Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six and with busy pen and ringing hammer lays the foundation of competence. Luck whines, labor watches. Luck relies on chance, labor on character. Luck slips downwards to self-indulgence; labor strides upwards and aspires to independence. The conviction, therefore,
is extending that diligence is the mother of good luck. In other words, that a man's success in life will be proportionate to his efforts, to his industry, to his attention to small things.
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"... Labour turns out at six and with busy pen and ringing hammer lays the foundation of competence." What does this statements mean?
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- Hard work of all kinds makes people efficent
- Labour lays the foundation of the building
- The writer and the labourer are the true eyes of the society
- There is no worker who works so hard as the labourer who begins his day at six in the morning.
Correct Option: A
The answer is (a) . The informatiom given in the middle of the passage and simple inference will help. The reference to both pen and hammer implies that the meaning here includes all kinds of work.The pen stands for the physical labour.
