Module: General Practice
Q14: Consider the following statements analyzing the character of Mrs. Shamnath:
1. She is entirely complicit in her husband's materialistic worldview and shares his exact anxieties regarding the dinner party.
2. She frequently attempts to moderate her husband's behavior, acting as a sympathetic shield between Mr. Shamnath and his mother.
3. Her primary concern throughout the preparations is ensuring the aesthetic perfection of the home to impress the corporate guests.
Which of the statements given above is/are INCORRECT?
2. She frequently attempts to moderate her husband's behavior, acting as a sympathetic shield between Mr. Shamnath and his mother.
3. Her primary concern throughout the preparations is ensuring the aesthetic perfection of the home to impress the corporate guests.
Which of the statements given above is/are INCORRECT?
✅ Correct Answer: B
Statement 2 is the only incorrect statement.
This question tests the complicity of the extended nuclear family in the marginalization of the elderly.
Structurally, Mrs.
Shamnath is a mirror to her husband; she is equally superficial, materialistic, and deeply invested in the success of the dinner (Statements 1 and 3). She does not offer any sympathy or protection to the mother.
In fact, she is the one who initially suggests shifting the mother to the neighbor's house, treating her purely as an aesthetic nuisance.
Historically, this highlights the breakdown of the traditional joint-family support system, where the daughter-in-law often adopted the modern, upwardly mobile prejudices of the son.
The causal reasoning is that her lack of empathy is driven by her own desire for the social elevation that her husband's promotion would bring.
This question tests the complicity of the extended nuclear family in the marginalization of the elderly.
Structurally, Mrs.
Shamnath is a mirror to her husband; she is equally superficial, materialistic, and deeply invested in the success of the dinner (Statements 1 and 3). She does not offer any sympathy or protection to the mother.
In fact, she is the one who initially suggests shifting the mother to the neighbor's house, treating her purely as an aesthetic nuisance.
Historically, this highlights the breakdown of the traditional joint-family support system, where the daughter-in-law often adopted the modern, upwardly mobile prejudices of the son.
The causal reasoning is that her lack of empathy is driven by her own desire for the social elevation that her husband's promotion would bring.