Module: General Practice
Q4: Consider the following statements detailing the mother's background and emotional state:
1. The mother sold her traditional jewelry to fund Mr. Shamnath's higher education.
2. She feels deeply comfortable and socially confident about interacting with the foreign guests.
3. Her ultimate desire is to be sent to Haridwar to spend her remaining days in spiritual peace.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
2. She feels deeply comfortable and socially confident about interacting with the foreign guests.
3. Her ultimate desire is to be sent to Haridwar to spend her remaining days in spiritual peace.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: C
The correct combination is statements 1 and 3. The mother represents the sacrificial, traditional Indian parent.
Structurally, the story reveals that she pawned her bangles and jewelry to pay for Shamnath's education, highlighting the immense debt he owes her—a debt he repays with disdain.
Emotionally, she is terrified of the guests, feeling out of place in her own home, which makes statement 2 incorrect.
Historically and culturally, the desire to retire to a holy city like Haridwar in the later stages of life is a common trope for elderly Indian widows seeking spiritual solace away from worldly humiliations.
The causal reasoning for her desire to leave is driven by the constant alienation and disrespect she experiences in her son's modernized household.
Structurally, the story reveals that she pawned her bangles and jewelry to pay for Shamnath's education, highlighting the immense debt he owes her—a debt he repays with disdain.
Emotionally, she is terrified of the guests, feeling out of place in her own home, which makes statement 2 incorrect.
Historically and culturally, the desire to retire to a holy city like Haridwar in the later stages of life is a common trope for elderly Indian widows seeking spiritual solace away from worldly humiliations.
The causal reasoning for her desire to leave is driven by the constant alienation and disrespect she experiences in her son's modernized household.