The lady refused to move from the middle of the street because
ashe was not afraid of being killed.
bshe felt that she is entitled to do whatever she liked.
cshe did not like walking on the pavement.
dshe was confused.
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (b).
When told to use the pavement, the old lady answered that she would walk wherever she liked because people now had liberty. So she believed liberty entitled her to do whatever she pleased. The passage does not say she disliked pavements, was confused, or was unafraid of danger; it says she did not think of the consequences of such liberty.
Why each option is right or wrong
(a) Wrong. Her attitude to danger is not given as the reason.
(b) Right. She felt liberty entitled her to walk wherever she wished.
(c) Wrong. Her taste in walking is not mentioned.
(d) Wrong. The passage speaks of her insistence, not confusion, as her reason.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
