aleadership can be taught through war experience only
bleadership can be acquired as well as taught
cthe results of training show that more people acquire leadership than are expected
ddespite rigorous instruction, very few leaders are produced
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (b).
The author rejects the view that leadership is a gift of birth: it can be acquired and it can be taught. War is where this was discovered, and the results can surprise even the instructors. So the author holds that leadership can be both acquired and taught. War is the setting of the discovery, not the only way to teach it, and the passage gives no count of how many leaders training produces.
Why each option is right or wrong
(a) War is where it was discovered; 'only' overstates this.
(b) Correct: leadership can be acquired as well as taught.
(c) The passage gives no numbers about how many acquire leadership.
(d) Results are said to surprise instructors, the opposite of very few.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
