With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. Travel leads to an understanding of humans. 2. Travel helps those who wish to learn fundamental common values. 3. A person with long experience in travel can resolve differences amongst people. Which of the assumptions given above are valid?

Passage

Only with long experience and opening of his wares on many a beach where his language is not spoken, will the merchant come to know the worth of what he carries, and what is parochial and what is universal in his choice. Such delicate goods as justice, love and honour, courtesy, and indeed all the things we care for, are valid everywhere but they are variously moulded and often differently handled, and sometimes nearly unrecognizable if you meet them in a foreign land, and the art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their fellows.

QUESTION

CSAT

Medium

Comprehension

Prelims 2024

With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:

Travel leads to an understanding of humans.
Travel helps those who wish to learn fundamental common values.
A person with long experience in travel can resolve differences amongst people.

Which of the assumptions given above are valid?

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Explanation

Assumption 1 is valid: The passage implies that travel leads to a better understanding of humans, particularly how values like justice, love, and honor are experienced differently in various cultures.

Assumption 2 is valid: The passage explicitly states that one of the greatest gains of travel is the learning of fundamental common values, which aligns with assumption 2.

Assumption 3 is invalid: The passage does not suggest that a person with long experience in travel can resolve differences amongst people, but rather emphasizes the understanding of values and their differences across cultures.