Question

Comprehension

Directions: Read the given passage and answer the questions accordingly. Each question encases four options. Choose one appropriate option, out of four, for the correct answer.

Time standing still is integral to the psychological phenomenon called 'flow'. Flow is a highly focused mental state associated with happiness, whereby people get carried along and become so absorbed in an activity that they don’t notice anything else, including the passage of time. This description matches my experience in the garden. Flow puts the process of active engagement center-stage, along with a blurring of the boundary between self and activity. The concept of flow might explain the attraction of the gardening experience, but it doesn’t tell us what draws people out into the garden in the first place, nor why so many end up hooked. Perhaps the garden itself has a role to play: tempting us out to see what might have happened in our absence and what needs doing next. This makes the garden intriguing and fascinating, switching our mindset on to the natural environment.

1. Time warp.
2. Pottering in the garden. 
3. Engagement of concept flow on the centre stage.
4. Gardening creates a time warp.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Gardening creates a time warp.

The correct answer is option 4) i.e. 'Gardening creates a time warp'.

• "Perhaps the garden itself has a role to play: tempting us out to see what might have happened in our absence and what needs doing next". 
• The above lines refer to 'Gardening as a time bend activity' as it is able to make people pass their time. 
• This is the basic fact explained in the entire passage. 

Hence, option 4).