GATE CS 2025 Set 1 — Question 6

MCQ+2 / -0.67EasyReading ComprehensionVerbal AptitudeGeneral Aptitude

General Aptitude → Verbal Aptitude → Reading Comprehension

Last updated 5 September 2026

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“I put the brown paper in my pocket along with the chalks, and possibly other things. I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how poetical are the things that one carries in one’s pocket: the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword. Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long: and the age of the great epics is past.” (From G.K. Chesterton’s “A Piece of Chalk”) Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?

Correct answer (C) The pocket-knife is described as the infant of the sword. Solution The passage explicitly states: "the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword." This directly supports statement (C). (A) is incorrect because "reflected" is used in the sense of thinking or contemplating, not a physical mirror. (B) is incorrect because the author planned to write a book of poems about things in his pocket, not about epics themselves. (D) is incorrect because the author says the "age of the great epics is past," not that they are inconvenient to write; he found his planned book would be too long. Turn this into a strength. Explore AI-powered practice and doubt support with Success Tracker.

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Correct answer (C) The pocket-knife is described as the infant of the sword. Solution The passage explicitly states: "the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword." This directly supports statement (C). (A) is incorrect because "reflected" is used in the sense of thinking or contemplating, not a physical mirror. (B) is incorrect because the author planned to write a book of poems about things in his pocket, not about epics themselves. (D) is incorrect because the author says the "age of the great epics is past," not that they are inconvenient to write; he found his planned book would be too long.

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