Identify the main idea/point in the passage:
Anjali didn't want to go to office. She was thinking of making an excuse to her manager but she wasn't able to find any because she had already made four in the last month to skip office. So, she decided that she would just switch her cell phone off and sleep.

Anjali decided to switch off her cell phone.

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Anjali was thinking of an excuse.

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Anjali didn't want to go to office.

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Anjali had made four excuses last month.

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Solution

The correct option is C Anjali didn't want to go to office.
The primary fact in the passage is about Anjali's unwillingness to go to office. Rest are all ancillary information related to the main topic which elucidate as to what was going through Anjali's mind when she thought of not going to office. Hence, Option C is correct and the others are not.

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