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Standard XI
Business Studies
Merits and Disadvantages of Departmental Undertakings
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It is difficult for old men to think of the future because

A
They are unable to think
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They do not know what the future is like
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The past occupies their minds
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D
Their feeling that the past was far happier than the present grows stronger day by day
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The correct option is D Their feeling that the past was far happier than the present grows stronger day by day
It is difficult for old men to think of the future because their feeling that the past was far happier than the present grows stronger day by day.Old men live in the past and mourns for loss of their youth when they were healthy and independent. Hence, option D is correct.

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