Question

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

The Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, born in 1933, is one of the most important public intellectuals of our age, an original thinker whose work transcends the standard disciplinary boundaries. His 1998 Nobel Prize was awarded for his work in welfare economics, but to describe him as an "economist'' would be inaccurate. Better would be "social philosopher,'' or, better still, the old term "political economist,'' since the scope and range of Sen's work is directly comparable to that of such eighteenth- and nineteenth-century practitioners of political economy as Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx. In the course of a stellar academic career, Sen has published more than two dozen books and countless articles. The combining of these two disciplines in the title of his chair speaks volumes.

Q. With reference to the above passage, which of the following statements can be considered true?

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• A.
  1 only
• B.
  ​​​​​​​2 only
• C.
  Both 1 and 2
• D.
  Neither 1 nor 2.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

1 only
Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct:
Refer the following lines, “Better would be "social philosopher,'' or, better still, the old term "political economist,'' since the scope and range of Sen's work is directly comparable to that of such eighteenth- and nineteenth-century practitioners of political economy as Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx.”
Here it is mentioned that political economist is a much more appropriate term to describe him rather than economist as his scope of work is directly comparable to previously established practitioners of political economy.

Statement 2 is incorrect:
Though the statement is factually correct, it is not mentioned in the passage, hence is not to be considered.