Question

Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

A gift is not generous unless it is intended to benefit the recipient and is worth more than what is expected or customary in the situation; a gift is selfish if it is given to benefit the giver or is less valuable than is customary.

Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principle above?

• A. The tickets are expensive (condition (b) satisfied ) and his cousin loves operas (condition (a)satisfied). So the gift is generous. Moreover it does not satisfy the conditions for the gift to be selfish SO option (a) is wrong
• B. The health club membership does not benefit the giver (Emily) neither is it less valuable than is customary So it is not selfish. So (b) is wrong
• C. The bottles are expensive (condition (b) is satisfied) but there is no mention how the bottles are going to benefit her clients So the gift is not generous. So option (c) is wrong
• D. Since this is the gift that all children in Olga's family receive for graduation, it is not generous So condition (b) is violated. So the gift is not generous. So (d) is the correct answer

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Since this is the gift that all children in Olga's family receive for graduation, it is not generous So condition (b) is violated. So the gift is not generous. So (d) is the correct answer

Let us analyse the stem of the question

Gift is generous if

a) benefits the recipient and
b) Worth more than is expected or customary in the situation. So if condition (a) or (b) is not satisfied then the gift is not generous and only if (a) and (b) conditions are satisfied then the gift is generous.

Also the gift is selfish if
a) benefits the giver or
b)Less Valuable than is customary

The tickets are expensive (condition (b) satisfied ) and his cousin loves operas (condition (a) satisfied). So the gift is generous. Moreover it does not satisfy the conditions for the gift to be selfish SO option (a) is wrong

The health club membership does not benefit the giver (Emily) neither is it less valuable than is customary So it is not selfish. So (b) is wrong

The bottles are expensive (condition (b) is satisfied) but there is no mention how the bottles are going to benefit her clients So the gift is not generous. So option (c) is wrong

Since this is the gift that all children in Olga's family receive for graduation, it is not generous So condition (b) is violated. So the gift is not generous. So (d) is the correct answer