Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Once there was a miser who sold all his possessions and, with the money, bought a great lump of gold, dug a deep hole at the edge of the garden, and there he buried his gold. Once a day, thereafter, the miser went to the garden, dug up his gold, and embraced it lovingly. One of the miser's workmen wondered why his master spent so much time in the garden. One day, he hid behind a tree and soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure. That night, when the miser was fast asleep, the workman crept into the garden and stole the lump of gold. When the miser found that his gold was gone, he tore his hair and cried aloud in his despair. A neighbour came running to see what was the matter, and the grief-stricken miser told him what had happened. Then the neighbour said, "Pray stop your weeping. Go and find a stone. Place the stone in the hole and imagine that it is your lump of gold. The stone will serve your purpose, for you never meant to use the gold anyway." "To a miser, what he has is of no more use than what he has not."

The neighbour advised the miser to put a stone in the hole because ____.

Gold is like a stone only.

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The miser would never use the gold hence no difference between the two.

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The stone will become gold after some time.

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For a wise man gold and stone have equal worth.

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Solution

The correct option is B The miser would never use the gold hence no difference between the two.
Option B is correct because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that -
Then the neighbour said, "Pray stop your weeping. Go and find a stone. Place the stone in the hole and imagine that it is your lump of gold. The stone will serve your purpose, for you never meant to use the gold anyway."
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options A, C, and D are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.

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Once there was a miser who sold all his possessions and, with the money, bought a great lump of gold, dug a deep hole at the edge of the garden, and there he buried his gold. Once a day, thereafter, the miser went to the garden, dug up his gold, and embraced it lovingly. One of the miser's workmen wondered why his master spent so much time in the garden. One day, he hid behind a tree and soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure. That night, when the miser was fast asleep, the workman crept into the garden and stole the lump of gold. When the miser found that his gold was gone, he tore his hair and cried aloud in his despair. A neighbour came running to see what was the matter, and the grief-stricken miser told him what had happened. Then the neighbour said, "Pray stop your weeping. Go and find a stone. Place the stone in the hole and imagine that it is your lump of gold. The stone will serve your purpose, for you never meant to use the gold anyway." "To a miser, what he has is of no more use than what he has not."

How did the miser get the lump of gold?

One day a wonderful plate made of gold fell from heaven into the court of a temple in Banaras and on the plate these words were inscribed; 'A gift from heaven to him who loves best.' The priests at once made a proclamation that every day at twelve o'clock, all who would like to claim the plate should assemble at the temple to have their kind deeds judged.

Every year for a whole year all kinds of holy men, hermits, scholars, and noble came and related to the priests their deeds of charity and the priests in solemn council heard their claims. At last they decided that the one who seemed to be the greatest lover of mankind was a rich man who had that very year given all his wealth to the poor. So, they gave him the plate of gold but when he took it in his hand, it turned to worthless lead, though, when he dropped it in his amazement on to the floor, it became gold again.

For another year claimants came and the priest awarded the prize three times. But the same thing happened, showing that God did not consider these men worthy of the gift.

Meanwhile, a large number of beggars came and lay about the temple gate, hoping that the claimants who came would give them alms to prove they were worthy of the golden plate. It was a good time for the beggars, because the pilgrims gave them plenty of money; but they gave them no sympathy, not even a look of pity.

At last a simple peasant, who had heard nothing about the plate of gold, came. He was so touched by the sight of the miserable beggars that he wept. When he saw a poor blind and maimed wretch at the temple gate, he knelt at his side and took his maimed hands in his and comforted him with kind words. When this peasant came to the temple, he was shocked to find it full of men boasting of their kind deeds and quarrelling with the priests. One priest, who held the golden plate in his hand, seeing the peasant standing there, beckoned to him. The peasant came, and knowing nothing about the plate, took it in his hands. At once, it shone out with three times its former splendour and the priests said, 'Son, the gift is yours, for you love best.'

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