Direction for the following 3 (three) items: Read the following three passages and answer the items (61-63) that follow. Your answers to these items should be based on the passage only.
Medieval merchants risked the hazards of the Silk Road to reach the markets of China; Portuguese caravels in the 15th century sailed beyond the bounds of the known world, searching less for knowledge than for gold and spices. Historically, the driver for opening frontiers has always been the search for resources. Science and curiosity are weaker drivers. The only way to open up space, whether the space of solar system or interstellar space is to create an economic engine and that engine is resource extraction.
Which one of the following statements best sums up the passage given above?
Correct Answer :
Human beings are motivated to explore new frontiers, principally by economic considerations.
Solution :
Correct Answer: Human beings are motivated to explore new frontiers, principally by economic considerations.
Explanation:
The passage highlights that historically, the main driver for opening frontiers—whether by medieval merchants along the Silk Road or Portuguese caravels searching for gold and spices—has been the search for resources rather than science or curiosity. It concludes that opening up space will likewise require an economic engine driven by resource extraction.
Thus, the statement that best sums up the main idea of the passage is that human beings are motivated to explore new frontiers primarily by economic considerations.
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