Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:-
If my younger self could see me now, she would be incredulous. That I work in the field of dance or decipher and translate dance for my own comprehension, call it choreography if you wish, would have been unbelievable. In this respect, I am particularly envious of dancers who claim that they are ‘born to dance’, implying that it was clearly laid out for them from the beginning. I must say, I find this assertion dubious; it is rarely that easy.‘To dance’ means ‘to struggle’.
In all truth, as a child, I never did want to dance; it was forced upon me by a doting mother and a silent father. My father probably kept his peace to avoid argument. From the beginning, my lessons took place under trying conditions, though I believe that the conditions were more trying for my mother than for me.
She travelled in local, over-crowded trains to the dance class with an unwilling child, tired from a whole day at school. Interestingly, when I was seven, we went to see a movie starring Mumtaz Ali, who did a dance number in the film. When we arrived home, I began prancing around the house imitating the film actor and my mother, who was quietly watching, was the one who said, ‘Kumudini, you are born to dance.’ Ironically, I have no recollection of this story; it was my mother who saw this innate ability in me.
The narrator's younger self would be incredulous if she saw the narrator now, as:
Correct Answer :
she had become a choreographer.
Solution :
The correct option is she had become a choreographer.
Let us analyze the passage step-by-step to understand why this option is correct:
1. The narrator states in the very opening of the passage: "If my younger self could see me now, she would be incredulous."
2. In the next sentence, the narrator explains exactly what would make the younger self feel this way: "That I work in the field of dance or decipher and translate dance for my own comprehension, call it choreography if you wish, would have been unbelievable."
3. The term "choreography" is explicitly used by the narrator to describe her current work of deciphering, translating, and working in the field of dance.
4. Since the younger self would find it "unbelievable" (incredulous) that the narrator now works in dance and does choreography, it directly follows that she would be incredulous because she had become a choreographer.
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