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GATE CSE 2025 Session 1 Q6: Inference from Chesterton's "A Piece of Chalk"

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"I put the brown paper in my pocket along with the chalks, and possibly other things. I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how poetical are the things that one carries in one's pocket: the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword. Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long: and the age of the great epics is past."

(From G.K. Chesterton's "A Piece of Chalk")

Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?

Try it: multiple choice: exactly one correct option

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Answer: C (official GATE 2025 final answer key)

Concept used: Reading comprehension: pick the statement directly supported by the text.

First step: Look for each option's claim in the passage; the phrase "the pocket-knife … the infant of the sword" appears almost word for word.

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Source: official GATE 2025 Session 1 CS question paper and final answer key, organised by IIT Roorkee. Question paper · Answer key

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