English Language (Comprehension) (UPSC)

16. The man went into another room because : [2012-II]

1. (a) he did not know where exactly the stairway was.
2. (b) the passage was full of smoke.
3. (c) he was extremely nervous.
4. (d) he stumbled on a bundle.

Correct Answer: (b) the passage was full of smoke.
Note:
The man went into another room because the passage was full of smoke. It was an old wooden house. There was a fire at midnight. The man who was staying on the top floor of the house was caught unawares. He stumbled out into the smoke filled passage and lost his way.So the root cause of his going into another room was the smoke filled passage. All the other three options (a), (c) and (d) are automatically cancelled in the height of the above context.