निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा एक कथन उपर्युक्त परिच्छेद की सर्वोत्तम व्याख्या को प्रतिबिंबित करता है ?
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Which one of the following statements reflects the best explanation of the above passage?
(a) It emphasizes the inability of the State to enforce its will in practice against the opposition of certain groups within it. · (b) It is a cooperative organization for the promotion of the well-being and development of the personality of its members. · (c) It takes individuals out of a state of isolation and gives them a chance to participate in the common endeavour. · (d) It permits citizens to have a variety of loyalties and allegiance.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (c) यह व्यक्तियों को पार्थक्य की स्थिति से बाहर ले आता है और उन्हें सर्व-सामान्य प्रयासों में भाग लेने के अवसर प्रदान करता है ।
The line pictures voluntary associations standing between a weak individual and a strong State. They play this 'buffer' role by drawing isolated individuals into joint action, giving them a strength they lack alone — the explanation in (c).
- ✗ (a) The passage calls the State 'potentially powerful'; it does not say the State cannot enforce its will. The option shifts the focus to the State's weakness.
- ✗ (b) This describes what a cooperative does for its members' welfare; it does not explain the buffer role between the individual and the State.
- ✓ (c) Alone, the individual is 'relatively powerless' before the State. Voluntary associations bring individuals together to act in common, taking them out of isolation — that collective strength is what makes them a buffer.
- ✗ (d) Multiple loyalties may follow from membership of many groups, but the quotation is about protection between the individual and the State, not divided allegiance.
Remember · For a one-line quotation, explain its key image (here the 'buffer'); options about side effects or other institutions miss it.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2025, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·