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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
Harold a professional man who had worked in an office for many years had a fearful dream. In it, he found himself in a land where small slug-like animals with slimy tentacles lived on people's bodies. The people tolerated the loathsome creatures because after many years they grew into elephants which then became the nation's system of transport, carrying everyone wherever he wanted to go. Harold suddenly realised that he himself was covered with these things, and he woke up screaming. In a vivid sequence of pictures this dream dramatised for Harold what he had never been able to put in to words; he saw himself as letting society feed on his body in his early years so that it would carry him when he retired. He later threw off the "security bug" and took up freelance work.

Question 9 : The statement that 'he later threw off the security bug' means that

1. Harold succeeded in overcoming the need for security
2. Harold stopped giving much importance to dreams
3. Harold started tolerating social victimisation
4. Harold killed all the bugs troubled him

Explanatory Answer

Option A Looks right. We will come back to it.
Option B is antithetical to the passage because it is a dream that makes Harold more conscious to the realities of his choices. And there is no direct mention that he stops giving importance to dreams. So it is eliminated.
Option C is also entirely opposed to the essence of the passage, since Harold decided to resist victimization by doing something where he would not be constrained by society. Hence it is eliminated.
Option D "killed all bugs" is not relevant here. The line, "he saw himself as letting society feed on his body in his early years so that it would carry him when he retired" gives an idea of safety net or social security that Harold was initially looking for in a stable job. The last sentence, "…took up freelance work" says Harold was then ready for a job without reliable, consistent earnings. This explains he was ready to come out of his comfort zone.

The question is "The statement that 'he later threw off the security bug' means that"

Hence, the answer is Harold succeeded in overcoming the need for security

Choice A is the correct answer