DSSSB · English

Passage: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. The Road is one of the great fundamental institutions of mankind. Not only is the Road one of the great human institutions because it is fundamental to social existence, but also because its varied effects appear in every department of the State. It is the Road which determines the sites of many cities and the growth and nourishment of all. It is the Road which controls the development of strategies and fixes the sites of battles. It is the Road that gives its frame-work to all economic development. It is the Road which is the channel of all trade, and, what is more important, of all ideas. In its most humble function, it is a necessary guide without which progress from place to place would be a ceaseless experiment; it is the sustenance without which organised society would be impossible, thus the Road moves and controls all history. A road system, once established, develops at its points of concentration the nerve centres of the society it serves, and the material rise and decline of a state are better measured by the condition of its communications—that is, of its roads—than by any other criterion. Question: Select the option that represents a suitable title for the passage.

  1. The Significance of the Road
  2. The Road in a City
  3. Different Kinds of Roads
  4. The Evolution of Roads
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