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CAT/2000
Question . 9
Directions for Question: Read the information in each question given below and answer the question that follows:
The Shveta-chattra or the “White Umbrella” was a symbol of sovereign political authority placed over the monarch’s head at the time of the coronation. The ruler so inaugurated was regarded not as a temporal autocrat but as the instrument of the protective and sheltering firmament of supreme law. The white umbrella symbol is of great antiquity and its varied use illustrates the ultimate common basis of the non-theocratic nature of states in the Indian traditions As such, the umbrella is found, although not necessarily a white one, over the head of Lord Ram, the Mohammedan sultans and Chatrapati Shivaji.
Which of the following best summarizes the above passage?
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Critical Reasoning question
(d) best summarises the passage as can be inferred from the passage that the varied use of the Umbrella symbol illustrates the common bases of non-theocratic nature of states and represents the instrument of the firmament of supreme law as mentioned in the passage.