Question

Read the following Passage carefully and answer the questions given below (Q. 18 to 20) :
When we are suddenly confronted with any terrible danger, the change of nature we undergo
is equally great. In some cases fear paralyses us. Like animals we stand still, powerless to move
a step in fright, or to lift a hand in defence of our lives, and sometimes we are seized with panic,
and again, act more like the inferior animals than rational beings. On the other hand, frequently
in cases of sudden extreme peril, which cannot be escaped by flight, and must be instantly faced,
even the most timid men at once, as if by miracle, become possessed of the necessary courage,
sharp quick apprehension, and swift decision. This is a miracle very common in nature. Man and
the inferior animals alike, when confronted with almost certain death ‘gather resolution from
despair’, but there can really be no trace of so debilitating a feeling in the person fighting, or
prepared to fight, for dear life. At such times the mind is clearer than it has ever been; the nerves
are steel; there is nothing felt but a wonderful strength and fury and daring. Looking back at
certain perilous moments in my own life, I remember them with a kind of joy; not that there was
any joyful excitement then, but because they brought me a new experience—a new nature, as
it were—and lifted me for a time above myself.
The author names three different ways in which a man may react to sudden danger. What
are they ?
(1) He may be paralysed with fear, seized with panic or act like an inferior animal.
(2) He may be paralysed with fear, run away or fight.
(3) He may flee in panic, or fight back or stand still.
(4) He may be paralysed with fear or seized with panic, or as if by miracle become
possessed of the necessary courage, and face the danger.

Answer 1

(4) He may be paralysed with fear or seized with panic, or as if by miracle become
possessed of the necessary courage, and face the danger.
it will be the correct answer.

Answer 2

Answer is number (4).

The answer for it is that written in the passage "He may be paralyzed with fear or seized with panic like an inferior animal,or as if by miracle become possessed of the necessary courage,and face the danger".

These lines are a summarized view of the moral of the entire passage.