Question

vi.
“Hope is necessary, but it can also be a tool of self-deception and thus needs
to be tempered with caution.” Here the writer's tone is-
a) Optimistic
b) Sarcastic
c) Suggesting
d) Mocking
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Answer 1

It is Suggesting
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Answer 2

The answer to the given question is as follows:-

c) Suggesting

• The author says that hope is necessary therefore he believes in the idea of it.
• However, in the next part of the statement, he points out the drawbacks or downside of having hope. He says that it is a tool of self-deception, that is hope can be used to delude ourselves from reality.
• Therefore he suggests a countermeasure by saying that hope should be tempered with caution, that is realistic approach should be maintained along with the notion of being hopeful.
• Thus it is clear that the author is suggesting here.