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Question 7 Verbal and Logical Ability 2024 Medium MCQ +1.00 marks · -0.25 negative

Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows. Fear is the greatest motivator of all time. Conflict born of fear is behind our every action, driving us forward like the cogs of a clock. Fear is desire's dark dress, its doppelgänger. "Love and dread are brothers," says Julian of Norwich. As desire is wanting and fear is not-wanting, they become inexorably linked; just as desire can be destructive (the desire for power), fear can be constructive (fear of hurting another); fear of poverty becomes desire for wealth. Which of the following statements can be BEST concluded from the paragraph?

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