2 votes 2 votes “I read somewhere that in ancient times the prestige of a kingdom depended upon the number of taxes that it was able to levy on its people. It was very much like the prestige of a head-hunter in his own community.” Based on the paragraph above, the prestige of a head-hunter depended upon ______________ the prestige of the kingdom the prestige of the heads the number of taxes he could levy the number of heads he could gather Verbal Aptitude gate2019-in general-aptitude verbal-aptitude passage-reading + – Arjun asked Feb 10, 2019 • recategorized Apr 25, 2021 by gatecse Arjun 2.4k views answer comment Share Follow See all 4 Comments See all 4 4 Comments reply cocgame commented Feb 8, 2019 reply Follow Share @Arjun please help in this question 0 votes 0 votes akash.dinkar12 commented Feb 10, 2019 reply Follow Share only option C should be valid here. 0 votes 0 votes cocgame commented Feb 10, 2019 reply Follow Share I have also marked option C in exam. But all the coaching institutes(including ace and made easy) giving option D 0 votes 0 votes Ray Tomlinson commented Sep 24, 2023 reply Follow Share It is the best answer with proper reason https://gateoverflow.in/313555/gate2019-in-ga-10?show=411320#a411320 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 1 votes 1 votes The analogy is between kingdom and head-hunter. Like kingdom collects taxes, head-hunter gather heads. So, Option D. Arjun answered Jun 2, 2019 Arjun comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
1 votes 1 votes More the taxes more is the prestige i.e respect and admiration. Similarly, if a person is the head-hunter so if there is more number of head more will be prestige. Option D. Anshu4200 answered Apr 19, 2019 Anshu4200 comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes Option C- prestige directly dependent to the number of texes he could levy. Mannu Da answered Feb 10, 2019 Mannu Da comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes Option D. The numbers of heads he could gather Prestige of kingdom depend upon the no of taxes = prestige of head Hunter depend upon how many head gather by hunting . Ram Swaroop answered Feb 13, 2019 Ram Swaroop comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
