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Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the question that follows:
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. The general recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase, "It is the busiest man who has time to spare". Thus, an elderly lady at leisure can spend the entire day writing a postcard to her niece. An hour will be spent in finding the postcard, another hunting for spectacles, half an hour to search for the address, an hour and a quarter in composition and twenty minutes in deciding whether or not to take an umbrella when going to the pillar-box in the street. The total effort that would occupy a busy man for three minutes, all told, may in this fashion leave another person completely exhausted after a day of doubt, anxiety and toil.

Question: What is the total time spent by the elderly lady in writing a postcard?

  1. A
    Three minutes
  2. B
    A full day
  3. C
    Four hours and five minutes
  4. D
    Half an hour

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

According to the passage, "an elderly lady at leisure can spend the entire day writing a postcard to her niece." The detailed breakup of hours represents how parts of that day are consumed because she has all that time available.

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Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the question that follows:
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. The general recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase, "It is the busiest man who has time to spare". Thus, an elderly lady at leisure can spend the entire day writing a postcard to her niece. An hour will be spent in finding the postcard, another hunting for spectacles, half an hour to search for the address, an hour and a quarter in composition and twenty minutes in deciding whether or not to take an umbrella when going to the pillar-box in the street. The total effort that would occupy a busy man for three minutes, all told, may in this fashion leave another person completely exhausted after a day of doubt, anxiety and toil.

Question: What is the total time spent by the elderly lady in writing a postcard?
A
Three minutes
B
A full day
C
Four hours and five minutes
D
Half an hour

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