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Physically, inertia is a feeling that you just can’t move; mentally, it is a sluggish mind. Even if you try to be sensitive, if your mind is sluggish, you just don’t feel anything intensely. You may even see a tragedy enacted in front of your eyes and not be able to respond meaningfully. You may see one person exploiting another, one group persecuting another, and not be able to get angry. Your energy is frozen. You are not deliberately refusing to act; you just don’t have the capacity.
Inertia is of two types — physical and mental. Physical inertia restricts bodily movements.
Mental inertia prevents mental response to events enacted in front of your eyes.
(A) Inertia makes your body and mind sluggish. They become insensitive to tragedies, exploitation, and persecution because it freezes your energy and decapitates it.
(B) When you have inertia you don’t act although you see one person exploiting another or one group persecuting another. You don’t get angry because you are incapable.
(C) Inertia is of two types — physical and mental. Physical inertia restricts bodily movements.
(D) Physical inertia stops your body from moving; mental inertia freezes your energy, and stops your mind from responding meaningfully to events, even tragedies, in front of you.
Physically, inertia is a feeling that you just can’t move; mentally, it is a sluggish mind. Even if you try to be sensitive, if your mind is sluggish, you just don’t feel anything intensely. You may even see a tragedy enacted in front of your eyes and not be able to respond meaningfully. You may see one person exploiting another, one group persecuting another, and not be able to get angry. Your energy is frozen. You are not deliberately refusing to act; you just don’t have the capacity.
Inertia is of two types — physical and mental. Physical inertia restricts bodily movements.
Mental inertia prevents mental response to events enacted in front of your eyes.
(A) Inertia makes your body and mind sluggish. They become insensitive to tragedies, exploitation, and persecution because it freezes your energy and decapitates it.
(B) When you have inertia you don’t act although you see one person exploiting another or one group persecuting another. You don’t get angry because you are incapable.
(C) Inertia is of two types — physical and mental. Physical inertia restricts bodily movements.
(D) Physical inertia stops your body from moving; mental inertia freezes your energy, and stops your mind from responding meaningfully to events, even tragedies, in front of you.
Inertia is of two types — physical and mental. Physical inertia restricts bodily movements.
Mental inertia prevents mental response to events enacted in front of your eyes.
(A) Inertia makes your body and mind sluggish. They become insensitive to tragedies, exploitation, and persecution because it freezes your energy and decapitates it.
(B) When you have inertia you don’t act although you see one person exploiting another or one group persecuting another. You don’t get angry because you are incapable.
(C) Inertia is of two types — physical and mental. Physical inertia restricts bodily movements.
(D) Physical inertia stops your body from moving; mental inertia freezes your energy, and stops your mind from responding meaningfully to events, even tragedies, in front of you.
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Inertia, both mental and physical, can prevent you from taking action or responding meaningfully to situations, especially tragedies or injustices.
Updated On: Aug 1, 2025
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The Correct Answer is (A) because it explains how inertia makes both the body and mind sluggish and describes its effects in terms of being insensitive to events and tragedies. The options (B), (C), and (D) focus on specific aspects of inertia but do not fully encapsulate the essence of both mental and physical inertia. Option (A) covers the full description provided in the passage.
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