Question

The scientist and the artist are both concerned to change the world — the one the external world of man's objective relations with nature, the other the internal world of his subjective relations with his fellow men. The scientist discovers a contradiction in his consciousness of the external world and resolves it in a scientific hypothesis; the artist discovers a contradiction in his consciousness of the internal world and resolves it in a work of art. Both are creative acts. The scientist extends our knowledge and hence also our control of nature —

• A. The artist takes complex explanations and renders them simple.
• B. In doing so, he proves that there is nothing we cannot do - everything is brought within our command.
• C. The artist heightens our sense of ourselves as social beings and so advances the class struggle.
• D. The artist teaches us to think for ourselves.

Hint:

In paragraph completion questions, look for logical symmetry and conceptual parallelism with the preceding lines.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The paragraph contrasts the roles of the scientist and the artist in interpreting and transforming reality — the scientist through objective knowledge and control over nature, and the artist through subjective awareness and creative expression. The concluding sentence should parallel the role of the scientist (who "extends our knowledge and hence also our control of nature") by describing what the artist achieves in the internal, subjective realm.
Option
(d) best completes this thought by stating that “the artist teaches us to think for ourselves,” which reflects the internal, introspective, and individualistic transformation that art encourages, in line with the theme of consciousness and resolution of inner contradiction.
Other options either diverge from the paragraph’s tone (like
(c)'s political undertone) or don’t mirror the depth of comparison established earlier.