Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow :
Probe into the subject, delve into its various effects – you will be amazed at how rapidly Western culture
is corroding the Indian culture – exclusively to be proud of, to rust. These spicy pictures of the Western
culture surely flatter the palate, but in course of time won’t they canker it too? The root of all this misfortune
lies in the soil nourished by the word ‘modern’. What does ‘modern’ mean to us? Do we become
modern by wearing outrageous clothes that make us look like aliens? Does modernism set in by profuse
use of western slang?
The word ‘palate’ also means _________.
A taste
B penchant
C appetite
D all of these