CTET 2 Social and Science 24 Dec 2021 Paper

Question Numbers: 91-99
Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones.
A survey conducted by Antony Synott at Montreal's Concordia University asked participants to comment on how important smell was to them in their lives. It became apparent that smell can evoke strong emotional responses. A scent associated with a good experience can bring a rush of joy, while a foul odour or one associated with a bad memory may make us grimace with disgust. Respondents to the survey noted that many of their olfactory likes and dislikes were based on emotional associations. Such associations can be powerful enough so that odours that we would generally label unpleasant become agreeable, and those that we would generally consider fragrant become disagreeable for particular individuals. The perception of smell, therefore, consists not only of the sensation of odours themselves, but of the experiences and emotions associated with them. Odours are also essential cues in social bonding. One respondent to the survey believed that there is no true emotional bonding without touching and smelling a loved one. In fact, infants recognise the odours of their mothers soon after birth and adults can often identify their children or spouses by scent. In one well - known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by other people. Most of the subjects would probably never have given much thought to odour as a clue for identifying family members before being involved in the test, but as the experiment revealed, even when not consciously considered, smells register. In spite of its importance to our emotional and sensory lives, smell is probably the most undervalued sense in many cultures. It is true that the olfactory powers of humans are nothing like as fine as those possessed by certain animals, they are still remarkably acute.