Multiple-choice

There are two approaches to solve a multiple-choice question. One approach is to figure out which of the choices are not right, and to choose the one remaining. The other approach is to forget that there are a limited set of choices given, and to determine the right answer indepedently. 

Both approaches work in the examination hall, with no difference in the result. 

The situation is subtly different outside the examination hall. We could surrender to the set of options given to us, eliminate the ones we dislike the most, and choose to do what we dislike the least. Or, we could find our own answer.  The one we like the most. If it is one of the available choices, bingo! If not, then something must have been wrong with the choices. We could add the answer to our list of choices.

Unlike the examination hall, the answer might prove to be right, or turn out to be wrong in the end. But what approach we take to make the choice would determine whether we would have a happy journey, or not.