Which statements are true according to the passage ?
a. Eastern rulers kept themselves away from the public.
b. It was a crime to utter the Eastern rulers' names with disrespect.
c. Louis the Fourteenth was a learned person.
d. Louis the Fourteenth was a crafty person.
Answer options :

The correct answer is Option C (Only a and b).

Key Points:
• This question evaluates the candidate's reading comprehension skills, specifically identifying factual truth based solely on the provided text, a common MPSC exam format.
• Option 3 is the correct answer according to the official MPSC answer key. The passage explicitly mentions 'oriental despots, whose faces were never seen' (supporting statement 'a') and 'whose very name it is a crime to pronounce lightly' (supporting statement 'b').
• Let us analyze why the other statements are incorrect. Statement 'c' is false because the passage describes him as 'so ignorant that he scarcely understood the Latin of his mass book'. Statement 'd' calls him 'crafty' which implies innate cunning, whereas the text says he fell under the control of a 'cunning Jesuit' and a 'more cunning woman', portraying him as manipulated rather than crafty himself.
• A common MPSC trap is confusing the traits of secondary characters (the cunning Jesuit/woman) with the primary subject.
• Strictly mapping descriptive words to their rightful subjects in complex sentences prevents errors.
• Key Takeaway: Remember: Always attribute adjectives and descriptions strictly to the noun they modify in the original text.