Q:

What ideas does the author refer to when he/she says, “While these ideas are most pronounced in these two countries, they are popular across the globe.”?

• 1
  Skills and efforts alone can lead to success.
• 2
  Luck and inheritance grant merit and favourable conditions leading to success.
• 3
  Merit can lead to success only if you are a resident of UK or America.
• 4
  External efforts like inheritance and luck do not affect the chance of being rich.
• 5
  Both A & D