Question

Complete the proverb, in the following question:
When _____is bliss, it is ____to be wise.
Options-
A. Romance, boring
B. Ignorance, folly
C. Knowledge, better
D. Bachelorhood, single

Answer 1

Hint: As the narrator of the poem, he's looking at the countryside around Eton College, and remembering his carefree days there as a child. It's the "where" to which he refers in the final two lines of the poem.

Complete answer:
English poet Thomas Gray wrote the proverb "when ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise" from the 1742 poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College". This proverb broadly means 'Lack of knowledge results in happiness; it is more comfortable not to know certain things'.
It is commonly believed that Thomas Grey is not supporting the idea of ignorance leading to happiness. Instead of complete knowledge, he wants young people to hold on to their blissful ignorance (innocence) as long as possible before the difficulties in life surround them.'
In a general sense, ignorance is a deplorable state of our mind. The more knowledge we have, the better prepared we are to deal with difficulties in life. But ignorance doesn't necessarily equal stupidity.
The other three options, A, C, and D, do not fit in this proverb, so they are wrong. So, the correct option is option B.

Note:
The author writes this proverb in a context that as an adult visiting a place that signifies the blissful innocence of his youth, he recalls the joys he had once experienced there. This brings the many hardships he's experienced since then to his mind. All those hardships have helped him become a wiser person over the years. But in the place of his childhood happiness, his knowledge of inevitable struggles and sorrows in his life is nearly agonizingly painful.