There are a great many people who have all the material conditions of happiness, i.e., health, sufficient income and clout, but who nevertheless, are profoundly unhappy. In such cases it would seem as if the fault must lie with a wrong theory as to how to live. We imagine ourselves more different from the animals than we are. Animals live on impulse and are happy as long as external conditions are favourable. Your needs are more complex than those of your pets but they still have their basis in instinct. In civilised societies, this is too apt to be forgotten. People propose to themselves some paramount objective and restrain all impulses that do not minister to it. A businessman may be so anxious to grow rich that to this end be sacrifices health and private affection, When at last he has become rich, no pleasure remains to him except harrying other people by exhortations to initiate his noble example.
What does the phrase"do not minister to it" mean?

Options

A. Do not support it
B. Do not oppose it
C. Are ignorant about it
D. Are careless about it

Answer

A

Explanation

The phrase "do not minister to it" means do not support it. which is option (a). The writer gives the clue regarding it when he says that people prose to themselves some paramount or important objective and restrain or stop all impulses that do not minister or support to it.