I'm having difficulties understanding why, in a reading test, one answer is
marked as correct instead of another.

The full text can be found [here](http://japanesetest4you.com/japanese-
language-proficiency-test-jlpt-n1-reading-exercise-01/#more-1549). In this
post I will only paste the sections relevant to the answers, and the answers
to choose from.

> 日本人に個性がないということはよく言われていることだけれど、今世界的に、1
> 週間、或いは年間にどれだけ働くか、ということについて、常識的な申し合わせが行われていることには、私はいつも **違和感を覚えている** 。
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> 人間が週に何時間働くべきか、ということにも、ひとりひとりの適切な時間があると思う。労働時間を一律に決めなければならない、とするのは専門職ではない、未熟練労働に対する基準としてのみ有効である。未熟練労働者の場合は、時間あたりの労働賃金をできるだけ高くし、それによって労働時間を短縮しようとして当然である。

The question and answers to choose from are below:

> **違和感を覚えている** のはなぜか。

  1. 世界的に労働時間が決められているから。
  2. 適切な労働時間は人によって異なるから。
  3. 日本人は時間にきびしいから。
  4. 日本人は働きすぎるから。

Answers 3 and 4 are plain wrong so nothing to discuss there. At a first
reading I was quite sure the answer would be 1. However, number 2 is what
given as correct.

My question is, why is that? Or equivalently why is number 1 wrong?

I certainly understand why number 2 is true as a statement itself, but I
thought that number 1. indicates more precisely what the 違和感 refers to.

This because it quite clearly says: [...] **ことには** [...]違和感を覚えている, and that
ことには, which is what the "uncomfortable feeling" generates from, refers what
came just before, that is, to the fact that in the world nowadays there it is
common to believe that there should be a right/fixed amount of working hours
(very loosely translated here). Which is just answer 1, isn't it?

Maybe I'm missing something trivial here, I would appreciate some help. Thanks
as usual.
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About the correct answer to a reading test
The ことには refers to **what** situation he feels uncomfortable.  
The question is なぜ. So you have to say **why** he feels that way.

The reason **why** is explained after the statement in the following
paragraph.

Simply put,

> In a world where the amount of required time to work is fixed, I have always
> felt uncomfortable... The fact is that the optimal amount of time to work
> varies from one person to another...

If the question is

> Why does he feel uncomfortable?

The answer would be 適切な労働時間は人によって異なるから。
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