Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each statement should…
2023
Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each statement should be placed in the blank space provided so as to make meaningful and grammatically correct sentence? Most of the schools in rural areas are run by the government. They appoint ad hoc teachers, instead of permanent ones, who are poorly paid as compared to the huge remuneration of a full-time Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT). Moreover, promising career prospects, which is quite a motivation booster, is almost nil for the non-permanent teachers.________
- A.
This often leads to students being absent in schools for no proper reason.
- B.
This leads to poor faculties in these schools and lack of proper infrastructure aggravates the problem.
- C.
Thus the teachers who go to teach in these colleges should be altruistic and not pragmatic.
- D.
This leads to dissatisfaction, eventually resulting in a dearth of teachers because they move away to more permanent jobs.
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Correct answer: D
Concept: In a sentence/paragraph-completion question, the correct continuation must stay with the same subject and extend the same logical relationship (here, cause and effect) already established by the passage — it must not switch the subject, introduce an unrelated idea, or turn a stated fact into a value judgement.
Application: The passage builds a cause-effect chain about non-permanent teachers in rural government schools: they are paid poorly compared to a full-time TGT, and their career prospects are almost nil. The blank must state the logical effect of these two causes on the teachers themselves. 'This leads to dissatisfaction, eventually resulting in a dearth of teachers because they move away to more permanent jobs' directly completes this chain: poor pay plus no prospects leads to dissatisfaction, which leads to teachers leaving, which leads to a shortage of teachers. It is the only option that keeps the same subject (the ad hoc teachers) and the same causal thread (pay and prospects) that the passage has already set up.
Why the other options don't fit:
Shifting to student absenteeism as the effect changes the subject from teachers to students, something the passage never links to teacher pay or prospects.
Making poor infrastructure and faculty quality the effect introduces a topic — school infrastructure — that the passage never raises; its chain is about pay and career prospects, not buildings or facilities.
Switching 'schools' to 'colleges' contradicts the passage's own setting, and prescribing that teachers 'should be altruistic' turns a factual consequence into a moral opinion rather than describing what actually happens.
The continuation that keeps the same subject and completes the cause-effect chain of poor pay and no career growth is the one that logically finishes the passage.