Ten jawans and a civilian driver, who were returning in a van following an…
2023
Ten jawans and a civilian driver, who were returning in a van following an anti-Maoist operation were killed in a blast caused by an improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on April 26. The IED was planted beneath a metalled road. The impact was so forceful that it created a huge crater on the road.
Though this attack, which according to the State Police had been carried out by the proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoists), is under investigation, the larger issues of the use of IEDs and of tackling such devices must be seriously addressed at different levels—the government, industries, the Maoists, and the security forces—despite the government's claim that the base of the Maoists has shrunk and violence has decreased.
IEDs are among the most potent tools deployed by the Maoists. Even a small formation of the Maoists can cause huge damage to the security forces by using an IED. Therefore, the recent theft of about 7,000 detonators by suspected Maoists from West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, is alarming.
The technical equipment used by the security forces to detect IEDs has its limitations. If the quantity of metal in the IED is low or the IED is planted deep under the road, mine detectors may fail to find it. Though hundreds of IEDs are detected and defused every year, the search party could always miss a few due to technical reasons. Ground-penetrating radar, which can detect recent disturbances in the soil subsurface, has also not proved successful.
Since the base of Maoists has shrunk and violence has decreased, the issue of IEDs and tackling such devices by the government should be
Answer: B. Addressed — ConceptIn reading comprehension, complete a sentence by matching the author’s explicit stance rather than importing outside assumptions. Modal wording such as…
- A.
Ignored
- B.
Addressed
- C.
Disregarded
- D.
Overlooked
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Correct answer: B
Concept
In reading comprehension, complete a sentence by matching the author’s explicit stance rather than importing outside assumptions.
Modal wording such as “must be seriously addressed” signals the action that the author recommends.
Application
Identify the issue named in the unfinished sentence: the use of IEDs and the government’s response to such devices.
Locate the passage’s explicit recommendation: these larger issues “must be seriously addressed” at different levels.
Match the recommendation to the offered values. “Addressed” preserves the author’s stated need for serious attention and action.
Contrast
“Ignored” means receiving no attention or action, which reverses the passage’s recommendation.
“Disregarded” means being deliberately treated as unimportant, which conflicts with the call for serious attention.
“Overlooked” means being missed or not noticed, whereas the passage explicitly brings the issue into focus.
Cross-check
The author says that the claimed decline in Maoist violence does not remove the need to act. Therefore, the sentence is completed by the value “Addressed”.