Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. The two main…
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Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. The two main reasons of this chronic and unmanageable problem is rapidly ever increasing population and defective education system. Such a huge population, India finds it difficult to make any significant success in the areas of employment, alleviation of poverty and backwardness. Every sixth person in the world is an Indian. In other words, we are adding an Australia to our population every year or to Japan every ten years. There are about 31 new babies every minute or 45,000 new people daily. Thus, every year there are about 16 million more people to feed, cloth, educate and give employment. This prevailing trend of population growth is quite disturbing. Unemployment rate in India is showing an increasing trend since 2011 when it was 3.5 percent. The same rose to 3.6 percent in 2012 and climbed to 3.7 percent last year.
Q. Choose the word that has the most nearly the same meaning as the word given.
Alleviation
- A.
Eradicate
- B.
Indigenous
- C.
Intensify
- D.
Impressive
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Correct answer: A
The word 'alleviation' refers to the act of making something less severe, painful, or burdensome.
In the context of the passage, it discusses alleviating poverty, which means reducing its severity or providing relief.
Among the given options, 'Eradicate' is the closest in meaning as it implies removing or eliminating a problem entirely.
While 'alleviation' suggests reduction and 'eradicate' implies complete removal, they are the only options related to solving a problem.
The other options are incorrect: 'Indigenous' refers to something native, 'Intensify' means to make stronger (the opposite of alleviation), and 'Impressive' describes something admirable.
Therefore, Eradicate is the most appropriate choice among the provided alternatives.