Close test question 9

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Sometimes the grand ____________ of the Left and the Right do not seem to have any relationship with the lived experiences of ordinary Indians. For the past two decades, the Left has tried to expand social welfare programmes _________ the poor in the country by highlighting the growing ____________ between the rich and the poor. The Right, on the other hand, points to the growing ___________ of politically driven welfare policies and emphasises the need for economic growth to ___________ poverty and improve the lives of the poor.

Sometimes the grand ____________ of the Left and the Right
Options:
1) histories
2) plots
3) versions
4) narratives
Correct Answer: narratives
QID : 297 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Sometimes the grand ____________ of the Left and the Right do not seem to have any relationship with the lived experiences of ordinary Indians. For the past two decades, the Left has tried to expand social welfare programmes _________ the poor in the country by highlighting the growing ____________ between the rich and the poor. The Right, on the other hand, points to the growing ___________ of politically driven welfare policies and emphasises the need for economic growth to ___________ poverty and improve the lives of the poor.

Left has tried to expand social welfare programmes _________ the poor
Options:
1) for
2) which
3) that
4) of
Correct Answer: for
QID : 298 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Sometimes the grand ____________ of the Left and the Right do not seem to have any relationship with the lived experiences of ordinary Indians. For the past two decades, the Left has tried to expand social welfare programmes _________ the poor in the country by highlighting the growing ____________ between the rich and the poor. The Right, on the other hand, points to the growing ___________ of politically driven welfare policies and emphasises the need for economic growth to ___________ poverty and improve the lives of the poor.

the growing ____________ between the rich and the poor.
Options:
1) dissimilarities
2) discrepancies
3) disparities
4) disillusion
Correct Answer: disparities
QID : 299 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Sometimes the grand ____________ of the Left and the Right do not seem to have any relationship with the lived experiences of ordinary Indians. For the past two decades, the Left has tried to expand social welfare programmes _________ the poor in the country by highlighting the growing ____________ between the rich and the poor. The Right, on the other hand, points to the growing ___________ of politically driven welfare policies and emphasises the need for economic growth to ___________ poverty and improve the lives of the poor.

points to the growing ___________ of politically driven welfare policies
Options:
1) issue
2) matter
3) pain
4) burden
Correct Answer: burden
QID : 300 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Sometimes the grand ____________ of the Left and the Right do not seem to have any relationship with the lived experiences of ordinary Indians. For the past two decades, the Left has tried to expand social welfare programmes _________ the poor in the country by highlighting the growing ____________ between the rich and the poor. The Right, on the other hand, points to the growing ___________ of politically driven welfare policies and emphasises the need for economic growth to ___________ poverty and improve the lives of the poor.

need for economic growth to ___________ poverty and improve the lives of the poor.
Options:
1) agitate
2) alleviate
3) aggravate
4) depress
Correct Answer: alleviate