UPSC CSAT : Reading Comprehension Home Exercise – 01, PASSAGE B

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Friday, 20 February 2015

Reading Comprehension Home Exercise – 01, PASSAGE B

PASSAGE B
 
9.       According to the passage, which of the following is true
1.       There is a relationship the availability of credit and the prevalence of child labour
2.       The impact of credit on child labour is most evident in developed financial markets
3.       Suggestions for reducing child labour include school subsidies and withdrawal of trade sanctions
4.       There is  a significant variation in the effect of income volatility among the low credit group and high credit group countries

                 A.      a, b, c
                 B.      b, c, d
                 C.      a, c, d
                 D.      a, b, d

10.       LIO defines “working “ as
                A.      Working for wages/ salary
                B.      Only full- time work
               C.      Both (a) and (b) are wrong
               D.      Both (a)  and (b) are correct

11.       Which of the following statements are correct?
              A.      Development of financial markets is related to child labour
               B.      Poor countries have less developed financial markets
               C.      Policy makers are interested in studying the impact of financial markets on child labour
                D.      All the above

Answers and Explanations

9.       C   In the passage, statements 1 and 4 are clearly mentioned in the seventh paragraph of the passage. The opposite of what is stated in statement 2 is mentioned, statement 3 finds no mention.

10.       C    ILO defines work as working for wages, salary part time, full time and also unpaid work. Statements (a) and (b) are wrong.

11.       A    In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the author has mentioned that there is a link between incidence of child labour and financial development. Statements in choices B is not explicitly mentioned anywhere in the passage and choice C cannot be concluded from information available in the passage.

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