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Question 21. Read the passage and answer the following questions:The Noon Meal Scheme(NMS) in Tamil Nadu has grown to gigantic proportion today covering students from pre-school to school children up to 15 years of age. Recent studies have seen positive impact in the nutritional status of the children due to the NMS. Sample surveys in the high literacy districts have concluded that NMS has a definite impact on school attendance and dropout rate.On the employment front, the NMS is claimed as the single largest employment programme for the rural areas with more than 1.6 lakh of people, mostly women, employed as organisers, cooks and helpers.The NMS is applicable to all the children in Tamil Nadu up to age of 15 years.
  1.    If the inference is definitely true
  2.    If the inference is probably true
  3.    If the data are inadequate
  4.    If the inference is probably false
  5.    If the inference is definitely false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> If the inference is definitely true


From the first line of the passage it can be inferred.


Question 22. The NMS is run by only women and children.
  1.    If the inference is definitely true
  2.    If the inference is probably true
  3.    If the data are inadequate
  4.    If the inference is probably false
  5.    If the inference is definitely false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option E. -> If the inference is definitely false


From the last line of the passage it can be derived. The term mostly used in that line confirms this.


Question 23. The food items supplied under NMS are very cost effective.
  1.    If the inference is definitely true
  2.    If the inference is probably true
  3.    If the data are inadequate
  4.    If the inference is probably false
  5.    If the inference is definitely false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> If the data are inadequate


The cost of these food items is now here mentioned in the passage.


Question 24. The NMS is also being run in big cities and towns of Tamil Nadu.
  1.    If the inference is definitely true
  2.    If the inference is probably true
  3.    If the data are inadequate
  4.    If the inference is probably false
  5.    If the inference is definitely false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> If the data are inadequate


Since the passage talks of employment being provided by NMS in rural areas, we know that NMS is being run in villages. But the passage says nothing about towns.


Question 25. In the high literacy districts of Tamil Nadu, school attendance seems to have improved after introduction of NMS.
  1.    If the inference is definitely true
  2.    If the inference is probably true
  3.    If the data are inadequate
  4.    If the inference is probably false
  5.    If the inference is definitely false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> If the inference is definitely true


From the last line of the first para it can be inferred.


Question 26. The number of disabled persons in developing countries is going to increase at an alarming rate.
  1.    If the inference is definitely true
  2.    If the inference is probably true
  3.    If the data are inadequate
  4.    If the inference is probably false
  5.    If the inference is definitely false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> If the inference is definitely true


47% increase must be an alarming rate!


Question 27. Read the passage and answer the following questions:India suffers from five major problems in dealing with the disabled persons who account for 10% of the country's total population.One may not be aware that one in every six persons in the world is an individual with disability, that more severely disabled people live in developing countries, that daily 2300 persons are added to the global population of persons with disabilities due to trauma and injury; and that between 1992 and 2025 the number of persons with disabilities in the world is expected to double. It is predicted that developed nations will record a 14% decrease while developing countries will show 47% increase by the end of 2025 A.D.India has developed perspective plan to reduce by 10% the number of cases of disabled persons.
  1.    If the inference is definitely true
  2.    If the inference is probably true
  3.    If the data are inadequate
  4.    If the inference is probably false
  5.    If the inference is definitely false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> If the data are inadequate


The passage simply depicts the disability scenario. Remedy plans are not suggested.


Question 28. Developed countries seem to be taking good preventive measures to control its number of disabled persons.
  1.    If the inference is definitely true
  2.    If the inference is probably true
  3.    If the data are inadequate
  4.    If the inference is probably false
  5.    If the inference is definitely false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> If the inference is definitely true


That is why the projected rate of decrease.


Question 29. The number of cases of disabilities because of trauma and injury is quite negligible.
  1.    If the inference is definitely true
  2.    If the inference is probably true
  3.    If the data are inadequate
  4.    If the inference is probably false
  5.    If the inference is definitely false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> If the inference is probably false


We are not aware of absolute number of the total persons disabled. Yet, one assumes, an addition of 2300 persons a day from this particular group should not be negligible.


Question 30. By the end of 2025 the developed nations may not have even one percent of its population suffering from disabilities.
  1.    If the inference is definitely true
  2.    If the inference is probably true
  3.    If the data are inadequate
  4.    If the inference is probably false
  5.    If the inference is definitely false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> If the data are inadequate


We don't know what percentage of the population of developed countries in 1992 was disabled.


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