Question
Download Solution PDFRead the following passage and answer the item that follows. Your answer to this item should be based on the passages only.
In India, over the last decade or so, labour has been departing agriculture, but is only going to construction and unregistered manufacturing which are not markedly better jobs. Services, where labour tends to be most productive, are not generating the additional jobs the country needs. India will need 24 million or so jobs over the next decade. The new sector, e-commerce, can at best close only half the jobs gap. Only those sectors that drive domestic demand such as health and education can comfortably fill the other half.
Which one of the following is best implied in the passage?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Increased social sector spending is imperative for large-scale job creation.
Key Points
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Note: Implied - a conclusion that is not explicitly stated.
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Option 4 is the correct answer, as stated in the last sentence, the health and education sector can fulfill the other half of the job requirement.
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Health and education sectors come under the social sector and large-scale investment in this sector can create many jobs.
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Option 1 talks about the reduced movement of migration however nothing has been mentioned in the passage about the same.
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Again in option 2, the passage doesn't talk anything about improvement in working conditions and unregistered manufacturing.
- Option 3 doesn't make any sense, as service sectors are not generating additional jobs that the country needs.
Hence, the correct answer is Increased social sector spending is imperative for large-scale job creation.
Important Points
- know the difference between the following words:
Implication | The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated. |
Inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. |
Assumption | A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof |
Message | An underlying theme or idea |
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