Comprehension: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
Thhe 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. Thhere are about 31
new babies every minute or 45,000 new people daily. T hus, every year there are about 16
million more people to feed, cloth, educate and give employment. Thhis 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. Thhe same rose to 3.6 percent in 2012 and climbed to 3.7 percent last year.
Choose the word that has the most nearly the same meaning as the word given.
Alleviation
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Correct answer: (A) Eradicate
Explanation
Alleviation means reducing or removing a problem; of the options, "eradicate" (remove completely) is closest in meaning.