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Exam Paper - अंग्रेजी भाषा (English Language) "held on: 27-11-2011" (South Zone
1st Sitting)
Directions (51-65): Read the following passage to answer the given
questions based on it. Some words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate
them while answering some of the questions.
Though the U.S. prides itself on being a leader in the world
community a recent report shows that it lags far behind other industrialised
countries in meeting the needs of its youngest and most vulnerable citizens. The
U.S. has a higher infant mortality rate a higher proportion of low birth weight
babies, a smaller proportion of babies immunized against childhood diseases and
a much higher rate of adolescent pregnancies. These findings described as a
“quiet crisis” requiring immediate and far-reaching action appeared in a report
prepared by a task force of educators. Doctors, politicians and business people.
According to the report, a fourth of the nation’s 12 million infants and
toddlers live in poverty. As many as half confront risk factors that could harm
their ability to develop intellectually physically and socially. Child
immolations are too low more children are born into poverty more are in
substandard care while their parents work and more are being raised by single
parents. When taken together these and other risk factors can lead to
educational and health problems that are much harder and more costly to reverse.
The crisis begins in the womb with unplanned parenthood.
Women with unplanned pregnancies are less likely to seek pre-natal care. In the
U.S. 80% of teenage pregnancies and 56% of all pregnancies are unplanned. The
problems continue after birth where unplanned pregnancies and unstable
partnerships often go hand in hand since 1950, the number of single parent
families has nearly tripled. More than 25 per cent of all births today are to
unmarried mothers. As the number of single parent families grows and more women
enter the work force infants and toddlers are increasingly in the care of people
other than their parents.
Most disturbingly recent statistics show that American
parents are increasingly neglecting or abusing their children. In only four
years from 1987-1991 the number of children in foster care increased by over 50
per cent. Babies under the age of one are the fastest growing category of
children entering foster care. This crisis affects children under the age of
three most severely the report says. Yet it is this period-from Infancy through
preschool years-that sets the stage for a child’s future.
51. The main focus of the passage is on the plight of
(1) orphaned children
(2) teenage mothers
(3) low birth weight babies
(4) unwed mother
(5) None of these
52. Children failing in which age group are most severely
affected by the ‘quiet crisis’?
(1) Below 1 year
(2) Below 3 year
(3) Below 3 years
(4) Between 2 and 3 years
(5) None of these
53. Which of the following does not constitute the ‘quiet
crisis’ in the U.S. as per the task force report?
(1) Lower proportion of new born babies with normal weight
(2) Higher incidence of adolescent girls becoming mothers
(3) Lower rate of babies surviving childhood diseases
(4) Larger proportion of babies who are deprived of immunization
(5) Increasing cases of teenage couples getting divorced
54. Which of the following statements is not true in the
context of the passage?
(1) The number of single-parent families today is
approximately three times that four decades ago.
(2) The number of children in the U.S. entering foster care has decreased after
1991.
(3) In the U.S. the number of infants living in poverty is about 3 million.
(4) Only 20 per cent of all the pregnancies in the U.S. are planned.
(5) About 6 million infants in the U.S. are likely to develop educational and
health problems.
55. The number of children born to married mothers in the
U.S. is approximately how many times the number of children born to unwed
mothers?
(1) 1.5 times
(2) 2 times
(3) 3 times
(4) 3.5 times
(5) Not mentioned in the passage
56. Children born out of unplanned pregnancies are highly
vulnerable because
(1) they are raised by single parents.
(2) their parents are mostly poor.
(3) they are mostly malnourished.
(4) they are less likely to receive prenatal care.
(5) their parents are emotionally immature.
57. Decide which of the following factors is/ are
responsible for the physical, intellectual and social under-development of
infants in the U.S.?
A. Illiteracy of parents
B. Lack of parental care
C. Poverty
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Only C
(4) Both A and C
(5) Both Band C
58. An increasing number of infants in the U.S. are in
foster care on account of
(1) an increasing number of single parent families with the
female member working
(2) an increasing number of women maintaining the status of unwed motherhood and
becoming economically independent
(3) an increasing number of employed couples who are required to stay apart
(4) an increasing number of women getting divorced and abandoning their babies
(5) an increasing number of parents who lack awareness about baby-care
