Primary education in Bihar is in a poor shape. Pupils in over 50 percent of the schools read in the open throughout the year. Over six million children born to lower income group parents remain Unlettered. Not even one percent of the 63,000 primary schools have facilities of furniture, toilet, drinking water and games. 3113 new teachers have been appointed in the current financial year out of which 2747 are women. Now each of the 13,270 primary schools have at least two teachers.
630 primary schools in Bihar have all the facilities like furniture, toilet, drinking water, games.
Answer: D
According to the passage less than 1 percent of 63,000 primary schools have all the facilities. Thus, less than 630 primary schools have the facilities.
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A large number of primary schools in Bihar are one teacher schools.
Answer: D
It is mentioned in the passage that each of the 13,270 primary schools have atleast two teachers.
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There are six million parents belonging to lower income groups in Bihar.
Answer: A
According to the passage, about six million children are born to lower income group parents. This clearly implies the given fact.
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In Bihar, 90 percent of the primary teachers are women.
Answer: C
The given fact is neither mentioned in nor can be derived from the given passage.
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In Bihar, 50 percent of the children are illiterate.
Answer: C
The given fact is neither mentioned in nor can be derived from the given passage.
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Classrooms of most of the primary schools in Bihar are inadequate.
Answer: B
It is given in the passage that pupils in more than 50 percent of the schools read in the open. Perhaps this is because the classes provided are inadequate.
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Economic liberalization and globalization have put pressures on Indian industry, particularly on the service sector, to offer quality products and services at low costs and with high speed. Organizations have to compete with unequal partners from abroad. It is well recognized that developing countries like India are already behind other countries technologically, in many areas, although some of them, particularly India, boast of huge scientific and technical manpower. In addition to this, if an entrepreneur or industrialist has to spend a lot of his time, money and energy in dealing with unpredictable services and in negotiating with the local bureaucracy, it can have a significant dampening effect on business.
Indian service industry was more comfortable before economic liberalization.
Answer: B
It is mentioned in the passage that the entry of foreign companies as a result of economic liberalization has put pressure on Indian industry. Thus, the given fact seems quite probable.
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Foreign companies are more equipped than domestic companies to provide quality service in good time.
Answer: A
The fact clearly follows from the first two sentences of the passage.
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India at present is to some extent at par with the developed countries in terms of technological development.
Answer: D
It is mentioned in the passage that though India boasts of huge technical manpower,yet it lags behind other countries in technology. Thus, it is quite probable that India is in no way at par with the developed countries in terms of technological development.
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Official formalities are less cumbersome in almost all the countries except India.
Answer: C
The last sentence of the passage hints at cumbersome official formalities in India,but nothing can be deduced about its comparison toother countries.
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