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1. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

India suffers from substantial poverty. In 2012, the Indian government stated 21.9% of its population is (21) its official poverty limit. The World Bank, in 2011 based on 2005's PPPs International Comparison Program, estimated 23.6% of Indian population, or about 276 million people, (22) below $1.25 per day on purchasing power parity. According to United Nation's Millennium Development Goal (MDG) programme 270 millions or 21.9% people out of 1.2 billion of Indians lived below poverty line of $1.25 in 2011-2012 as compare to 41.6% in 2004-05. Official figures estimate that 27.5% of Indians lived below the national poverty line in 2004-2005. A 2007 report by the state-run National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (NCEUS) (23) that 25% of Indians, or 236 million people, lived on (24) than 20 rupees per day with most working in "informal labor sector with no job or social security, living in abject poverty." Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India in 1971 election campaign gave the slogan "garibi hatao desh bachao" but it helped little to the cause of poverty (25) in India. It was part of the 5th Five-Year Plan.in 2016 according to the latest poll. India is even behind Bangladesh in order to poverty rate.

2. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

India suffers from substantial poverty. In 2012, the Indian government stated 21.9% of its population is (21) its official poverty limit. The World Bank, in 2011 based on 2005's PPPs International Comparison Program, estimated 23.6% of Indian population, or about 276 million people, (22) below $1.25 per day on purchasing power parity. According to United Nation's Millennium Development Goal (MDG) programme 270 millions or 21.9% people out of 1.2 billion of Indians lived below poverty line of $1.25 in 2011-2012 as compare to 41.6% in 2004-05. Official figures estimate that 27.5% of Indians lived below the national poverty line in 2004-2005. A 2007 report by the state-run National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (NCEUS) (23) that 25% of Indians, or 236 million people, lived on (24) than 20 rupees per day with most working in "informal labor sector with no job or social security, living in abject poverty." Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India in 1971 election campaign gave the slogan "garibi hatao desh bachao" but it helped little to the cause of poverty (25) in India. It was part of the 5th Five-Year Plan.in 2016 according to the latest poll. India is even behind Bangladesh in order to poverty rate.

3. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

India suffers from substantial poverty. In 2012, the Indian government stated 21.9% of its population is (21) its official poverty limit. The World Bank, in 2011 based on 2005's PPPs International Comparison Program, estimated 23.6% of Indian population, or about 276 million people, (22) below $1.25 per day on purchasing power parity. According to United Nation's Millennium Development Goal (MDG) programme 270 millions or 21.9% people out of 1.2 billion of Indians lived below poverty line of $1.25 in 2011-2012 as compare to 41.6% in 2004-05. Official figures estimate that 27.5% of Indians lived below the national poverty line in 2004-2005. A 2007 report by the state-run National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (NCEUS) (23) that 25% of Indians, or 236 million people, lived on (24) than 20 rupees per day with most working in "informal labor sector with no job or social security, living in abject poverty." Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India in 1971 election campaign gave the slogan "garibi hatao desh bachao" but it helped little to the cause of poverty (25) in India. It was part of the 5th Five-Year Plan.in 2016 according to the latest poll. India is even behind Bangladesh in order to poverty rate.

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