Question

Read the passage given below.

(1) Education opens up new opportunities to access new information and technology that enables an individual to make the right decisions in both personal and professional life. It allows children to understand policies, rights, laws from the young age which will be helpful in the future. As 65% of the population of India is situated in rural areas, emphasizing on rural education will help boost the overall economy. Furthermore, it will also help in reducing migration of people from rural areas to cites of employment and create new opportunities. (2) And to further increase the literacy and growth rate, the government of India has launched many initiatives and the goal is to increase the enrolment rate and also to encourage the already enrolled students to attend regularly. Year Rural Literacy (as a % of total rural population) 2003 60 2004 61 2006 64 2007 65 2011 69 2014 71 (3) Comparison of total number of schools in India and rural India (million) Year Number of Schools in Rural India Total Number of Schools in India 2016-17 1.30 1.54 2017-18 1.31 1.56 2018-19 1.30 1.55 2019-20 1.26 1.51

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the given questions.

1. Fill in the blank by selecting the appropriate option.
   It is important for education to reach rural areas as it will give an ______ to the Indian economy.
   
   1. understanding
   2. impetus
   3. caution
   4. alleviation
2. ‘With education, the rural population can apply new knowledge and implement better technology and practices into their businesses.’ Considering this statement and according to the data in chart 1 in which year from 2003-2014, Ramnarayan who is a native of a village in Uttar Pradesh, would face the maximum challenge in digitalizing his start-up.
3. State TRUE or FALSE.
   How many job opportunities were created in rural areas between 2003-2014?
   
4. Complete the sentence appropriately.
   The above chart 2 shows the data on schools in rural parts of India. As per this, not less than ______ percentage of the total schools are located in rural India.
   
5. State a point in support for the given opinion:
   A substantial budget should be allocated to rural literacy in India.
   

Answer 1

1. It is important for education to reach rural areas as it will give an impetus to the Indian economy.
2. 2003 (lowest literacy rate)
3. This statement is True.
4. The above chart 2 shows the data on schools in rural parts of India. As per this, not less than 83 percentage of the total schools are located in rural India.
5. Rural education will help boost the overall economy. Furthermore, it will also help in reducing migration of people from rural areas to cites of employment and create new opportunities.