CBSE Class 11 English Question Paper Set 16 Solved

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SECTION-A( READING)

Read the passage given below and answer the questions given below.

India’s economy is doing well and we have the right to celebrate it. But what we do not like to acknowledge, let alone address, is another fact: our economy and society, is still extremely biased against women. Perhaps paying attention to such inconvenient truths would distract us as we march towards superpower status. In the latest gender gap index report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF), India keeps company with the worst in the world. Among the 28 countries that have been evaluated by the WEF, India is ranked 114 , followed among others by Yemen, Chad, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Even China, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Botswana fare much better than us.

The survey contains the proportions of resources and opportunities made available to women on educational, economic, political and health fronts. It is only in the realm of political empowerment that we seem to have done somewhat OK, ranking 21st. That’s also thanks to a long spell of prime ministership by Indira Gandhi. It raises the question why women are badly off in our country if they are politically empowered.

To begin with, we are still largely a feudal and patriarchal society. In many parts of our country, especially in UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab – women are often treated as if they are a piece of property. In these parts, the sex ratio is most skewed because families often snuff out the lives of girl children before, or immediately after, they are born, In many parts of India, women are viewd as an economic liability despite contributing in several ways to our society and economy.

The state has not covered itself with glory either in bridging the gender divide Its policies and projects for women are woefully inadequate. For instance, the literacy rate for females is a mere 48 per cent against 73 per cent for males. Unless we put more of our girl children in school and equip them with quality education – as opposed to making them merely literate – we can forget about sustainable progress. Public health is another area of failure.

Hundreds of women in rural area die every year during childbirth for want of medical attention. There are thousands more who do not even have access to a primary health centre. Importantly, reforming property laws more rigorously so that gender parity becomes a reality must rank among the government’s top priorities. While these changes are necessary, they will amount to nothing if we, as a society continue to deny our women the dignity, liberty and opportunities that are rightfully theirs. No society will ever prosper as a whole as long as half of it is constantly treated as somehow less than the other half.

Choose the correct option

1) India’s rank in the realm of political development is 21st due to

(a) The resources and opportunities available to women

(b) Long spell of prime ministership by Indira Gandhi

(c) India is a patriarchal society

(d) Women contribute in several ways to our society and economy.

2) The sex ratio is most skewed in the following states of India

(a) West Bengal, Odisha, Assam

(b) Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

(c) U.P., Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab

(d) Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, U.P.

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