DIRECTIONS for questions 1 -5: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which one sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
Increasingly, India’s elderly feel vulnerable, lonely or abandoned. They may have lost a spouse or had children move overseas, or in cases of abuse, been turned out of homes they helped create. The children now find themselves sandwiched between looking after their own family and caring for old parents._______________.What they are short of is time and attention and the elderly have taken notice.
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 -5: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which one sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
Increasingly, India’s elderly feel vulnerable, lonely or abandoned. They may have lost a spouse or had children move overseas, or in cases of abuse, been turned out of homes they helped create. The children now find themselves sandwiched between looking after their own family and caring for old parents._______________.What they are short of is time and attention and the elderly have taken notice.
The correct option is B Urban professionals may have more money to buy their parents better healthcare.
Option (b)
The expression ‘what they are short of’ gives us a clue that the blank should state what the ‘children’ have in excess. Therefore, if we select [c] as the correct answer, it will express a logically incorrect idea. The sentence preceding the blank states that the ‘children’ find it very difficult to take care of their old parents while simultaneously managing their own families. So [a] is redundant in the context. [e] is not correct because the passage does not mention anything about the upbringing of the professionals; rather it is their current situation that is being discussed. Between [b] and [d], only [b] appropriately brings out the contradiction.
Option (b)
The expression ‘what they are short of’ gives us a clue that the blank should state what the ‘children’ have in excess. Therefore, if we select [c] as the correct answer, it will express a logically incorrect idea. The sentence preceding the blank states that the ‘children’ find it very difficult to take care of their old parents while simultaneously managing their own families. So [a] is redundant in the context. [e] is not correct because the passage does not mention anything about the upbringing of the professionals; rather it is their current situation that is being discussed. Between [b] and [d], only [b] appropriately brings out the contradiction.
