• English Language - Reading Comprehension
Question

According to the author, the crux is

  • A) women have lower status everywhere as compared to men.
  • B) improvement of sanitation and slum conditions.
  • C) that in India, the per capita income and education level of women is very low.
  • D) low status of women has a horrifying result on child malnutrition.
  • E) None of these
Solution

Ans. (d)

Refer the last sentence of the second paragraph “The study concludes that the lowly position of women in the family is the single most important reason for the gap in children’s nutrition between South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, followed by sanitation (lack of latrines) and urbanisation (slum living).”

Ans. (d)

Refer the last sentence of the second paragraph “The study concludes that the lowly position of women in the family is the single most important reason for the gap in children’s nutrition between South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, followed by sanitation (lack of latrines) and urbanisation (slum living).”
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