Multiple choice

Fill in the blank (vii) with the help of the given alternatives.

Directions: In the given question, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about.

Initially, the Grameen Bank did not …(i)… to get involved with the education of its borrowers. But as time went by, they began to feel the …(ii)… for it. Most of the borrowers had no formal education …(iii)… the ability to read and write. The borrowers had difficulty in expanding their business. They …(iv)… to be able to keep accounts, read …(v)… about business, health, new ways of farming etc. They …(vi)… their children to school and their children in turn helped their parents to keep accounts, read instructions and …(vii)… else needed to be read.
But this is not enough for the future. So the bank has set out to make sure that their borrowers …(viii)… a hundred per cent literacy rate with five years.

  1. above

  2. nothing

  3. anything

  4. whatever

  5. something
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Children helped parents read instructions and ___ else needed to be read. 'Whatever' is used in a relative clause to mean 'anything that' - 'whatever else needed to be read' means any additional things that required reading. 'Something' would change the meaning to one unspecified thing, 'anything' would require different structure, 'nothing' is opposite, and 'above' doesn't fit.

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