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Directions: The last sentence in the following passage has been deleted. Select the sentence, out of the available options, that best suits the end of the passage

Readers are familiar with the concept of jobless growth. But India is now demonstrating a less familiar phenomenon, which, for want of a better phrase, can be called industry-less growth. This was unsurprising last year, when the global recession forced down industrial growth everywhere, including India. Industry typically grows more slowly, or falls faster, than GDP in a business downswing. But in 2002 the world has swung up out of the recession, notwithstanding some fears of a second downward dip in coming months. Many of our Asian neighbours have recorded big jumps in industrial growth, with Singapore leading the pack at 18.9 per cent. But in India Industrial growth continues to lag behind GDP growth even in a global recovery.

  1. India is lagging behind many Asian countries in terms of industrial growth.

  2. India goes through the unusual phenomena of slow industrial growth in a phase of recovery.

  3. Indian industry grows slowly even as GDP grows quickly.

  4. Industry less growth is a new phenomenon that is characterizing an increasing number of economies.

  5. It is a sad story of India's growth trajectory.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The preceding line mentions that Indian industry is growing surprisingly slowly even as the world is going through a phase of recovery. Option (2) is cogent both with the opening lines as well as the concluding lines of the passage. 

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