Multiple choice

Directions: For the following question, select the option that best replaces the parenthesis in the given paragraph.

For too long now has international aid served as a crutch, rather than a cure for the developing economies of the world. As nations of the Third World limped from economic crisis to crisis in the past, (.) Usually well-intentioned, sometimes malafide, flows of aid have seldom paved the ways for strong and sustained economic growth

  1. they have only found themselves sinking deeper into the morass

  2. they kept learning from their mistakes

  3. they have indeed seen a bright past

  4. their role in the international politics has been increasingly becoming stronger

  5. they have realized the futility of foreign aid
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A Correct answer
Explanation

'Limped from economic crisis to crisis' easily helps us identify the idea given in option (1) with the passage. Therefore, correct answer for this question is option (1). 

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