Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage, the opening statement has been deleted. Which of the statements given below the passage, should precede the passage?

And the proponents of market reforms have no plans for those who do not have the resources and income to buy even two meals a day. The signals are clear that those who cannot pay for their food have no right to survive. These poorer sections of society are reduced to mere victims, beneficiaries, clients and recipients. In this dichotomous relationship, the state is seen as the ‘dole giver’ and the people the ‘dole receiver’. It must be recognized that irrespective of market–governed politics, people remain bound to survival, livelihood and identity issues.

  1. The governments have ceased to govern.

  2. When the market is allowed to govern, the government becomes powerless to effect any radical changes.

  3. Elections have failed to make democracy distributive and justice oriented.

  4. The passage is about market reforms and absence of plans for the poorest of the poor.

  5. A patron-client relationship defines modern governments and the masses.
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Explanation

The passage is about market reforms and begins with “and’'. So the preceding line should have an idea, which is continued in the first sentence. The best fit is (2). 

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