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In order to identify potential for intellectual and educational progress, the literacy rate of a country covers the level of education and skills acquired by a country's inhabitants. Literacy is an important indicator of a country's economic progress and the standard of living - it shows how many people have access to education. However, the standards to measure literacy cannot be universally applied. Measures to identify and define illiterate and literate inhabitants vary from country to country: In some, illiteracy is equated with no schooling at all.

Globally speaking, more men are able to read and write than women, and this disparity is also reflected in the literacy rate in India - with scarcity of schools and education in rural areas being one factor, and poverty another. Especially in rural areas, women and girls are often not given proper access to formal education, and even if they are, many drop out. Today, India is already being surpassed in this area by other emerging economies, like Brazil, China, and even by most other countries in the Asia - Pacific region. To catch up, India now has to offer more educational programs to its rural population, not only on how to read and write, but also on traditional gender roles.

Literacy primarily shows:

(1) Writing ability and fluency

(2) Number of people with high standards

(3) Number of people with access to education

(4) Skill in Numeracy and Math

✅ Correct Option: 3

The passage explicitly states that literacy shows how many people have access to education. It is an indicator of economic progress and standard of living. Hence, literacy primarily shows the number of people with access to education.

Question 7

The introductory paragraph of the passage deals with:

(1) India and it's education policy

(2) American dream

(3) Global literacy

(4) School education for women in Kerala

Question 9

According to the passage which one of the following statements is correct:

(1) More men are able to read and write than women

(2) More men are able to read but women write better

(3) More women are able to read and write than men

(4) More men are able to write but are not able to read

Question 10

According to the passage which one of the following statements is correct:

(1) Increase in population will lead to better education system

(2) India's literacy rate is better than that of Brazil

(3) Better school and institution are not important for the progress of any nation

(4) Better access to formal education will prevent girl students from dropping out

Question 11

By economic progress the narrator means:

(1) Big school, college and university only

(2) A smart banking system only

(3) Prosperous, healthy, educated and an ethical society that is inclusive, fair and progressive

(4) Few traders and business houses grow big

Question 12

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I	List - II
(A) Literacy rate measures	(I) education and skills of the citizens
(B) Standards to measure literacy rate	(II) vary from country to country
(C) Illiteracy in many countries	(III) is equated with no schooling
(D) To catch up with progressive world	(IV) India has to develop more educational programs for her rural population

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)

(2) (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)

(3) (A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

(4) (A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)

Literacy primarily shows: (1) Writing ability and fluency (2) Number of people with high standards (3) Number of people with access to education (4) Skill in Numeracy and Math

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Literacy primarily shows:

(1) Writing ability and fluency

(2) Number of people with high standards

(3) Number of people with access to education

(4) Skill in Numeracy and Math