In this section, you have short passages. After each passage, you will find some items based on the passage. Read the passage carefully and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based solely on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author.
Passage:
Poverty is a complex problem. It is far more than an economical condition. We measure it usually in terms of income but forget that poverty embraces a whole range of circumstances, including lack of access to information and to basic services like nutritional diet, health care and education. It results into a loss of cultural identity and destroys traditional knowledge. Poor people become marginalised and suffer from exploitation and loss of human dignity.
Which of the following sentences comes closest to the sentence ‘Poor people become marginalised’ ?
- AThey are not given any benefit of any government schemes
- BThey are ignored by the rich people
- CThey are the most ignored elements of the society
- DThey are the most disposed elements of the society
Explanation
'Marginalised' means pushed to the edge - neglected and ignored by society. Option C renders this exactly. A invents government schemes, B limits it to the rich ignoring them, and D ('disposed') suggests thrown away, which is stronger and less precise than the passage's sense. Hence option C is correct.