2025 · Q6
In the above passage there are four blanks numbered (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv). Select the option from those given below in which the most appropriate term has been used for each of the blanks respectively:
General EnglishReading comprehension
- A(i) immigrants; (ii) migration; (iii) emigrants; (iv) immigration
- B(i) emigrants; (ii) migrants; (iii) immigration; (iv) migration
- C(i) immigrants; (ii) emigrants; (iii) immigration; (iv) migrants
- D(i) emigrants; (ii) migrants; (iii) migration; (iv) emigration
Explanation
The passage says at least 20 million Africans live outside the continent, so (i) is 'emigrants' (people who left). Europe accounts for half of African 'migrants' outside Africa, so (ii) is the general term 'migrants'. The West's backlash is against incoming people, i.e. 'immigration' (iii), while African 'migration' as a whole is the unstoppable force (iv). Only option B gives emigrants-migrants-immigration-migration in that order.