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A key arsenal in rural India’s pandemic fight
If you build a fortress to __1__ your defences against an enemy, what is of importance is the strength of its walls. The issue of space or comfort within the fortress is the last question one may dare to ask or even think about, apart from the minimum supplies required for SUSTENANCE. But what if the enemy is a virus?
With the ongoing war against (a)/COVID-19, it is the exact opposite which (b)/need equal (c)/if not greater attention (d)— the state of preparedness within the fortress. Yes. With the UBIQUITOUS 21-day national lockdown __2__ in the history of independent India, stronger and harsher than anywhere else in the world, the interiors within the boundaries need attention.
**Ground realities**
Interestingly, every village is in itself a fortress during these difficult times and every village needs attention within. With the influx of thousands of migrant labourers into their villages, there is a/an __3__ need to isolate them for at least 14 days. Unfortunately, the houses here, which are often one or two-room dwellings, with an average seven family members to accommodate, are some of the worst places where one can hope to contain the deadly disease. Along with the absence of running water within households, the possibility of common points in village arenas becoming hotspots for this deadly contagion becomes MANIFOLD.
Notwithstanding the fact that the entire (a)/State machinery is now involved in(b)/ near wartime efforts (c)/to contain the spread of this pandemic(d)/, only a few States have been able to organically involve their foundational governance structure — i.e. gram panchayats — very effectively and efficiently in this situation. In some southern States with pre-embedded conditions of self-governing and nearly autonomous panchayats, they are becoming the beacons of hope by proactively engaging with citizens at the village level. A case in example is the community kitchens run by local bodies in Kerala, where home delivery of cooked food is spiking as the situation demands.
**Reaching out effectively**
First, a model needs to be established, with concrete standard operating procedures and best practices that can be __4__ throughout rural India. Organisations such as Professional Assistance For Development Action (PRADAN) have been trying to influence gram panchayats and district administrations in many States ever since the pandemic. With sustained engagement, they have been able to __5__ with the administration to use the resources of panchayats, collaborate with self-help groups and to set isolation conditions within village premises (with beds, sanitisers, drinking water, cooked meals, etc.) in many interior blocks across the districts in central and eastern India. Involving panchayats — and by observing adequate safety measures — to establish isolation facilities across the length and breadth of the country is the need of the hour.
Direction (1-5) - Choose the correct word among the given options to fill the blanks 1,2,3,4 and 5.
Q.1
a) preserve
b)dominate
c)fight
d)enlarge
e)strengthen
Q.2
a) Regulated
b)incorporated
c)contained
d)unprecedented
e)delivered
Q.3
a) progressing
b) deliberating
c) controlled
d)imminent
e)engineered
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Q.4
a) integrating
b) isolating
c) praiseworthy
d) watched
e) replicated
Q.5
a) compel
b) do
c) procure
d) coordinate
e) declared
Q.6 The first sentence of the second paragraph of the passage has been divided into four parts.One of these parts contain an error .Choose that part as your answer.Mark 'no error' as your answer if there is no error in the sentence.
1)a
2)b
3)c
4)d
5) No error
Q.7 The first sentence of the fourth para of the passage has been divided into four parts.One of these parts contain an error .Choose that part as your answer.Mark 'no error' as your answer if there is no error in the sentence.
1)a
2)b
3)c
4)d
5) No error
Q.8 Choose the word which correctly
represents the word given below.
SUSTENANCE
a)farming
b)soothing
c)nourishment
d)noteworthy
e)supporting
Q.9 Choose the word which correctly
represents the word given below.
UBIQUITOUS
1)scarce
2)sparsed
3)omnipresent
4)unobservable
5) unoriginal
Q.10 Choose the word which correctly
represents the word given below.
1)unique
2)sparsed
3)diverse
4)contained
5) different
1. Stregthen(v1) - 'to make strong' , fits in the context appropriately.
Rest options can be easily eliminated based on their meanings.
Preserve - to maintain throughout, to keep intact.
Dominate - to enjoy a commanding position.
Enlarge - to make large.
Hence,strengthen is the only word among the given options that goes well with the context.
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2) Unprecedented (adj) - never seen before ,fits in the context appropriately.Rest options can be easily eliminated if you know their meanings.
Regulated - put in order
Incorporated - included as a part/member
3) Imminent(adj) - inevitable/immediate,fits in the context appropriately. Rest options can be eliminated if you know their meanings and parts of speech.
Progressing can be used either as a noun or as a verb ,so it can't be the answer as we need an adjective to make the given sentence grammatically correct.
Deliberating - intentional
Engineered - produced by engineering
Hence,imminent (adj) is the only word among the given options that goes well with the context.
4)To fill the blank ,we need a v3 (can +be +v3). Replicated- repeat with a consistent result,fits in the context appropriately. Rest options can be eliminated based on their meanings and parts of speech.
5) To fill the blank ,we need a v1 (to +v1). Coordinate- to synchronize/to match,fits in the context appropriately. Rest options can be eliminated based on their meanings and parts of speech.
Compel -to subdue,to overpower
Procure - to acquire
Hence,coordinate is the only word among the given options that fits in the context appropriately and grammatically.
6) Replace 'need' with 'needs' as subject is singular in the given sentence.
7) Replace 'notwithstand' with notwithstanding.
Notwithstanding (adv) - nevertheless, all the same.
10) Manifold - diverse ; various in kind and quality.
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The Hindu Article Of The Day
A key arsenal in rural India’s pandemic fight
With migrant labour back in their hometowns, gram panchayats can strengthen containment measures in the interiors
If you build a fortress to strengthen your defences against an enemy, what is of importance is the strength of its walls. The issue of space or comfort within the fortress is the last question one may dare to ask or even think about, apart from the minimum supplies required for SUSTENANCE. But what if the enemy is a virus?
With the ongoing war against COVID-19, it is the exact opposite which needs equal if not greater attention — the state of preparedness within the fortress. Yes. With the UBIQUITOUS 21-day national lockdown unprecedented in the history of independent India, stronger and harsher than anywhere else in the world, the interiors within the boundaries need attention.
Ground realities
Interestingly, every village is in itself a fortress during these difficult times and every village needs attention within. With the influx of thousands of migrant labourers into their villages, there is an imminent need to isolate them for at least 14 days. Unfortunately, the houses here, which are often one or two-room dwellings, with an average seven family members to accommodate, are some of the worst places where one can hope to contain the deadly disease. Along with the absence of running water within households, the possibility of common points in village arenas becoming hotspots for this deadly contagion becomes manifold.
Notwithstanding the fact that the entire State machinery is now involved in near wartime efforts to contain the spread of this pandemic, only a few States have been able to organically involve their foundational governance structure — i.e. gram panchayats — very effectively and efficiently in this situation. In some southern States with pre-embedded conditions of self-governing and nearly autonomous panchayats, they are becoming the beacons of hope by proactively engaging with citizens at the village level. A case in example is the community kitchens run by local bodies in Kerala, where home delivery of cooked food is spiking as the situation demands.
Reaching out effectively
First, a model needs to be established, with concrete standard operating procedures and best practices that can be replicated throughout rural India. Organisations such as Professional Assistance For Development Action (PRADAN) have been trying to influence gram panchayats and district administrations in many States ever since the pandemic. With sustained engagement, they have been able to coordinate with the administration to use the resources of panchayats, collaborate with self-help groups and to set isolation conditions within village premises (with beds, sanitisers, drinking water, cooked meals, etc.) in many interior blocks across the districts in central and eastern India. Involving panchayats — and by observing adequate safety measures — to establish isolation facilities across the length and breadth of the country is the need of the hour.
Consider the second part, even with the harvesting of wheat almost over in States such as Madhya Pradesh; people are still out in the fields, but once they are done with their work it is the panchayat that can do the work effectively to confine people within their homes with adequate awareness generation. The police cannot reach out to each and every village round the clock because of their inadequate resources. Community policing with the active engagement of panchayats, by collaborating with women’s collectives, is a potential area where a people-led movement can be kick-started in a short time span. Who can make the people aware better than their own elected representatives and who the villagers see on a daily basis?
Finally, despite the financial packages being rolled out to avert panic and worry about livelihoods and basic food requirements, it is an INEXORABLE situation that many will be left out as documentation is core to availing these social-service provisioning schemes. The Jandhan–Aadhaar–Mob
ile trinity is vulnerable in those areas where even mobile connectivity fluctuates, leave alone Internet connectivity. Without the active engagement of panchayats, it would be chaotic to even expect everything remaining under control within villages in case of even a minor disturbance. A SEMINAL understanding developed is that, without the agency of gram panchayats, it is not possible to deploy any system effectively and to adequately take prompt actions to include the excluded.
With a package of ₹1.7-lakh crore to meet the needs of the population and streamlining health services, it is clear that the government is trying its best; with more volunteers and social commitment through raising resources, civil society organisations are trying their best; with pledges of financial support and donations, concerned citizens and industry players are also trying their best. There have been enough ideas floated, proposed and implemented — from food to using railway coaches as isolation wards. But REINVIGORATING panchayats is an unattended area which needs a push in strengthening the ARSENAL available in this fight against COVID-19.
Important words from the Article
1.SUSTENANCE(जीविका):-food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.
2.UBIQUITOUS(देशव्यापी, हर जगह ): Everywhere, all-over
3.SEMINAL( प्राथमिक, लाà¤à¤¦ायक): influential, formative, major.
4.INEXORABLE: impossible to stop or prevent.
5.REINVIGORATING: give new energy or strength to.
6.ARSENAL: Store, warehouse:: a store or collection
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💢The Hindu Article Of The Day
A key arsenal in rural India’s pandemic fight
If you build a fortress to __1__ your defences against an enemy, what is of importance is the strength of its walls. The issue of space or comfort within the fortress is the last question one may dare to ask or even think about, apart from the minimum supplies required for SUSTENANCE. But what if the enemy is a virus?
With the ongoing war against (a)/COVID-19, it is the exact opposite which (b)/need equal (c)/if not greater attention (d)— the state of preparedness within the fortress. Yes. With the UBIQUITOUS 21-day national lockdown __2__ in the history of independent India, stronger and harsher than anywhere else in the world, the interiors within the boundaries need attention.
**Ground realities**
Interestingly, every village is in itself a fortress during these difficult times and every village needs attention within. With the influx of thousands of migrant labourers into their villages, there is a/an __3__ need to isolate them for at least 14 days. Unfortunately, the houses here, which are often one or two-room dwellings, with an average seven family members to accommodate, are some of the worst places where one can hope to contain the deadly disease. Along with the absence of running water within households, the possibility of common points in village arenas becoming hotspots for this deadly contagion becomes MANIFOLD.
Notwithstanding the fact that the entire (a)/State machinery is now involved in(b)/ near wartime efforts (c)/to contain the spread of this pandemic(d)/, only a few States have been able to organically involve their foundational governance structure — i.e. gram panchayats — very effectively and efficiently in this situation. In some southern States with pre-embedded conditions of self-governing and nearly autonomous panchayats, they are becoming the beacons of hope by proactively engaging with citizens at the village level. A case in example is the community kitchens run by local bodies in Kerala, where home delivery of cooked food is spiking as the situation demands.
**Reaching out effectively**
First, a model needs to be established, with concrete standard operating procedures and best practices that can be __4__ throughout rural India. Organisations such as Professional Assistance For Development Action (PRADAN) have been trying to influence gram panchayats and district administrations in many States ever since the pandemic. With sustained engagement, they have been able to __5__ with the administration to use the resources of panchayats, collaborate with self-help groups and to set isolation conditions within village premises (with beds, sanitisers, drinking water, cooked meals, etc.) in many interior blocks across the districts in central and eastern India. Involving panchayats — and by observing adequate safety measures — to establish isolation facilities across the length and breadth of the country is the need of the hour.
Direction (1-5) - Choose the correct word among the given options to fill the blanks 1,2,3,4 and 5.
Q.1
a) preserve
b)dominate
c)fight
d)enlarge
e)strengthen
Q.2
a) Regulated
b)incorporated
c)contained
d)unprecedented
e)delivered
Q.3
a) progressing
b) deliberating
c) controlled
d)imminent
e)engineered
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a) integrating
b) isolating
c) praiseworthy
d) watched
e) replicated
Q.5
a) compel
b) do
c) procure
d) coordinate
e) declared
Q.6 The first sentence of the second paragraph of the passage has been divided into four parts.One of these parts contain an error .Choose that part as your answer.Mark 'no error' as your answer if there is no error in the sentence.
1)a
2)b
3)c
4)d
5) No error
Q.7 The first sentence of the fourth para of the passage has been divided into four parts.One of these parts contain an error .Choose that part as your answer.Mark 'no error' as your answer if there is no error in the sentence.
1)a
2)b
3)c
4)d
5) No error
Q.8 Choose the word which correctly
represents the word given below.
SUSTENANCE
a)farming
b)soothing
c)nourishment
d)noteworthy
e)supporting
Q.9 Choose the word which correctly
represents the word given below.
UBIQUITOUS
1)scarce
2)sparsed
3)omnipresent
4)unobservable
5) unoriginal
represents the word given below.
MANIFOLD
2)sparsed
3)diverse
4)contained
5) different
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SOLUTION1. Stregthen(v1) - 'to make strong' , fits in the context appropriately.
Rest options can be easily eliminated based on their meanings.
Preserve - to maintain throughout, to keep intact.
Dominate - to enjoy a commanding position.
Enlarge - to make large.
Hence,strengthen is the only word among the given options that goes well with the context.
We recommend you go through -
💯the compilation of frequently asked VOCABS in bank exams
💯Click here to download the pdf of 400 Most important previous year vocabulary asked in SSC CGL CHSL CPO exams (This compilation has been prepared by experts and you can download it for free)
2) Unprecedented (adj) - never seen before ,fits in the context appropriately.Rest options can be easily eliminated if you know their meanings.
Regulated - put in order
Incorporated - included as a part/member
Progressing can be used either as a noun or as a verb ,so it can't be the answer as we need an adjective to make the given sentence grammatically correct.
Deliberating - intentional
Engineered - produced by engineering
Hence,imminent (adj) is the only word among the given options that goes well with the context.
4)To fill the blank ,we need a v3 (can +be +v3). Replicated- repeat with a consistent result,fits in the context appropriately. Rest options can be eliminated based on their meanings and parts of speech.
Compel -to subdue,to overpower
Procure - to acquire
Hence,coordinate is the only word among the given options that fits in the context appropriately and grammatically.
6) Replace 'need' with 'needs' as subject is singular in the given sentence.
7) Replace 'notwithstand' with notwithstanding.
Notwithstanding (adv) - nevertheless, all the same.
8) Sustenance - nourishment, something that provides support or nourishment
9) ubiquitous - omnipresent, present everywhere
💯Click here for the topic wise compilation of questions asked in SSC CGL 2019-2020 TIER 1 (with detailed solution)
COMPLETE ARTICLE:
The Hindu Article Of The Day
A key arsenal in rural India’s pandemic fight
With migrant labour back in their hometowns, gram panchayats can strengthen containment measures in the interiors
If you build a fortress to strengthen your defences against an enemy, what is of importance is the strength of its walls. The issue of space or comfort within the fortress is the last question one may dare to ask or even think about, apart from the minimum supplies required for SUSTENANCE. But what if the enemy is a virus?
With the ongoing war against COVID-19, it is the exact opposite which needs equal if not greater attention — the state of preparedness within the fortress. Yes. With the UBIQUITOUS 21-day national lockdown unprecedented in the history of independent India, stronger and harsher than anywhere else in the world, the interiors within the boundaries need attention.
Ground realities
Interestingly, every village is in itself a fortress during these difficult times and every village needs attention within. With the influx of thousands of migrant labourers into their villages, there is an imminent need to isolate them for at least 14 days. Unfortunately, the houses here, which are often one or two-room dwellings, with an average seven family members to accommodate, are some of the worst places where one can hope to contain the deadly disease. Along with the absence of running water within households, the possibility of common points in village arenas becoming hotspots for this deadly contagion becomes manifold.
Notwithstanding the fact that the entire State machinery is now involved in near wartime efforts to contain the spread of this pandemic, only a few States have been able to organically involve their foundational governance structure — i.e. gram panchayats — very effectively and efficiently in this situation. In some southern States with pre-embedded conditions of self-governing and nearly autonomous panchayats, they are becoming the beacons of hope by proactively engaging with citizens at the village level. A case in example is the community kitchens run by local bodies in Kerala, where home delivery of cooked food is spiking as the situation demands.
Reaching out effectively
First, a model needs to be established, with concrete standard operating procedures and best practices that can be replicated throughout rural India. Organisations such as Professional Assistance For Development Action (PRADAN) have been trying to influence gram panchayats and district administrations in many States ever since the pandemic. With sustained engagement, they have been able to coordinate with the administration to use the resources of panchayats, collaborate with self-help groups and to set isolation conditions within village premises (with beds, sanitisers, drinking water, cooked meals, etc.) in many interior blocks across the districts in central and eastern India. Involving panchayats — and by observing adequate safety measures — to establish isolation facilities across the length and breadth of the country is the need of the hour.
Consider the second part, even with the harvesting of wheat almost over in States such as Madhya Pradesh; people are still out in the fields, but once they are done with their work it is the panchayat that can do the work effectively to confine people within their homes with adequate awareness generation. The police cannot reach out to each and every village round the clock because of their inadequate resources. Community policing with the active engagement of panchayats, by collaborating with women’s collectives, is a potential area where a people-led movement can be kick-started in a short time span. Who can make the people aware better than their own elected representatives and who the villagers see on a daily basis?
Finally, despite the financial packages being rolled out to avert panic and worry about livelihoods and basic food requirements, it is an INEXORABLE situation that many will be left out as documentation is core to availing these social-service provisioning schemes. The Jandhan–Aadhaar–Mob
ile trinity is vulnerable in those areas where even mobile connectivity fluctuates, leave alone Internet connectivity. Without the active engagement of panchayats, it would be chaotic to even expect everything remaining under control within villages in case of even a minor disturbance. A SEMINAL understanding developed is that, without the agency of gram panchayats, it is not possible to deploy any system effectively and to adequately take prompt actions to include the excluded.
With a package of ₹1.7-lakh crore to meet the needs of the population and streamlining health services, it is clear that the government is trying its best; with more volunteers and social commitment through raising resources, civil society organisations are trying their best; with pledges of financial support and donations, concerned citizens and industry players are also trying their best. There have been enough ideas floated, proposed and implemented — from food to using railway coaches as isolation wards. But REINVIGORATING panchayats is an unattended area which needs a push in strengthening the ARSENAL available in this fight against COVID-19.
Important words from the Article
1.SUSTENANCE(जीविका):-food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.
2.UBIQUITOUS(देशव्यापी, हर जगह ): Everywhere, all-over
3.SEMINAL( प्राथमिक, लाà¤à¤¦ायक): influential, formative, major.
4.INEXORABLE: impossible to stop or prevent.
5.REINVIGORATING: give new energy or strength to.
6.ARSENAL: Store, warehouse:: a store or collection
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