GATE CS 2019 Q.8 (GA Q.8): Verbal Ability and Grammar

"A recent High Court judgement has sought to dispel the idea of begging as a disease - which leads to its stigmatization and criminalization - and to regard it as a symptom. The underlying disease is the failure of the state to protect citizens who fall through the social security net."

Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

Beggars are lazy people who beg because they are unwilling to work

Beggars are created because of the lack of social welfare schemes

Begging is an offence that has to be dealt with firmly

Begging has to be banned because it adversely affects the welfare of the state

Official answer and solution

Official answer: B
From: Official GATE 2019 answer key

Solution

Determine which inference directly follows from the passage's argument regarding the root cause of begging.

The passage explicitly states: "The underlying disease is the failure of the state to protect citizens who fall through the social security net."

This directly links the occurrence of begging to the state's failure to provide an adequate social security net (welfare schemes). Hence, it can be directly inferred that beggars are created because of the lack of social welfare schemes (Option B).

Final answer

The answer is the one in the official GATE answer key. The solution is this site's own explanation.

Source

Paper: GATE 2019 Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)
Question: 8 of 65, printed as GA Q.8
Section: General Aptitude

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