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3. If any treatment is regarded as ‘efficacious’, it means _________________________.

(a) destructive (b) isolated (c) prevalent (d) constructive
4. If a situation is said to be ‘inextricably interwoven’, it means _______________________.

(a) easy to separate (b) difficult to separate
(c) connected in some ways (d) a toxic relationship
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the problems young people have
to face today, in playing an important role in India’s peace-building?

(a) too easy access to Internet (b) government negligence
(c) draconian security measures (d) isolation from numerous stakeholders

6. Which of the following options is correct regarding the graph shown in the above
passage?

(a) Deaths due to violence were more in 1990 than in 2010.
(b) Deaths due to violence have decreased over the years.

(c) Deaths due to violence in 1990 were much less than in 2010.
(d) Deaths due to violence were more in 2005 than in 2010.

7. As per your understanding of the passage, why does the author say that young people
are among the most affected by the multiple and often interconnected forms of
violence?

(a) Because young people face more negligence from government and society to
express themselves.
(b) Because young people spend more time on issues that surround violence.
(c) Because young people face more atrocities than other age groups in a society.

(d) Because young people are subject to very weak security measures.
8. In the expression “plague the country and communities”, the word plague in this
context means _________________________.

(a) positively affect (b) contribute to
(c) negatively affect (d) are more destructive
9. Find a word from the passage which means ‘many’. (para 2)

10. Find a word from the passage which means the opposite of ‘minor’. (para 3)

11. Who can help establish peace in our society?
12. What does the passage say about young men of 15 and 29 and young women?

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