PASSAGE
The economic transformation of India is one of the great business stones of our
stifling government regulations have been lifted, entrepreneurship has found and
the country has become a high-powered center for information technology and
pharmaceuticals. Indian companies like Infosys and Wipro are powerful global players
while Western firms like G.E. and I.B.M. now have major research facilities in India
employing thousands. India's seemingly endless flow of young motivated engineers
scientists, and managers offering developed-world skills at developing world wages
held to be putting American jobs at risk and the country is frequently heraided as the
next economic superpower."
But India has run into a surprising hitch on its way to superpower status its
inexhaustible supply of workers is becoming exhausted Although India has one of
youngest workforces on the planet the head of Infosys said recently that there was an
"acute shortage of skilled manpower and a study projects that this year salaries for
skilled workers will rise fourteen and a half per cent a sure sign that demand for seed
laboris outstripping supply
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How is this possible in a country that every year produces to andata
graduates and four hundred thousand engineers Start with the fact that
Answers
Which of these could you infer according to the passage?
a. Wages in the Developing countries are less as compared to wages in the developed countries.
b. Wages in the Developing countries are more as compared to wages in the developed countries.
c. Wages in the Developing countries are same as wages in the developed countries.
d. None of these.
What does “American jobs” in the last line of the first paragraph of the passage imply?
a. Jobs provided by American companies.
b. Jobs held (or to be held) by American people.
c. Jobs open to only American citizens.
d. Jobs provided by the American government.
According to the passage, why India does not have enough skilled labour?
a. The total amount of the young population is low.
b. The total number of colleges are insufficient.
c. Students do not want to study.
d. Maximum universities and colleges do not match global standards.
What can you infer as the meaning of ‘stifling‘ from the passage?
a. Democratic.
b. Liberal.
c. Impeding.
d. Undemocratic.
What is an appropriate title to the passage?
a. Growing Indian Economy.
b. Higher education in India.
c. India’s Skill Shortage.
d. Entrepreneurship in India.
In the third sentence of the third paragraph of the passage, the phrase “closer to community colleges ” is used. What does it imply?
a. Near to community colleges.
b. Like community colleges.
c. Close association with community colleges.
d. None of these.
According to the passage, what is the paradox of the Indian economy today?
a. The economic progress is impressive, but the poor (earning one dollar per day) are not benefited.
b. The economic progress is impressive disallowing the government to take tough decisions.
c. There is not enough skilled workforce and the government does not realize this.
d. Government is not ready to invest in setting up new universities.
Why are salaries for skilled workers rising?
a. Companies are paying hire to lure skilled people to jobs.
b. American companies are ready to pay higher to skilled workers.
c. Entrepreneurship is growing in India.
d. There are not enough skilled workers, while the demand for them is high.
Answers:
a. Wages in the Developing countries are less as compared to wages in the developed countries
b. Jobs held (or to be held) by American people
d. Maximum universities and colleges do not match global standards
c. Impeding.
c. India’s Skill Shortage
b. Like community colleges
b. The economic progress is impressive disallowing the government to take tough decisions.
d. There are not enough skilled workers, while the demand for them is high.