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Directions: Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow.In 1980, Wasal Khan, a brick kiln worker from Sirhind, a city in India's north-western state of Punjab, came to the capital city of New Delhi, driven by desperation and fear. His family members had been serving as bonded labourers in a brick kiln for 20 years in order to repay a debt owed to the kiln owner, who now threatened to sell Khan's adolescent daughter to a brothel. Exploited by his employer and ignored by the authorities, he chanced across the newsletter of an organization working for the socially marginalized and somehow managed to locate their office.Khan found an unexpected source of help in an electrical engineer-turned journalist and human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, and his team of like-minded activists at Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save the Children Mission. Soon after, Satyarthi the engineer and his team of like-minded activists rescued 34 brick kiln workers and the Khan's 15-year old daughter, Sabo. This episode laid the foundations of the India's largest grassroots movement against child labour and trafficking.Today, Satyarthi is a world-renowned voice against the exploitation of children, making headlines in 2014 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. Child labour activists are hopeful that BBA's Nobel Peace Prize will lead to a renewed discussion and initiative among all sections of Indian society to ultimately end child labour. "It is extremely overwhelming - the BBA receives dozens of calls every day from common people, asking us what they can do about child labour," a female activist working in victim assistance, who wished to remain anonymous, told me. "While everyone cannot dedicate their lives to ending child labour, at the very least they could boycott those places and goods that employ child labour."Her statement carries weight. As I sipped a cup of piping hot masala chai, the characteristic Indian tea, I could see BBA activists busy at work on the lower level of the office. I thought of the number of times I have seen young children working at roadside tea stalls across India, seemingly content and happy with their lives. Several industries such as carpet-making, fire-cracker manufacturing, marble inlay work, filigree metal work, and many others are particularly notorious for using child labour as the children's small thin hands are better suited for the fine motor skills required by these processes. Since children generally accept lower wages than adult labourers, it is also cost-effective for many firms to employ child laborers. The employed children are often unaware that they are victims of physical and mental abuse, denied access to opportunities that other children take for granted. Even today, India has about 60 million child labourers waiting to be rescued.In India and other nearby developing countries, child labour was not considered a pertinent issue until thirty years ago. Even today, the constant refrain heard from a large part of India's population is that children have no option but to work to financially support their impoverished families. Unfortunately, such people fail to recognize that the effects of child labour encompass all sections of society. A study conducted by Sathyarthi and BBA titled "Capital Corruption" estimates that the amount of illegal money generated by Indian firms employing child labourers could be as high as $20,000 million every year. The income earned by child labourers thus represents a huge leakage from the nation's economy, also impacting adult employment and income generation.Societal attitudes towards child labour have ensured its perpetuation. The affected children have been conditioned into believing their work is a perfectly normal obligation to their families and employers. BBA rescues a large number of such children every day and takes some of them to its rehabilitation centres in Delhi and Rajasthan, as well as to rescue homes run by other organizations. But the response from these children is often negative. Some beg to be sent back. As the same female activist put it, "Many of them view their employer as their guru, their master, and what he says or does is sacrosanct. It takes intensive counselling to help them realize the exploitation they have been subject to."Many people continue to live the experiences of Wasal Khan, the brick kiln worker whose daughter was rescued from a life of forced prostitution by Kailash Satyarthi and Bachpan Bachao Andolan. But increasingly, the work of such human rights activists has inspired other individuals to play their own part in the movement. Take Razia Sultan, an inhabitant of Meerut, a city in Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a child labourer in football stitching. When her village was transformed into a Bal Mitra Gram, she helped bring 75 children in the village to school through her work with the Bal Panchayat. She also initiated a campaign against schools that charged tuition fees. She was rewarded for her efforts in 2013 as the first recipient of the Malala Peace Prize. BBA has achieved much over thirty years, but perhaps its most commendable success is this: giving India's child labourers the power to dream and have these dreams realized.Q. Which of the following can be attributed to as the central purpose of the passage?a)To evoke a sense of guilt and responsibility in the readers, and urge them to work collectively towards ending child labour.b)To throw light on the intricacies of child labour, the causes that perpetrate it, and the possibility of a brighter future.c)To lament the failures of our society in light of being unable to reduce the extent of child labour in our country.d)To bring to light a shameful incident of our society that encapsulates the worst of social ills.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? for CAT 2025 is part of CAT preparation. The Question and answers have been prepared according to the CAT exam syllabus. Information about Directions: Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow.In 1980, Wasal Khan, a brick kiln worker from Sirhind, a city in India's north-western state of Punjab, came to the capital city of New Delhi, driven by desperation and fear. His family members had been serving as bonded labourers in a brick kiln for 20 years in order to repay a debt owed to the kiln owner, who now threatened to sell Khan's adolescent daughter to a brothel. Exploited by his employer and ignored by the authorities, he chanced across the newsletter of an organization working for the socially marginalized and somehow managed to locate their office.Khan found an unexpected source of help in an electrical engineer-turned journalist and human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, and his team of like-minded activists at Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save the Children Mission. Soon after, Satyarthi the engineer and his team of like-minded activists rescued 34 brick kiln workers and the Khan's 15-year old daughter, Sabo. This episode laid the foundations of the India's largest grassroots movement against child labour and trafficking.Today, Satyarthi is a world-renowned voice against the exploitation of children, making headlines in 2014 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. Child labour activists are hopeful that BBA's Nobel Peace Prize will lead to a renewed discussion and initiative among all sections of Indian society to ultimately end child labour. "It is extremely overwhelming - the BBA receives dozens of calls every day from common people, asking us what they can do about child labour," a female activist working in victim assistance, who wished to remain anonymous, told me. "While everyone cannot dedicate their lives to ending child labour, at the very least they could boycott those places and goods that employ child labour."Her statement carries weight. As I sipped a cup of piping hot masala chai, the characteristic Indian tea, I could see BBA activists busy at work on the lower level of the office. I thought of the number of times I have seen young children working at roadside tea stalls across India, seemingly content and happy with their lives. Several industries such as carpet-making, fire-cracker manufacturing, marble inlay work, filigree metal work, and many others are particularly notorious for using child labour as the children's small thin hands are better suited for the fine motor skills required by these processes. Since children generally accept lower wages than adult labourers, it is also cost-effective for many firms to employ child laborers. The employed children are often unaware that they are victims of physical and mental abuse, denied access to opportunities that other children take for granted. Even today, India has about 60 million child labourers waiting to be rescued.In India and other nearby developing countries, child labour was not considered a pertinent issue until thirty years ago. Even today, the constant refrain heard from a large part of India's population is that children have no option but to work to financially support their impoverished families. Unfortunately, such people fail to recognize that the effects of child labour encompass all sections of society. A study conducted by Sathyarthi and BBA titled "Capital Corruption" estimates that the amount of illegal money generated by Indian firms employing child labourers could be as high as $20,000 million every year. The income earned by child labourers thus represents a huge leakage from the nation's economy, also impacting adult employment and income generation.Societal attitudes towards child labour have ensured its perpetuation. The affected children have been conditioned into believing their work is a perfectly normal obligation to their families and employers. BBA rescues a large number of such children every day and takes some of them to its rehabilitation centres in Delhi and Rajasthan, as well as to rescue homes run by other organizations. But the response from these children is often negative. Some beg to be sent back. As the same female activist put it, "Many of them view their employer as their guru, their master, and what he says or does is sacrosanct. It takes intensive counselling to help them realize the exploitation they have been subject to."Many people continue to live the experiences of Wasal Khan, the brick kiln worker whose daughter was rescued from a life of forced prostitution by Kailash Satyarthi and Bachpan Bachao Andolan. But increasingly, the work of such human rights activists has inspired other individuals to play their own part in the movement. Take Razia Sultan, an inhabitant of Meerut, a city in Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a child labourer in football stitching. When her village was transformed into a Bal Mitra Gram, she helped bring 75 children in the village to school through her work with the Bal Panchayat. She also initiated a campaign against schools that charged tuition fees. She was rewarded for her efforts in 2013 as the first recipient of the Malala Peace Prize. BBA has achieved much over thirty years, but perhaps its most commendable success is this: giving India's child labourers the power to dream and have these dreams realized.Q. Which of the following can be attributed to as the central purpose of the passage?a)To evoke a sense of guilt and responsibility in the readers, and urge them to work collectively towards ending child labour.b)To throw light on the intricacies of child labour, the causes that perpetrate it, and the possibility of a brighter future.c)To lament the failures of our society in light of being unable to reduce the extent of child labour in our country.d)To bring to light a shameful incident of our society that encapsulates the worst of social ills.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? covers all topics & solutions for CAT 2025 Exam. Find important definitions, questions, meanings, examples, exercises and tests below for Directions: Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow.In 1980, Wasal Khan, a brick kiln worker from Sirhind, a city in India's north-western state of Punjab, came to the capital city of New Delhi, driven by desperation and fear. His family members had been serving as bonded labourers in a brick kiln for 20 years in order to repay a debt owed to the kiln owner, who now threatened to sell Khan's adolescent daughter to a brothel. Exploited by his employer and ignored by the authorities, he chanced across the newsletter of an organization working for the socially marginalized and somehow managed to locate their office.Khan found an unexpected source of help in an electrical engineer-turned journalist and human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, and his team of like-minded activists at Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save the Children Mission. Soon after, Satyarthi the engineer and his team of like-minded activists rescued 34 brick kiln workers and the Khan's 15-year old daughter, Sabo. This episode laid the foundations of the India's largest grassroots movement against child labour and trafficking.Today, Satyarthi is a world-renowned voice against the exploitation of children, making headlines in 2014 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. Child labour activists are hopeful that BBA's Nobel Peace Prize will lead to a renewed discussion and initiative among all sections of Indian society to ultimately end child labour. "It is extremely overwhelming - the BBA receives dozens of calls every day from common people, asking us what they can do about child labour," a female activist working in victim assistance, who wished to remain anonymous, told me. "While everyone cannot dedicate their lives to ending child labour, at the very least they could boycott those places and goods that employ child labour."Her statement carries weight. As I sipped a cup of piping hot masala chai, the characteristic Indian tea, I could see BBA activists busy at work on the lower level of the office. I thought of the number of times I have seen young children working at roadside tea stalls across India, seemingly content and happy with their lives. Several industries such as carpet-making, fire-cracker manufacturing, marble inlay work, filigree metal work, and many others are particularly notorious for using child labour as the children's small thin hands are better suited for the fine motor skills required by these processes. Since children generally accept lower wages than adult labourers, it is also cost-effective for many firms to employ child laborers. The employed children are often unaware that they are victims of physical and mental abuse, denied access to opportunities that other children take for granted. Even today, India has about 60 million child labourers waiting to be rescued.In India and other nearby developing countries, child labour was not considered a pertinent issue until thirty years ago. Even today, the constant refrain heard from a large part of India's population is that children have no option but to work to financially support their impoverished families. Unfortunately, such people fail to recognize that the effects of child labour encompass all sections of society. A study conducted by Sathyarthi and BBA titled "Capital Corruption" estimates that the amount of illegal money generated by Indian firms employing child labourers could be as high as $20,000 million every year. The income earned by child labourers thus represents a huge leakage from the nation's economy, also impacting adult employment and income generation.Societal attitudes towards child labour have ensured its perpetuation. The affected children have been conditioned into believing their work is a perfectly normal obligation to their families and employers. BBA rescues a large number of such children every day and takes some of them to its rehabilitation centres in Delhi and Rajasthan, as well as to rescue homes run by other organizations. But the response from these children is often negative. Some beg to be sent back. As the same female activist put it, "Many of them view their employer as their guru, their master, and what he says or does is sacrosanct. It takes intensive counselling to help them realize the exploitation they have been subject to."Many people continue to live the experiences of Wasal Khan, the brick kiln worker whose daughter was rescued from a life of forced prostitution by Kailash Satyarthi and Bachpan Bachao Andolan. But increasingly, the work of such human rights activists has inspired other individuals to play their own part in the movement. Take Razia Sultan, an inhabitant of Meerut, a city in Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a child labourer in football stitching. When her village was transformed into a Bal Mitra Gram, she helped bring 75 children in the village to school through her work with the Bal Panchayat. She also initiated a campaign against schools that charged tuition fees. She was rewarded for her efforts in 2013 as the first recipient of the Malala Peace Prize. BBA has achieved much over thirty years, but perhaps its most commendable success is this: giving India's child labourers the power to dream and have these dreams realized.Q. Which of the following can be attributed to as the central purpose of the passage?a)To evoke a sense of guilt and responsibility in the readers, and urge them to work collectively towards ending child labour.b)To throw light on the intricacies of child labour, the causes that perpetrate it, and the possibility of a brighter future.c)To lament the failures of our society in light of being unable to reduce the extent of child labour in our country.d)To bring to light a shameful incident of our society that encapsulates the worst of social ills.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?.

Solutions for Directions: Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow.In 1980, Wasal Khan, a brick kiln worker from Sirhind, a city in India's north-western state of Punjab, came to the capital city of New Delhi, driven by desperation and fear. His family members had been serving as bonded labourers in a brick kiln for 20 years in order to repay a debt owed to the kiln owner, who now threatened to sell Khan's adolescent daughter to a brothel. Exploited by his employer and ignored by the authorities, he chanced across the newsletter of an organization working for the socially marginalized and somehow managed to locate their office.Khan found an unexpected source of help in an electrical engineer-turned journalist and human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, and his team of like-minded activists at Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save the Children Mission. Soon after, Satyarthi the engineer and his team of like-minded activists rescued 34 brick kiln workers and the Khan's 15-year old daughter, Sabo. This episode laid the foundations of the India's largest grassroots movement against child labour and trafficking.Today, Satyarthi is a world-renowned voice against the exploitation of children, making headlines in 2014 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. Child labour activists are hopeful that BBA's Nobel Peace Prize will lead to a renewed discussion and initiative among all sections of Indian society to ultimately end child labour. "It is extremely overwhelming - the BBA receives dozens of calls every day from common people, asking us what they can do about child labour," a female activist working in victim assistance, who wished to remain anonymous, told me. "While everyone cannot dedicate their lives to ending child labour, at the very least they could boycott those places and goods that employ child labour."Her statement carries weight. As I sipped a cup of piping hot masala chai, the characteristic Indian tea, I could see BBA activists busy at work on the lower level of the office. I thought of the number of times I have seen young children working at roadside tea stalls across India, seemingly content and happy with their lives. Several industries such as carpet-making, fire-cracker manufacturing, marble inlay work, filigree metal work, and many others are particularly notorious for using child labour as the children's small thin hands are better suited for the fine motor skills required by these processes. Since children generally accept lower wages than adult labourers, it is also cost-effective for many firms to employ child laborers. The employed children are often unaware that they are victims of physical and mental abuse, denied access to opportunities that other children take for granted. Even today, India has about 60 million child labourers waiting to be rescued.In India and other nearby developing countries, child labour was not considered a pertinent issue until thirty years ago. Even today, the constant refrain heard from a large part of India's population is that children have no option but to work to financially support their impoverished families. Unfortunately, such people fail to recognize that the effects of child labour encompass all sections of society. A study conducted by Sathyarthi and BBA titled "Capital Corruption" estimates that the amount of illegal money generated by Indian firms employing child labourers could be as high as $20,000 million every year. The income earned by child labourers thus represents a huge leakage from the nation's economy, also impacting adult employment and income generation.Societal attitudes towards child labour have ensured its perpetuation. The affected children have been conditioned into believing their work is a perfectly normal obligation to their families and employers. BBA rescues a large number of such children every day and takes some of them to its rehabilitation centres in Delhi and Rajasthan, as well as to rescue homes run by other organizations. But the response from these children is often negative. Some beg to be sent back. As the same female activist put it, "Many of them view their employer as their guru, their master, and what he says or does is sacrosanct. It takes intensive counselling to help them realize the exploitation they have been subject to."Many people continue to live the experiences of Wasal Khan, the brick kiln worker whose daughter was rescued from a life of forced prostitution by Kailash Satyarthi and Bachpan Bachao Andolan. But increasingly, the work of such human rights activists has inspired other individuals to play their own part in the movement. Take Razia Sultan, an inhabitant of Meerut, a city in Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a child labourer in football stitching. When her village was transformed into a Bal Mitra Gram, she helped bring 75 children in the village to school through her work with the Bal Panchayat. She also initiated a campaign against schools that charged tuition fees. She was rewarded for her efforts in 2013 as the first recipient of the Malala Peace Prize. BBA has achieved much over thirty years, but perhaps its most commendable success is this: giving India's child labourers the power to dream and have these dreams realized.Q. Which of the following can be attributed to as the central purpose of the passage?a)To evoke a sense of guilt and responsibility in the readers, and urge them to work collectively towards ending child labour.b)To throw light on the intricacies of child labour, the causes that perpetrate it, and the possibility of a brighter future.c)To lament the failures of our society in light of being unable to reduce the extent of child labour in our country.d)To bring to light a shameful incident of our society that encapsulates the worst of social ills.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? in English & in Hindi are available as part of our courses for CAT. Download more important topics, notes, lectures and mock test series for CAT Exam by signing up for free.

Here you can find the meaning of Directions: Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow.In 1980, Wasal Khan, a brick kiln worker from Sirhind, a city in India's north-western state of Punjab, came to the capital city of New Delhi, driven by desperation and fear. His family members had been serving as bonded labourers in a brick kiln for 20 years in order to repay a debt owed to the kiln owner, who now threatened to sell Khan's adolescent daughter to a brothel. Exploited by his employer and ignored by the authorities, he chanced across the newsletter of an organization working for the socially marginalized and somehow managed to locate their office.Khan found an unexpected source of help in an electrical engineer-turned journalist and human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, and his team of like-minded activists at Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save the Children Mission. Soon after, Satyarthi the engineer and his team of like-minded activists rescued 34 brick kiln workers and the Khan's 15-year old daughter, Sabo. This episode laid the foundations of the India's largest grassroots movement against child labour and trafficking.Today, Satyarthi is a world-renowned voice against the exploitation of children, making headlines in 2014 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. Child labour activists are hopeful that BBA's Nobel Peace Prize will lead to a renewed discussion and initiative among all sections of Indian society to ultimately end child labour. "It is extremely overwhelming - the BBA receives dozens of calls every day from common people, asking us what they can do about child labour," a female activist working in victim assistance, who wished to remain anonymous, told me. "While everyone cannot dedicate their lives to ending child labour, at the very least they could boycott those places and goods that employ child labour."Her statement carries weight. As I sipped a cup of piping hot masala chai, the characteristic Indian tea, I could see BBA activists busy at work on the lower level of the office. I thought of the number of times I have seen young children working at roadside tea stalls across India, seemingly content and happy with their lives. Several industries such as carpet-making, fire-cracker manufacturing, marble inlay work, filigree metal work, and many others are particularly notorious for using child labour as the children's small thin hands are better suited for the fine motor skills required by these processes. Since children generally accept lower wages than adult labourers, it is also cost-effective for many firms to employ child laborers. The employed children are often unaware that they are victims of physical and mental abuse, denied access to opportunities that other children take for granted. Even today, India has about 60 million child labourers waiting to be rescued.In India and other nearby developing countries, child labour was not considered a pertinent issue until thirty years ago. Even today, the constant refrain heard from a large part of India's population is that children have no option but to work to financially support their impoverished families. Unfortunately, such people fail to recognize that the effects of child labour encompass all sections of society. A study conducted by Sathyarthi and BBA titled "Capital Corruption" estimates that the amount of illegal money generated by Indian firms employing child labourers could be as high as $20,000 million every year. The income earned by child labourers thus represents a huge leakage from the nation's economy, also impacting adult employment and income generation.Societal attitudes towards child labour have ensured its perpetuation. The affected children have been conditioned into believing their work is a perfectly normal obligation to their families and employers. BBA rescues a large number of such children every day and takes some of them to its rehabilitation centres in Delhi and Rajasthan, as well as to rescue homes run by other organizations. But the response from these children is often negative. Some beg to be sent back. As the same female activist put it, "Many of them view their employer as their guru, their master, and what he says or does is sacrosanct. It takes intensive counselling to help them realize the exploitation they have been subject to."Many people continue to live the experiences of Wasal Khan, the brick kiln worker whose daughter was rescued from a life of forced prostitution by Kailash Satyarthi and Bachpan Bachao Andolan. But increasingly, the work of such human rights activists has inspired other individuals to play their own part in the movement. Take Razia Sultan, an inhabitant of Meerut, a city in Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a child labourer in football stitching. When her village was transformed into a Bal Mitra Gram, she helped bring 75 children in the village to school through her work with the Bal Panchayat. She also initiated a campaign against schools that charged tuition fees. She was rewarded for her efforts in 2013 as the first recipient of the Malala Peace Prize. BBA has achieved much over thirty years, but perhaps its most commendable success is this: giving India's child labourers the power to dream and have these dreams realized.Q. Which of the following can be attributed to as the central purpose of the passage?a)To evoke a sense of guilt and responsibility in the readers, and urge them to work collectively towards ending child labour.b)To throw light on the intricacies of child labour, the causes that perpetrate it, and the possibility of a brighter future.c)To lament the failures of our society in light of being unable to reduce the extent of child labour in our country.d)To bring to light a shameful incident of our society that encapsulates the worst of social ills.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? defined & explained in the simplest way possible. Besides giving the explanation of Directions: Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow.In 1980, Wasal Khan, a brick kiln worker from Sirhind, a city in India's north-western state of Punjab, came to the capital city of New Delhi, driven by desperation and fear. His family members had been serving as bonded labourers in a brick kiln for 20 years in order to repay a debt owed to the kiln owner, who now threatened to sell Khan's adolescent daughter to a brothel. Exploited by his employer and ignored by the authorities, he chanced across the newsletter of an organization working for the socially marginalized and somehow managed to locate their office.Khan found an unexpected source of help in an electrical engineer-turned journalist and human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, and his team of like-minded activists at Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save the Children Mission. Soon after, Satyarthi the engineer and his team of like-minded activists rescued 34 brick kiln workers and the Khan's 15-year old daughter, Sabo. This episode laid the foundations of the India's largest grassroots movement against child labour and trafficking.Today, Satyarthi is a world-renowned voice against the exploitation of children, making headlines in 2014 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. Child labour activists are hopeful that BBA's Nobel Peace Prize will lead to a renewed discussion and initiative among all sections of Indian society to ultimately end child labour. "It is extremely overwhelming - the BBA receives dozens of calls every day from common people, asking us what they can do about child labour," a female activist working in victim assistance, who wished to remain anonymous, told me. "While everyone cannot dedicate their lives to ending child labour, at the very least they could boycott those places and goods that employ child labour."Her statement carries weight. As I sipped a cup of piping hot masala chai, the characteristic Indian tea, I could see BBA activists busy at work on the lower level of the office. I thought of the number of times I have seen young children working at roadside tea stalls across India, seemingly content and happy with their lives. Several industries such as carpet-making, fire-cracker manufacturing, marble inlay work, filigree metal work, and many others are particularly notorious for using child labour as the children's small thin hands are better suited for the fine motor skills required by these processes. Since children generally accept lower wages than adult labourers, it is also cost-effective for many firms to employ child laborers. The employed children are often unaware that they are victims of physical and mental abuse, denied access to opportunities that other children take for granted. Even today, India has about 60 million child labourers waiting to be rescued.In India and other nearby developing countries, child labour was not considered a pertinent issue until thirty years ago. Even today, the constant refrain heard from a large part of India's population is that children have no option but to work to financially support their impoverished families. Unfortunately, such people fail to recognize that the effects of child labour encompass all sections of society. A study conducted by Sathyarthi and BBA titled "Capital Corruption" estimates that the amount of illegal money generated by Indian firms employing child labourers could be as high as $20,000 million every year. The income earned by child labourers thus represents a huge leakage from the nation's economy, also impacting adult employment and income generation.Societal attitudes towards child labour have ensured its perpetuation. The affected children have been conditioned into believing their work is a perfectly normal obligation to their families and employers. BBA rescues a large number of such children every day and takes some of them to its rehabilitation centres in Delhi and Rajasthan, as well as to rescue homes run by other organizations. But the response from these children is often negative. Some beg to be sent back. As the same female activist put it, "Many of them view their employer as their guru, their master, and what he says or does is sacrosanct. It takes intensive counselling to help them realize the exploitation they have been subject to."Many people continue to live the experiences of Wasal Khan, the brick kiln worker whose daughter was rescued from a life of forced prostitution by Kailash Satyarthi and Bachpan Bachao Andolan. But increasingly, the work of such human rights activists has inspired other individuals to play their own part in the movement. Take Razia Sultan, an inhabitant of Meerut, a city in Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a child labourer in football stitching. When her village was transformed into a Bal Mitra Gram, she helped bring 75 children in the village to school through her work with the Bal Panchayat. She also initiated a campaign against schools that charged tuition fees. She was rewarded for her efforts in 2013 as the first recipient of the Malala Peace Prize. BBA has achieved much over thirty years, but perhaps its most commendable success is this: giving India's child labourers the power to dream and have these dreams realized.Q. Which of the following can be attributed to as the central purpose of the passage?a)To evoke a sense of guilt and responsibility in the readers, and urge them to work collectively towards ending child labour.b)To throw light on the intricacies of child labour, the causes that perpetrate it, and the possibility of a brighter future.c)To lament the failures of our society in light of being unable to reduce the extent of child labour in our country.d)To bring to light a shameful incident of our society that encapsulates the worst of social ills.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?, a detailed solution for Directions: Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow.In 1980, Wasal Khan, a brick kiln worker from Sirhind, a city in India's north-western state of Punjab, came to the capital city of New Delhi, driven by desperation and fear. His family members had been serving as bonded labourers in a brick kiln for 20 years in order to repay a debt owed to the kiln owner, who now threatened to sell Khan's adolescent daughter to a brothel. Exploited by his employer and ignored by the authorities, he chanced across the newsletter of an organization working for the socially marginalized and somehow managed to locate their office.Khan found an unexpected source of help in an electrical engineer-turned journalist and human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, and his team of like-minded activists at Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save the Children Mission. Soon after, Satyarthi the engineer and his team of like-minded activists rescued 34 brick kiln workers and the Khan's 15-year old daughter, Sabo. This episode laid the foundations of the India's largest grassroots movement against child labour and trafficking.Today, Satyarthi is a world-renowned voice against the exploitation of children, making headlines in 2014 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. Child labour activists are hopeful that BBA's Nobel Peace Prize will lead to a renewed discussion and initiative among all sections of Indian society to ultimately end child labour. "It is extremely overwhelming - the BBA receives dozens of calls every day from common people, asking us what they can do about child labour," a female activist working in victim assistance, who wished to remain anonymous, told me. "While everyone cannot dedicate their lives to ending child labour, at the very least they could boycott those places and goods that employ child labour."Her statement carries weight. As I sipped a cup of piping hot masala chai, the characteristic Indian tea, I could see BBA activists busy at work on the lower level of the office. I thought of the number of times I have seen young children working at roadside tea stalls across India, seemingly content and happy with their lives. Several industries such as carpet-making, fire-cracker manufacturing, marble inlay work, filigree metal work, and many others are particularly notorious for using child labour as the children's small thin hands are better suited for the fine motor skills required by these processes. Since children generally accept lower wages than adult labourers, it is also cost-effective for many firms to employ child laborers. The employed children are often unaware that they are victims of physical and mental abuse, denied access to opportunities that other children take for granted. Even today, India has about 60 million child labourers waiting to be rescued.In India and other nearby developing countries, child labour was not considered a pertinent issue until thirty years ago. Even today, the constant refrain heard from a large part of India's population is that children have no option but to work to financially support their impoverished families. Unfortunately, such people fail to recognize that the effects of child labour encompass all sections of society. A study conducted by Sathyarthi and BBA titled "Capital Corruption" estimates that the amount of illegal money generated by Indian firms employing child labourers could be as high as $20,000 million every year. The income earned by child labourers thus represents a huge leakage from the nation's economy, also impacting adult employment and income generation.Societal attitudes towards child labour have ensured its perpetuation. The affected children have been conditioned into believing their work is a perfectly normal obligation to their families and employers. BBA rescues a large number of such children every day and takes some of them to its rehabilitation centres in Delhi and Rajasthan, as well as to rescue homes run by other organizations. But the response from these children is often negative. Some beg to be sent back. As the same female activist put it, "Many of them view their employer as their guru, their master, and what he says or does is sacrosanct. It takes intensive counselling to help them realize the exploitation they have been subject to."Many people continue to live the experiences of Wasal Khan, the brick kiln worker whose daughter was rescued from a life of forced prostitution by Kailash Satyarthi and Bachpan Bachao Andolan. But increasingly, the work of such human rights activists has inspired other individuals to play their own part in the movement. Take Razia Sultan, an inhabitant of Meerut, a city in Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a child labourer in football stitching. When her village was transformed into a Bal Mitra Gram, she helped bring 75 children in the village to school through her work with the Bal Panchayat. She also initiated a campaign against schools that charged tuition fees. She was rewarded for her efforts in 2013 as the first recipient of the Malala Peace Prize. BBA has achieved much over thirty years, but perhaps its most commendable success is this: giving India's child labourers the power to dream and have these dreams realized.Q. Which of the following can be attributed to as the central purpose of the passage?a)To evoke a sense of guilt and responsibility in the readers, and urge them to work collectively towards ending child labour.b)To throw light on the intricacies of child labour, the causes that perpetrate it, and the possibility of a brighter future.c)To lament the failures of our society in light of being unable to reduce the extent of child labour in our country.d)To bring to light a shameful incident of our society that encapsulates the worst of social ills.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? has been provided alongside types of Directions: Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow.In 1980, Wasal Khan, a brick kiln worker from Sirhind, a city in India's north-western state of Punjab, came to the capital city of New Delhi, driven by desperation and fear. His family members had been serving as bonded labourers in a brick kiln for 20 years in order to repay a debt owed to the kiln owner, who now threatened to sell Khan's adolescent daughter to a brothel. Exploited by his employer and ignored by the authorities, he chanced across the newsletter of an organization working for the socially marginalized and somehow managed to locate their office.Khan found an unexpected source of help in an electrical engineer-turned journalist and human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, and his team of like-minded activists at Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save the Children Mission. Soon after, Satyarthi the engineer and his team of like-minded activists rescued 34 brick kiln workers and the Khan's 15-year old daughter, Sabo. This episode laid the foundations of the India's largest grassroots movement against child labour and trafficking.Today, Satyarthi is a world-renowned voice against the exploitation of children, making headlines in 2014 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. Child labour activists are hopeful that BBA's Nobel Peace Prize will lead to a renewed discussion and initiative among all sections of Indian society to ultimately end child labour. "It is extremely overwhelming - the BBA receives dozens of calls every day from common people, asking us what they can do about child labour," a female activist working in victim assistance, who wished to remain anonymous, told me. "While everyone cannot dedicate their lives to ending child labour, at the very least they could boycott those places and goods that employ child labour."Her statement carries weight. As I sipped a cup of piping hot masala chai, the characteristic Indian tea, I could see BBA activists busy at work on the lower level of the office. I thought of the number of times I have seen young children working at roadside tea stalls across India, seemingly content and happy with their lives. Several industries such as carpet-making, fire-cracker manufacturing, marble inlay work, filigree metal work, and many others are particularly notorious for using child labour as the children's small thin hands are better suited for the fine motor skills required by these processes. Since children generally accept lower wages than adult labourers, it is also cost-effective for many firms to employ child laborers. The employed children are often unaware that they are victims of physical and mental abuse, denied access to opportunities that other children take for granted. Even today, India has about 60 million child labourers waiting to be rescued.In India and other nearby developing countries, child labour was not considered a pertinent issue until thirty years ago. Even today, the constant refrain heard from a large part of India's population is that children have no option but to work to financially support their impoverished families. Unfortunately, such people fail to recognize that the effects of child labour encompass all sections of society. A study conducted by Sathyarthi and BBA titled "Capital Corruption" estimates that the amount of illegal money generated by Indian firms employing child labourers could be as high as $20,000 million every year. The income earned by child labourers thus represents a huge leakage from the nation's economy, also impacting adult employment and income generation.Societal attitudes towards child labour have ensured its perpetuation. The affected children have been conditioned into believing their work is a perfectly normal obligation to their families and employers. BBA rescues a large number of such children every day and takes some of them to its rehabilitation centres in Delhi and Rajasthan, as well as to rescue homes run by other organizations. But the response from these children is often negative. Some beg to be sent back. As the same female activist put it, "Many of them view their employer as their guru, their master, and what he says or does is sacrosanct. It takes intensive counselling to help them realize the exploitation they have been subject to."Many people continue to live the experiences of Wasal Khan, the brick kiln worker whose daughter was rescued from a life of forced prostitution by Kailash Satyarthi and Bachpan Bachao Andolan. But increasingly, the work of such human rights activists has inspired other individuals to play their own part in the movement. Take Razia Sultan, an inhabitant of Meerut, a city in Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a child labourer in football stitching. When her village was transformed into a Bal Mitra Gram, she helped bring 75 children in the village to school through her work with the Bal Panchayat. She also initiated a campaign against schools that charged tuition fees. She was rewarded for her efforts in 2013 as the first recipient of the Malala Peace Prize. BBA has achieved much over thirty years, but perhaps its most commendable success is this: giving India's child labourers the power to dream and have these dreams realized.Q. Which of the following can be attributed to as the central purpose of the passage?a)To evoke a sense of guilt and responsibility in the readers, and urge them to work collectively towards ending child labour.b)To throw light on the intricacies of child labour, the causes that perpetrate it, and the possibility of a brighter future.c)To lament the failures of our society in light of being unable to reduce the extent of child labour in our country.d)To bring to light a shameful incident of our society that encapsulates the worst of social ills.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? theory, EduRev gives you an ample number of questions to practice Directions: Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow.In 1980, Wasal Khan, a brick kiln worker from Sirhind, a city in India's north-western state of Punjab, came to the capital city of New Delhi, driven by desperation and fear. His family members had been serving as bonded labourers in a brick kiln for 20 years in order to repay a debt owed to the kiln owner, who now threatened to sell Khan's adolescent daughter to a brothel. Exploited by his employer and ignored by the authorities, he chanced across the newsletter of an organization working for the socially marginalized and somehow managed to locate their office.Khan found an unexpected source of help in an electrical engineer-turned journalist and human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, and his team of like-minded activists at Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save the Children Mission. Soon after, Satyarthi the engineer and his team of like-minded activists rescued 34 brick kiln workers and the Khan's 15-year old daughter, Sabo. This episode laid the foundations of the India's largest grassroots movement against child labour and trafficking.Today, Satyarthi is a world-renowned voice against the exploitation of children, making headlines in 2014 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. Child labour activists are hopeful that BBA's Nobel Peace Prize will lead to a renewed discussion and initiative among all sections of Indian society to ultimately end child labour. "It is extremely overwhelming - the BBA receives dozens of calls every day from common people, asking us what they can do about child labour," a female activist working in victim assistance, who wished to remain anonymous, told me. "While everyone cannot dedicate their lives to ending child labour, at the very least they could boycott those places and goods that employ child labour."Her statement carries weight. As I sipped a cup of piping hot masala chai, the characteristic Indian tea, I could see BBA activists busy at work on the lower level of the office. I thought of the number of times I have seen young children working at roadside tea stalls across India, seemingly content and happy with their lives. Several industries such as carpet-making, fire-cracker manufacturing, marble inlay work, filigree metal work, and many others are particularly notorious for using child labour as the children's small thin hands are better suited for the fine motor skills required by these processes. Since children generally accept lower wages than adult labourers, it is also cost-effective for many firms to employ child laborers. The employed children are often unaware that they are victims of physical and mental abuse, denied access to opportunities that other children take for granted. Even today, India has about 60 million child labourers waiting to be rescued.In India and other nearby developing countries, child labour was not considered a pertinent issue until thirty years ago. Even today, the constant refrain heard from a large part of India's population is that children have no option but to work to financially support their impoverished families. Unfortunately, such people fail to recognize that the effects of child labour encompass all sections of society. A study conducted by Sathyarthi and BBA titled "Capital Corruption" estimates that the amount of illegal money generated by Indian firms employing child labourers could be as high as $20,000 million every year. The income earned by child labourers thus represents a huge leakage from the nation's economy, also impacting adult employment and income generation.Societal attitudes towards child labour have ensured its perpetuation. The affected children have been conditioned into believing their work is a perfectly normal obligation to their families and employers. BBA rescues a large number of such children every day and takes some of them to its rehabilitation centres in Delhi and Rajasthan, as well as to rescue homes run by other organizations. But the response from these children is often negative. Some beg to be sent back. As the same female activist put it, "Many of them view their employer as their guru, their master, and what he says or does is sacrosanct. It takes intensive counselling to help them realize the exploitation they have been subject to."Many people continue to live the experiences of Wasal Khan, the brick kiln worker whose daughter was rescued from a life of forced prostitution by Kailash Satyarthi and Bachpan Bachao Andolan. But increasingly, the work of such human rights activists has inspired other individuals to play their own part in the movement. Take Razia Sultan, an inhabitant of Meerut, a city in Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a child labourer in football stitching. When her village was transformed into a Bal Mitra Gram, she helped bring 75 children in the village to school through her work with the Bal Panchayat. She also initiated a campaign against schools that charged tuition fees. She was rewarded for her efforts in 2013 as the first recipient of the Malala Peace Prize. BBA has achieved much over thirty years, but perhaps its most commendable success is this: giving India's child labourers the power to dream and have these dreams realized.Q. Which of the following can be attributed to as the central purpose of the passage?a)To evoke a sense of guilt and responsibility in the readers, and urge them to work collectively towards ending child labour.b)To throw light on the intricacies of child labour, the causes that perpetrate it, and the possibility of a brighter future.c)To lament the failures of our society in light of being unable to reduce the extent of child labour in our country.d)To bring to light a shameful incident of our society that encapsulates the worst of social ills.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? tests, examples and also practice CAT tests.