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Requiring schoolchildren turning up for their midday meal to flash their Aadhaar cards is (1) . Aadhaar makes sense in many subsidy schemes, because by transferring cash to the (2) beneficiary’s bank account, much fraud and waste can be (3) . But this would not work with the midday meal scheme implemented nationwide in 2008.
If the aim is simply to make sure that more and more people enrol in Aadhaar, this would be the wrong way to go about it. Without (4) , more than a billion Indians have already obtained their Aadhaar numbers. Forcing young children to enrol themselves for Aadhaar to get their free meal at school would make any kind of sense only if the idea was to transfer money to the beneficiaries, instead of serving them a (5) meal. But cash will not do in this case.
The midday meal scheme has multiple goals. It incentivises attendance, whatever the standard of teaching. Some teachers do teach and the improvement in attendance after the midday meal scheme came into place, has done more good than bad. Transferring cash, in the hope that the money would be spent on a nutritional meal for the child, does not guarantee either the meal or school attendance.If Aadhaar and cash transfers, in place of midday meals, are (6) on poor and very young Indians, it would mean (7) from two other goals. (8) meals make children mix with others from different backgrounds. It is also a way to break down barriers of caste and religion differences that infest society today.
A meal shared among kids, irrespective of what neighbourhood or mohalla they have come from, and irrespective of the caste or community of the cook, can break down (9) walls set up by the Manusmriti or new, (10) politics. Aadhaar-linked transfers are not everything.
- 1) reasonable
2) absurd
3) certain
4) rational
5) logicalAnswer – 2)
Explanation : absurd - 1) wised
2) reasonable
3) sensible
4) intended
5) rationalAnswer – 4)
Explanation : intended - 1) submission
2) eliminated
3) adopted
4) cherished
5) defendedAnswer – 2)
Explanation : eliminated - 1) coercion
2) supported
3) maintained
4) servitude
5) subservienceAnswer – 1)
Explanation : coercion - 1) scatter
2) wholesome
3) impure
4) abysmal
5) indecentAnswer – 2)
Explanation : wholesome - 1) unwholesome
2) excuse
3) pardon
4) reward
5) inflictedAnswer – 5)
Explanation : inflicted - 1) backtracking
2) escaping
3) spiting
4) quitting
5) triggeringAnswer – 1)
Explanation : backtracking - 1) inclined
2) aground
3) outside
4) Midday
5) aroundAnswer – 4)
Explanation : Midday - 1) privilege
2) regard
3) artificial
4) accurate
5) existentAnswer – 3)
Explanation : artificial - 1) certain
2) divisive
3) legit
4) rigid
5) kosherAnswer – 2)
Explanation : divisive
