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At least 13.7 per cent of India’s general population has various mental disorders; 10.6 per cent of them require immediate (1) .While nearly 10 per cent of the population has common mental disorders, 1.9 per cent of the population suffers from severe mental disorders.These are some of the findings of a National Mental Health Survey held recently and (2) by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS).
That is not all. The prevalence of mental (3) is found to be very high in urban centres, where there is a higher (4) of schizophrenia, mood disorders and neurotic or stress-related disorders. This disturbing scenario could be due to fast-paced lifestyles, experiencing stress, complexities of living, a breakdown of support systems and challenges of economic instability.
In 2014, concerned over the growing problem of mental health in India, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had appointed NIMHANS to study mental health status in the country.
After a pilot (5) study in Kolar district, Karnataka using a sample size of 3,190 individuals, the team which comprised senior professors from NIMHANS, G. Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal and Girish N., began the survey in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam and Manipur.
The study — which covered all important aspects of mental illness including substance abuse, alcohol use disorder, tobacco use disorder, severe mental illness, depression, anxiety, phobia and post-traumatic stress disorder among others — had a sample size of 34,802 individuals. Primary data collection was done through computer-generated (6) selection by a team of researchers, and local teams of co-investigators and field workers in the 12 States.
While the overall current (7) estimate of mental disorders was 10.6 per cent in the total (8) population, significant (9) in overall morbidity ranged from 5.8 per cent in Assam to 14.1 per cent in Manipur. Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat reported prevalence rates less than 10 per cent. In eight of the 12 States, the prevalence (10) between 10.7 per cent and 14.1 per cent.

  1. 1)  sustenance
    2) shelter
    3) interventions
    4) defense
    5) protection
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : interventions

  2. 1) fumble
    2) confound
    3) blunder
    4) misconduct
    5) conducted
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : conducted

  3. 1) sparkle
    2) encouragement
    3) contentedness
    4) morbidity
    5) animation
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : morbidity

  4. 1) restriction
    2) obstacle
    3) hindrance
    4) drawback
    5) prevalence
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : prevalence

  5. 1) uncertainty
    2) feasibility
    3) improbability
    4) unlikelihood
    5) implausibility
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : feasibility

  6. 1) specific
    2) systematic
    3) methodical
    4) random
    5) particular
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : random

  7. 1) prevalence
    2) hindrance
    3) restriction
    4) drawback
    5) disadvantage
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : prevalence

  8. 1) winked at
    2) unnoticed
    3) passed over
    4) surveyed
    5) unheeded
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : surveyed

  9. 1) agreement
    2) roots
    3) similarity
    4) source
    5) variations
    Answer – 5) 
    Explanation : variations

  10. 1) despise
    2) varied
    3) exciting
    4) abominate
    5) fascinating
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : varied