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GATE 2019 CS – Question 8

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Reading Comprehension and Reasoning · 2 marks · Multiple choice

"A recent High Court judgement has sought to dispel the idea of begging as a disease — which leads to its stigmatization and criminalization — and to regard it as a symptom. The underlying disease is the failure of the state to protect citizens who fall through the social security net."

Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

  1. Beggars are lazy people who beg because they are unwilling to work
  2. Beggars are created because of the lack of social welfare schemes
  3. Begging is an offence that has to be dealt with firmly
  4. Begging has to be banned because it adversely affects the welfare of the state

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Correct answer: (B) Beggars are created because of the lack of social welfare schemes

Explanation

The passage calls begging a symptom of the state's failure to protect people who fall through the social security net, so beggars result from inadequate welfare. The other options contradict this view.