Directions: Read the given passage/argument and answer the question that follow it.
In developing countries it is impossible to control child labor. Due to poverty, illiteracy and unemployment parents are unable to bear the burden of feeding their children and to run their families. So, poor parents send their children for work in inhuman conditions at lower wages. If awareness about the cons of child labor is spread across the nation and strict policing of implementation of existing laws are done, India can combat the issue of Child Labor. Every individual must understand how important it is for the children to grow and study, as they are the ones who will shape the future of the nation.
Which argument is being discussed in above passage?
1.
The Illiterate populations go to money lenders and sometimes mortgage their belongings in turn of the debt taken by them.
2.
Children who come from poor families are sometimes sent by their own parents to work to support their siblings and family and this practice of child labor needs to be checked.
3.
“Child” as defined by the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 is a person who has not completed the age of fourteen years. A child of such tender age, is expected to play, study and be carefree about his life.
4.
The demand for unskilled labourers is another cause of child labour.
5.
Free education holds the key to eliminating child labour.