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For decades, the lure of the American Dream has beckoned young Indians with the promise of economic opportunity, social mobility, and the prospect of a better future. There is a painful paradox at the heart of it. We celebrate tech billionaires but domestically youth unemployment soars, showcase gleaming infrastructure while millions struggle for dignified work. India’s growth story features booming statistics, shrinking opportunities, and a rising economy still unable to assure its own people that their future lies at home. As the world builds walls, India must build bridges, to opportunity, prosperity, and a future where migration is an option, not a necessity. If India is to truly rise, it must become a nation where people do not feel compelled to leave, but empowered to stay. India must not just be the world’s largest exporter of talent but a magnet for it, a place where ambition flourishes without an outbound ticket, where success is celebrated at home, and where prosperity is not a foreign fantasy but a reality shaped on our own soil.

Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the above passage?
(a) India's primary economic challenge is its inability to control youth unemployment despite significant government investment in infrastructure projects.
(b) Globalisation and the rise of tech billionaires have inadvertently created a system where talent flows primarily from developing nations like India to the West.
(c) India's economic growth story highlights the successes while acknowledging certain unresolved challenges like youth unemployment.
(d) India must address the paradox of its growth by fostering sufficient domestic opportunities for empowered youth to build a future within the country.

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For decades, the lure of the American Dream has beckoned young Indians with the promise of economic opportunity, social mobility, and the prospect of a better future. There is a painful paradox at the heart of it. We celebrate tech billionaires but domestically youth unemployment soars, showcase gleaming infrastructure while millions struggle for dignified work. India&rsquo;s growth story features booming statistics, shrinking opportunities, and a rising economy still unable to assure its own people that their future lies at home. As the world builds walls, India must build bridges, to opportunity, prosperity, and a future where migration is an option, not a necessity. If India is to truly rise, it must become a nation where people do not feel compelled to leave, but empowered to stay. India must not just be the world&rsquo;s largest exporter of talent but a magnet for it, a place where ambition flourishes without an outbound ticket, where success is celebrated at home, and where prosperity is not a foreign fantasy but a reality shaped on our own soil.

Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the above passage?
(a) India's primary economic challenge is its inability to control youth unemployment despite significant government investment in infrastructure projects.
(b) Globalisation and the rise of tech billionaires have inadvertently created a system where talent flows primarily from developing nations like India to the West.
(c) India's economic growth story highlights the successes while acknowledging certain unresolved challenges like youth unemployment.
(d) India must address the paradox of its growth by fostering sufficient domestic opportunities for empowered youth to build a future within the country.

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The statement (d) captures the core problem (paradox of growth not benefiting all youth, leading to migration), the proposed solution (fostering domestic opportunities and an empowering ecosystem), and the ultimate goal (India's true rise, youth choosing to stay and building a future within the country). For India to genuinely achieve its potential and national aspirations, it must address the paradox of pain.

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Passage-1 For decades, the lure of the American Dream has beckoned young Indians with the promise of economic opportunity, social mobility, and the prospect of a better future. There is a painful paradox at the heart of it. We celebrate tech billionaires but domestically youth unemployment soars, showcase gleaming infrastructure while millions struggle for dignified work. India’s growth story features booming statistics, shrinking opportunities, and a rising economy still unable to assure its own people that their future lies at home. As the world builds walls, India must build bridges, to opportunity, prosperity, and a future where migration is an option, not a necessity. If India is to truly rise, it must become a nation where people do not feel compelled to leave, but empowered to stay. India must not just be the world’s largest exporter of talent but a magnet for it, a place where ambition flourishes without an outbound ticket, where success is celebrated at home, and where prosperity is not a foreign fantasy but a reality shaped on our own soil. Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the above passage? (a) India's primary economic challenge is its inability to control youth unemployment despite significant government investment in infrastructure projects. (b) Globalisation and the rise of tech billionaires have inadvertently created a system where talent flows primarily from developing nations like India to the West. (c) India's economic growth story highlights the successes while acknowledging certain unresolved challenges like youth unemployment. (d) India must address the paradox of its growth by fostering sufficient domestic opportunities for empowered youth to build a future within the country.