CLASS TEST- 9
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 1. Food, clothing and shelter are the basic human needs. However, there are many who barely manage to acquire the first two necessities but the third remains beyond their reach. A large section of the population therefore lives and sleeps at public places, like roads, pavements and streets under unhygienic conditions and is categorized as the ‘homeless population’. 2. Homelessness is a growing phenomenon worldwide and is a major challenge faced by India today. People from rural areas are moving to the cities and towns to find employment, or to escape calamities like floods, famine and drought. 3. Rural poverty is the most fundamental reason for the great migration to the city. The poor people are not in a position to pay for housing, food, child care, health care, and education. The vast majority of these men and women are farmers and farm labourers who in their villages lack resources and opportun