Question 14.

The “dilemma” mentioned in the passage refers to:

A
keeping government agencies in the largest city with good infrastructure or moving them to a remote area with few amenities.
B
relocating government agencies to boost growth in remote areas with poor amenities or to relatively larger cities with good amenities.
C
encouraging private enterprises to relocate to smaller towns or not incentivising them in order to keep government costs in those towns low.
D
concentrating on decongesting large cities or focusing on boosting employment in relatively larger cities.

Question Explanation

Text Explanation

"The dilemma is obvious. Pick small, poor towns, and areas of high unemployment get new jobs, but it is hard to attract the most qualified workers; opt for larger cities with infrastructure and better-qualified residents, and the country’s most deprived areas see little benefit"

Option A is incorrect. The passage makes no mention of having the government agencies in the "largest" city. It talks about having them in "larger cities". Hence it is incorrect.

Option C talks about the relocation of private enterprises. This is not mentioned in the passage as the passage is primarily about the relocation of government bureaucrats.

Option D makes no mention of decongesting large cities. Hence it is incorrect. 

Option B makes the right comparison. It compares the hard task of relocating qualified workers to smaller towns, to allocating workers to larger cities, which would result in smaller towns receiving little benefit.

Option B is the correct answer.

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