Question

    Below is given a passage with 5 blanks each numbered. Choose the correct option that can fill each blank.  The distribution of healthcare providers ______________1. for rural versus urban areas in North India. A 2007 study by Ayesha De Costa and Vinod Diwan, published in Health Policy, conducted in Madhya Pradesh, India ____________2. the distribution of different types of healthcare providers across urban and rural Madhya Pradesh in terms of the differences in ____________3. to healthcare through number of providers present. The results indicated that in rural Madhya Pradesh, there was one physician per 7870 people, while there was one physician per 834 people in the urban areas of the region. In terms of other healthcare providers, the study __________4. that of the qualified paramedical staff present in Madhya Pradesh, 71% performed work in the rural areas of the region. In addition, 90% of traditional birth attendants and ­­­­_______________5. healthcare providers in Madhya Pradesh worked in the rural communities.

    Choose the correct option to fill blank 1.

    A Varies Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Vary Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Very Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Variation Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Varying Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Vary means ‘differs’. Verb should be singular, hence, ‘varies’ is correct.

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