Passage-I
For achieving inclusive growth there is- a critical need to rethink the- role of the State. The earl

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Passage-I
For achieving inclusive growth there is- a critical need to rethink the- role of the State. The early debate among economists about the size of the Government can be misleading. The need of the hour is to have an enabling Government. India is too large and complex a nation for the State to be able to deliver all that is needed. Asking the Government to produce all the essential goods, create all the necessary jobs, and keep a curb on the prices of all goods is to lead to a large cumbersome bureaucracy and widespread corruption. The aim must be to stay with the objective of inclusive growth that was laid down by the founding fathers of the nation and also to take a more modern view of what the State can realistically deliver. This is what leads to the idea of an enabling State, that is, a Government that does not try to directly deliver to the citizens everything that they need. Instead, it (1) creates an enabling ethos for the market so that individual enterprise can flourish and citizens can, for the most part, provide for the needs of one another, and (2) steps in to help those who do not manage to do well for themselves, for there will always be individuals, no matter what the system, who need support and help. Hence we need a Government that, when it comes to the market, sets effective, incentive- compatible rules and remains on the sidelines with minimal interference, and, at the same time, plays an important role in directly helping the poor by ensuring that they get basic education and health services and receive adequate nutrition and food.

What constitutes an enabling Government?

1. A large bureaucracy. 
2. Implementation of welfare programmes through representatives. 
3. Creating an ethos that helps individual enterprise 
4. Providing resources to those who are underprivileged. 
5. Offering direct help to the poor regarding basic services.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Accepted Answer

The passage defines an 'enabling Government' by what it does and what it avoids.

1.  A large bureaucracy: The passage states that asking the government to deliver everything leads to a "large cumbersome bureaucracy and widespread corruption." An enabling government aims to avoid this by not trying to directly deliver everything. So, this is incorrect.

2.  Implementation of welfare programmes through representatives: The passage mentions helping the poor but does not specify the mechanism of implementation (e.g., through representatives). It focuses on the *role* of directly helping the poor with basic services, not the *method* of implementation via representatives. So, this cannot be definitively concluded from the passage.

3.  Creating an ethos that helps individual enterprise: The passage explicitly states an enabling government "(1) creates an enabling ethos for the market so that individual enterprise can flourish." This is correct.

4.  Providing resources to those who are underprivileged: The passage states an enabling government "(2) steps in to help those who do not manage to do well for themselves," and "plays an important role in directly helping the poor by ensuring that they get basic education and health services and receive adequate nutrition and food." These are forms of providing resources to the underprivileged. This is correct.

5.  Offering direct help to the poor regarding basic services: The passage clearly states an enabling government "plays an important role in directly helping the poor by ensuring that they get basic education and health services and receive adequate nutrition and food." This is correct.

Therefore, statements 3, 4, and 5 correctly constitute an enabling government according to the passage.

The final answer is C

Answer

1, 2 and 3 only

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4 and 5 only

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3, 4 and 5 only

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1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

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