Verbal Ability :: Cloze Test - Discussion

The (____A____) of India as an economic superpower is not reflected in the (____B____) of life enjoyed by its 1.2 billion citizens according to the Human Development Index which (____C____) India very low among 182 countries. In our performance oriented world, measurement. issues have taken an (____D____) importance as what we measure affects what we do. In fact the French President has established an international commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress -owing to his (____E____) and that will others with the current state of statistical information about the economy and society.The big question concerns (____F____) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) provides a good measure of living standards. In many case in.GDP statistics seem to (____G____) that the economy is doing far better than most citizens feel it is. Moreover the focus on GDP cream:conflicts, while political leaders are told to maximise it, citizens also demand that (____H____) be paid to enhancing security,reducing air, water and noise pollution all of which actually (____I____) GDP growth. Statistics are (____J____) to summarise what is going on in our complex society, it is therefore obivious that we can't reduce everything to a single number-- GDP.