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Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Sometimes the grand (96) of the Left and the Right do not seem to have any relationship with the lived experiences of ordinary Indians. For the past two decades, the Left has tried to expand social welfare programmes (97) the poor in the country by highlighting the growing (98) between the rich and the poor. The Right, on the other hand, points to the growing (99) of politically driven welfare policies and emphasizes the need for economic growth to (100) poverty and Improve the lives of the poor.

A)  issue                            

B)  matter

C)  pain                            

D)  burden