Read the passage and answer the following questions.

Adolescents constitute a nation's core resource for national renewal and growth. Adolescence is a period in life when transition from childhood to adulthood takes place and behaviours and lifestyles are shaped. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), adolescence is the period which shapes the future of girls' and boys' lives. There are 28 million adolescents in Bangladesh; 13.7 million of them are girls and 14.3 million boys.

The situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh is characterized by inequality and subordination within the family and society. This inequality leads to a widespread practice of child marriage, marginalization or exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities, and a vulnerability to violence and sexual abuse.

In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys. However, 33 percent of adolescent girls are married before the age of 15 and 60 percent become mothers by the age of 19. Research finds that adolescents with higher level of education and from more affluent families tend to marry, at a later age. Boys, however, become ready for marriage only after several years of adolescence and young adulthood.

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Choose the correct answer from the alternatives:

a. What could be the closest meaning of the word 'constitute' in the first sentence?

i) take

ii) form

iii) add

iv) mark

b. The phrase 'take place' in the second sentence stands for-----

i) occur

ii) recur

iii) go to place

iv) all of them

c. The synonym of 'affluent' is-----

i) destitute

ii) poor

iii) poverty

iv) well off

d. What could be the closest meaning of the word 'core' in the first sentence?

i) alternative

ii) subsidiary

iii) central

iv) minor

e. The phrase 'leads to' in the passage refers to------.

i) results of

ii) results in

iii) results from

iv) results to

f. Adolescence is a-period from childhood to adulthood.

i) constant

ii) transitional

iii) rigid

iv) fixed

g. The synonym of legal is------.

i) illicit

ii) banned

iii) prohibited

iv) lawful

h. The word 'economic' can be replaced by------.

i) monetary

ii) economical

iii) cheap

iv) financed

i. The word 'widespread' mentioned in the passage means-----.

i) limited

ii) wide-ranging

iii) narrow

iv) minor

j. The word 'marginalization' refers to -------.

i) holding a lot a power

ii) underestimation

iii) boldness in decision making

iv) having sympathy for others