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=> ANSWER: NO

1. After the National Literacy Crusade, the children of the women who remained illiterate were found to be severely malnourished.

Keywords: after, children, women who remained illiterate, severely malnourished

In the 6th paragraph, the writer says that “The children of the newly-literate mothers were also better nourished than those of women who could not read”, but there is no information indicating that those children were severely malnourished.

=> ANSWER: NOT GIVEN

Questions 25 and 26:

Which TWO important implications drawn from the Nicaraguan study are mentioned by the writer of the passage?

1. 
   It is better to educate mature women than young girls
   
2. 
   Similar campaigns in other countries would be equally successful
   
3. 
   The effects of maternal literacy programmes can be seen very quickly
   
4. 
   Improving child health can quickly affect a country‟s economy
   
5. 
   Money spent on female education will improve child health
   

Look at the last 3 paragraphs because paragraphs 8, 9 and 10 start with “The Nicaraguan study may have important implications…”. “…there is increasing evidence that female education, at any age, is „an important health intervention in its own right‟” => so A is wrong. “..education budgets in developing countries should be increased, not just to help their economies but also to improve child health” => no relationship between child health and country‟s economy => D is wrong and E is right. “…we thought that even if we started educating girls today, we‟d have to wait a generation for the pay-off. The Nicaraguan study suggests we may be able to bypass that.” => it means we don‟t need to wait for that long, the effects can be seen quickly => so C is right. “Pay-off” means an advantage or a reward from something you have done, here the writer refers to the beneficial effects of maternal literacy programmes. “Bypass” here means to reduce the necessary time to get something done quickly, or to be more specific, to see the effects. “similar campaigns elsewhere might not work as well” => B is wrong