Vocabulary Test...

[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question below.[/passage-header]It is not surprising that Delhi is poised on the brink of disaster. With two lakh people migrating to this metropolis every year, it is not difficult to see why the quality of life has deteriorated at such an alarming rate. The newspapers are full of crimes committed because of the breakdown of basic facilities and the corrosion of human values.
This brings us to slums" -the alleged breeding grounds of most of Delhi's problems. Over the years, the number of slums and unauthorised settlements have leap - frogged. There is hardly any residential colony in this city that is not hemmed in by them. Yet they too serve purpose" -- they provide cheap labour and captive vote banks. The very people who turn up their noses at the dirt, disease and fifth that festers in these areas, use these 'breeding grounds' as pool for domestic servants that can be hired and fired at will and daily wage labourers who are grateful for any kind of employment. Isn't it about time we examined our own role and acknowledged our responsibility for the proliferation of these slums?