Question

It is well known that the world urgently needs adequate distribution of food, so that everyone gets enough. Adequate distribution of medicine is just as urgent. Medical expertise and medical supplies need to be redistributed throughout the world so that people in emerging nations will have proper medical care.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
a) The majority of the people in the world have never been seen by a doctor.
b) food production in emerging nations has slowed during the past several years.
c) Most of the world’s doctors are selfish about giving time and money to the poor.
d) the medical-supply industry should step up production of its products.
e) Many people who live in emerging nations are not receiving proper medical care.

Answer 1

Hint: Explain in your own words how your evidence supports your topic sentence. Talk about specific words, phrases, or ideas found in your evidence. This way you'll be able to analyze it more conveniently.

Complete answer:
 In the given question, we have to find out the best option which supports the main idea of the given paragraph. Here, This answer is implied by the statement that redistribution is needed so that people in emerging nations can have proper medical care.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a' – it is an incorrect option as the paragraph is not talking about the majority of people who have never been to the doctor.
Option ‘b’ – it is also an incorrect option because the main idea of the paragraph is not food production.
Option ‘c’ – it is wrong because it is not mentioned in the given paragraph that the doctors are selfish.
Option ‘d’ – it is an incorrect option as no one is talking about stepping up the medical products.
Option ‘e’ – it is the correct option because the main idea of the paragraph is ‘many people who live in emerging nations are not receiving proper medical care'. The passage indicates that the distribution of medicine, not its production, is inadequate.
Hence, option ‘e’ is the correct option.

Note:
 In such types of questions, do not add or assume information from your side to the given paragraph. You have to stick to the information provided and answer the question accordingly.