Evaluating assumptions about farming technique adaptation and infrastructure
Question
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?
Options
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Assumption 1 is valid. The passage asserts that "extending to the smallholders... of Africa and Asia the best of today's agricultural practices... would lead to a greatly increased availability of food." This assumes current poor-country techniques require structural change/updating to solve the food crisis.
Assumption 2 is invalid. The text notes that better roads and storage would "reduce wastage" in developing countries. However, it never claims that developed countries currently waste less overall food. Developed nations notoriously have massive consumption-side food waste, a variable the text avoids comparing altogether.
Answer: (a).
Question details
Year
2022
Paper
CSAT
Question
Q22
Section
Reading Comprehension
Sub-topic
Agriculture / Technology passage
Type
Statement-based
Difficulty
Medium
Source hint
Passage (Agricultural technology) - Q22
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