Identifying the crux regarding demographic shifts, lifestyle changes, and water usage
Question
Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?
Options
People should be persuaded to continue with the mainly Indian traditional cereal-based diets.
India needs to focus on developing agricultural productivity and capacity for more energy generation in the coming years.
Modern technological developments result in the change of cultural and social behaviour of the people.
Water management practices in India need to change dramatically in the coming years.
Explanation
The passage outlines how a growing middle class demands protein-heavy diets and energy-intensive gadgets. The author makes a highly specific, repeated connection: protein production needs "significantly more water," and energy generation "needs water." The entire narrative funnel points to water as the ultimate, strained baseline resource for all new affluence. Therefore, the underlying crux is that the impending massive draw on water will require dramatic changes in water management to sustain. Options (a) and (b) miss the ultimate synthesis factor (water), and (c) reverses the cause-and-effect relationship.
Answer: (d).
Question details
Year
2022
Paper
CSAT
Question
Q34
Section
Reading Comprehension
Sub-topic
Economy / Environment passage
Type
Factual single
Difficulty
Medium
Source hint
Passage 2 (Demographic shift and resource consumption) - Q34
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