Food consumption and nutrition - crux
Question
Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?
Options
The scheme of Universal Basic Income should be implemented worldwide as a way of poverty alleviation.
We must place food-based nutrition at the centre of our policy debate.
Nutritional status of food should be improved by creating appropriate genetically modified crops.
Using modern food processing technologies, we must fortify food items with required nutrient elements.
Explanation
The passage details two distinct drivers of malnutrition: voluntary poor choices based on taste, and structural limits based on poverty/affordability. It synthesizes these into a single macro-problem: "our food systems are not properly responding to nutritional needs" on the "long road from farm to fork". Since the problem spans structural access, individual behavior, and supply chain deviations, the overarching solution is elevating nutrition within public policy discussions. This points directly to option (b). Options (a), (c), and (d) suggest highly specific technical interventions (UBI, GMO crops, fortification) that narrow down a broad, systemic critique[cite: 2995, 2996, 2997, 2998, 2999, 3000, 3001].
Answer: (b).
Question details
Year
2023
Paper
CSAT
Question
Q13
Section
Reading Comprehension
Sub-topic
Health / Society passage
Type
RC - Central idea
Difficulty
Medium
Source hint
Passage-based comprehension
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