Anaemia and productivity - implied message
Question
Which one of the following statements best reflects what is implied by the passage?
Options
Education system must be strengthened in rural areas.
Large scale and effective implementation of skill development programme is the need of the hour.
For economic development, health and nutrition of only skilled workers needs special attention.
For rapid economic growth as envisaged by us, attention should be paid to health and nutrition of the people.
Explanation
The passage builds a direct causal chain between physiological health (anaemia, tuberculosis, malnutrition) and current as well as future economic performance[cite: 2728, 2730, 2731]. It warns that childhood malnourishment severely degrades cognitive ability, creating a bottleneck for an economy dependent on highly skilled human capital[cite: 2732, 2733]. The unavoidable implication is that health and nutrition are non-negotiable foundations for sustainable, rapid economic growth. Option (d) mirrors this core synthesis. Options (a) and (b) focus on downstream interventions (education, skilling) without addressing the biological prerequisite (nutrition) emphasized by the author[cite: 2738, 2744]. Option (c) uses a restrictive condition ("only") that distorts the text.
Answer: (d).
Question details
Year
2023
Paper
CSAT
Question
Q2
Section
Reading Comprehension
Sub-topic
Health / Economy passage
Type
RC - Corollary inference
Difficulty
Medium
Source hint
Passage-based comprehension
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