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Q33·CSAT · Prelims 2023

Organic farming safety - Assumptions

Reading Comp.Agriculture / Health passageRC - Assumption validationMedium

Question

Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:

1Organic farming is inherently unsafe for both farmers and consumers.
2Farmers and consumers need to be educated about eco-friendly food.

Options

a

1 only

b

2 only

Answer
c

Both 1 and 2

d

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Evaluate the underlying assertions of both assumptions. Assumption 1 posits that organic farming is "inherently unsafe". This directly misconstrues the passage, which merely notes that current real-world methods suffer from poor regulation and improper applications, not a fundamental, immutable safety flaw. Assumption 2 notes that users "need to be educated". This is valid because the author explicitly notes that lack of knowledge causes both farmers and consumers to be "confused" and use products in ways that "could harm them".

Differentiate between an entity being "inherently flawed" versus being "harmful due to a temporary lack of regulation or education."

Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2023

Paper

CSAT

Question

Q33

Section

Reading Comprehension

Sub-topic

Agriculture / Health passage

Type

RC - Assumption validation

Difficulty

Medium

Source hint

Passage-based comprehension

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