Evaluating assumptions about sustainable development
Question
Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea conveyed by the passage?
Options
Total eradication of poverty in the country will resolve the issue of under-performance of our school-children.
Monetary incentives to parents and teachers is a strategy to improve the children's academic performance.
Public policy should ensure that competencies and achievements of young people are aligned with their expectations.
India is not going to take advantage of the demographic dividend unless some school pass-outs go back to agriculture.
Explanation
The text systematically builds a contrast between high ambitions (parents and kids expecting high school, college, and clean breaks from farming) and dismal current realities (low basic reading, bad division arithmetic)[cite: 1311, 1314, 1315]. The entire narrative points to a severe gap between what these students expect for their lives and their actual capability to thrive outside of simple labor [cite: 1311, 1315]. Option (c) perfectly synthesizes this structural mismatch into a public policy goal. Options (a) and (b) introduce extraneous solutions not explored by the author.
Answer: (c).
Question details
Year
2024
Paper
CSAT
Question
Q22
Section
Reading Comprehension
Sub-topic
Environment / Economy passage
Type
Statement-based
Difficulty
Medium
Source hint
Passage-based comprehension
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