Food production - Assumptions
Question
With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
- 1.
The food manufacturing and processing industries in every country should align their objectives and processes in accordance with the changing needs of the societies.
- 2.
Wealthier societies tend to incur great loss of calories of food materials due to indirect utilization of their agricultural produce.
Options
I only
II only
Both I and II
Neither I nor II
Explanation
Statement I introduces an extreme normative claim ("industries in every country should align..."), which is beyond the scope of the descriptive passage. Statement II is a direct logical extension of the text: wealthier societies consume more animal products, and this indirect utilization (feeding plants to animals first) causes a "conversion rate [that] goes down to five to seven per cent," meaning a massive calorie loss. The text directly supports the link between wealthier diets and systemic calorie inefficiency.
Answer: (b).
Question details
Year
2025
Paper
CSAT
Question
Q14
Section
Reading Comprehension
Sub-topic
Food / Agriculture passage
Type
RC - Assumption validation
Difficulty
Medium
Source hint
Passage-based comprehension
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