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English Comprehension Reading Comprehension (C)

Green growth involves rethinking growth strategies with regard to the impacts on environmental sustainability and the environmental resources available to poor and vulnerable groups. In rethinking growth, we need to focus on the current reality of a resource-constrained world. Resource intensive and, in particular energy intensive processes will need to make way for more efficient and resource frugal development strategies if we are to avoid an economic dead end or a world in which only a small clite is able to enjoy affluence in the midst of a sea of poverty.

Question: 1

Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the above passage?

Environmental sustainability is inimical to our objective of achieving a high rate of GDP growth.
Poverty eradication is not possible without a rapid economic growth and the consequent environmental degradation.
Maintaining high environmental standards is now a prerequisite for achieving a steady and inclusive growth.
With large populations, rampant poverty and limited resources of today's world, environmental degradation cannot be prevented and inequalities are inevitable.

Explanation

- Option 1: This statement suggests a conflict between environmental sustainability and GDP growth. However, the passage argues for rethinking growth to incorporate sustainability without opposing it.

- Option 2: The passage stresses the importance of efficient, resource-conscious development over rapid growth that harms the environment, challenging the idea that economic growth must lead to environmental degradation.

- Option 3: This aligns with the passage's call for environmentally sustainable growth strategies to ensure both steady and inclusive development.

- Option 4: By suggesting that environmental degradation is inevitable, this option contradicts the passage's advocacy for sustainable strategies to prevent inequality.

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