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English Comprehension Reading Comprehension (C)

Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.

One of the biggest ironies around water is that it comes from rivers and other wetlands. Yet it is seen as divorced from them. While water is used as a resource, public policy does not always grasp that it is a part of the natural ecosystem. Efforts at engineering water systems are thus efforts at augmenting water supply rather than strengthening the capacities of ecological systems.

Which one of the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?

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Rivers and other wetlands should be protected under Ramsar Convention.

Engineering water systems should be modernized and further augmented.

Wetlands need to be reinforced as more than just open sources or water.

Water supply should not be free of cost so as to prevent its misuse or overuse.

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Explanation:

Sol. Ans.(d). Theme is “Jobs in India”.

Clearly option (d) is the answer.

Option (a) is wrong as the passage does not talk about reducing labour movement out of rural areas.

Option (b) is wrong as that is not the core idea in the passage (“best implied”).

Option (c) is just opposite to what is given and is evident from ‘Services, where labour tends to be most productive, are not generating the additional jobs the country needs.’ It is given that ‘Only those sectors that drive domestic demand such as health and education (social sector) can comfortably fill other half’ so (d) is true.

Option (d) is slightly indirect but ultimately means what is being asked. Health and education sectors comprise the social sector, and large investments there can generate many jobs.