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English Comprehension Reading Comprehension (C)

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

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There are reports that some of the antibiotics sold in the market are fed to poultry and other livestock as growth promoters. Overusing these substances can create superbugs, pathogens that are resistant to multiple drugs and could be passed along humans. Mindful of that, some farming companies have stopped using the drugs to make chickens gain weight faster. Since Denmark banned antibiotic growth promoters in the 1990s, the major pork exporters says it is producing more pigs – and the animals get fewer diseases.

Q. Which one of the following statements best reflects the critical message conveyed by the passage given above ?

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People should avoid consuming the products of animal farming.

Foods of animal origin should be replaced with foods of plant origin.

Using antibiotics on animals should be banned.

Antibiotics should only be used to treat diseases.

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Explanation:

Option (1) is incorrect- Passage suggests nothing about what and what not to be consumed by the people.
Option (2) is incorrect- Passage nowhere talks about replacing animal origin foods with plant origin foods. It merely reflects the side effects of using antibiotics for other purposes than treating disease.
Option (3) is incorrect-Passage nowhere talks about banning antibiotics on animals. It only mentions the trend of minimizing the use of antibiotics on animals given their ill effects on human health.
Option (4) is correct- Passage mentions the ill effects of antibiotics as growth promoters and how some farming companies and also, Denmark -a major pork exporter, banned antibiotic growth promoters but not its use as a drug to treat diseases.