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English Comprehension Reading Comprehension (C)

Directions():
Read the following passage and answer the items that follow the passage. Your answers to these items should be based on the passage only.
In some places in the world, the productivity of staples such as rice and wheat has reached a plateau. Neither new strains nor fancy agrochemicals are raising the yields. Nor is there much unfarmed land left that is suitable to be brought under the plough. If global temperature continues to rise, some places will become unsuitable for farming. Application of technology can help overcome these problems. Agricultural technology is changing fast. Much of this change is brought about by affluent farmers in the West/Americas. Techniques developed in the West are being adapted in some places to make tropical crops more productive. Technology is of little use if it is not adapted. In the developing world, that applies as much to existing farming techniques as it does to the latest advances in genetic modification. Extending to the smallholders and subsistence farmers of Africa and Asia the best of today's agricultural practices, in such simple matters as how much fertilizers to apply and when, would lead to a greatly increased availability of food for humanity. So would things like better roads and storage facilities, to allow for the carriage of surpluses to markets and reduce wastage.

Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:

1. Poor countries need to bring about change in their existing farming techniques.

2. Developed countries have better infrastructure and they waste less food.

Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?

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1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Answer: (a)
Assumption 1 is correct: As per the passage, “Technology is of little use if it is not adapted. In the developing world, that applies as much to existing farming techniques as it does to the latest advances in genetic modification.”. The passage clearly recommends the need to extend latest agricultural practices in simple matters like the timing and amount of fertilizer usage. This highlights the need to change agricultural practices. Therefore, this assumption is valid. (Though the author has nowhere mentioned poor countries, but only developed and developing countries. This makes this option partially incorrect too – the typical RC grey area.)
Assumption 2 is incorrect: This assumption goes beyond the information provided in the passage. There is no mention of the infrastructure status of the developed countries or the food wastage there.

Though the last lines of the passage do suggest that better roads and storage facilities will reduce wastage, but it has been stated in a very general way (with no comparison between developed countries and developing countries whatsoever). The only comparison being made in the passage between developed and developing countries is regarding agricultural technology.