According to the above passage, which of the following are the fundamental solutions for the world food security problem?
- 1.Setting up more agro-based industries
- 2.Improving the price affordability by the poor
- 3.Regulating the conditions of marketing
- 4.Providing food subsidy to one and all
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only
The passage ends by naming 'food production, marketing and prices, especially price-affordability by the poor' as the global issues needing global solutions. Improving affordability for the poor and regulating marketing follow from this; agro-based industries and subsidies for everyone are never proposed.
- ✗ 1. Agro-based industries are not mentioned.
- ✓ 2. 'Especially price-affordability by the poor' — hunger comes from 'empty-pocket hungry mouths'.
- ✓ 3. 'Food production, marketing and prices' are named as global issues needing global solutions.
- ✗ 4. A subsidy 'to one and all' is not suggested; the concern is the poor who lack purchasing power.
Remember · For 'solutions according to the passage', use the issues it names in its conclusion; drop remedies it never proposes, especially sweeping ones.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·