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UPSC CSE CSAT 2023 · Paper II (CSAT) · Question 52 · Reading comprehension

Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and practical message…

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2023, General Studies Paper II (CSAT), Question 52 — Reading comprehension.

Passage—2

While awareness on use/misuse and abuse of antibiotics is common knowledge, as is the impact of dosing poultry with antibiotics, the environmental impact of antibiotics-manufacturing companies not treating their waste has scarcely been discussed at any length or seriousness thus far. Pollution from antibiotics factories is fuelling the rise of drug-resistant infections. The occurrence of drug-resistant bacteria surrounding the pharma manufacturing plants is well known.

Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and practical message conveyed by the passage?

Answer & explanation

Answer: (a) It is necessary to put proper effluent treatment protocols in place.

The passage's new point is that antibiotic factories that do not treat their waste are fuelling drug-resistant infections around their plants. The practical remedy is proper treatment of their effluents.

  • ✓ (a) The problem named is 'companies not treating their waste'; effluent treatment protocols tackle it directly.
  • ✗ (b) Awareness of antibiotic misuse is already 'common knowledge'; the neglected issue is factory waste, not public awareness.
  • ✗ (c) The passage ties resistance to untreated factory pollution, which can be fixed; it does not call the spread inherent or unavoidable.
  • ✗ (d) Moving factories to remote areas would shift the pollution, not treat it.

Remember · For a 'practical message', choose the remedy that targets the exact cause named; relocation or awareness drives miss it.

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2023, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·

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