उपर्युक्त परिच्छेद के अनुसार, विश्व कृषि के समक्ष सबसे बड़ी चुनौती क्या है ?
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According to the above passage, the biggest challenge to world agriculture is:
(a) to find sufficient land for agriculture and to expand food processing industries · (b) to eradicate hunger in underdeveloped countries · (c) to achieve a balance between the production of food and non-food items · (d) to achieve a balance between demand for and supply of food
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (d) खाद्य की मांग और आपूर्ति के बीच संतुलन प्राप्त करना
The passage opens by saying that the biggest challenge to world agriculture has been to achieve a balance between demand for and supply of food. Option (d) repeats this directly.
- ✗ (a) Land and food processing are not mentioned.
- ✗ (b) Hunger is discussed as a result of lack of purchasing power, not as agriculture's biggest challenge.
- ✗ (c) Non-food items are never discussed.
- ✓ (d) The passage's first sentence says exactly this.
Remember · When a question borrows the passage's own phrase ('biggest challenge'), find that phrase and read what follows it.
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