उपर्युक्त परिच्छेद से, निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा सर्वाधिक तार्किक और तर्कसंगत निष्कर्ष (इन्फरेंस) निकाला जा सकता है?
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Which among the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
(a) We must create conditions for the faster growth of highly productive service jobs to ensure employment growth and inclusion. · (b) We must shift the farm workers to the highly productive manufacturing and service sectors to ensure the economic growth and inclusion. · (c) We must create conditions for the faster growth of productive jobs outside of agriculture even while improving the productivity of agriculture. · (d) We must emphasize the cultivation of high-yielding hybrid varieties and genetically modified crops to increase the per capita income in agriculture.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (c) हमें कृषि की उत्पादकता बढ़ाने के साथ-साथ कृषि-क्षेत्र से बाहर उत्पादक नौकरियों के तीव्रतर विकास की परिस्थितियों को उत्पन्न करना आवश्यक है।
Farm incomes can rise only if fewer people depend on agriculture, yet industry's new jobs are mostly low-productivity and productive service jobs are growing slowly. So India must create productive jobs outside agriculture while also raising incomes and productivity within it.
- ✗ (a) Too narrow: it looks only at service jobs, while the passage's concern covers agriculture and industry as well.
- ✗ (b) The passage says industry's jobs are largely low-productivity, so it does not call manufacturing 'highly productive'; simply shifting farm workers is also more drastic than anything it proposes.
- ✓ (c) People must move out of agriculture into productive jobs, and per capita farm incomes must rise — this option covers every part of the passage.
- ✗ (d) Hybrid and GM crops are not mentioned; the passage's concern is productive jobs.
Remember · When several options are partly right, choose the one that covers every sector or point the passage raises.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2017, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·