इस परिच्छेद द्वारा दिया गया सर्वाधिक तर्कसंगत और निर्णायक संदेश कौन-सा है?
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What is the most rational and crucial message given by the passage?
(a) Mass production of meat through industrial farming is cheap and is suitable for providing protein nutrition to poor countries. · (b) Meat-producing industry violates the laws against cruelty to animals. · (c) Mass production of meat through industrial farming is undesirable and should be stopped immediately. · (d) Environmental cost of meat production is unsustainable when it is produced through industrial farming.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (d) मांस उत्पादन की पर्यावरणीय लागत अधारणीय होती है जब इसका उत्पादन औद्योगिक पशुपालन से किया जाता है।
The passage describes factory farming's cruelty and health risks and ends on its water cost — 15000 litres per kilogram of meat against 255 for potatoes. The crucial message is that industrially produced meat carries an unsustainable environmental cost.
- ✗ (a) The quest for 'cheap and plentiful meat' is mentioned only to criticise where it has led; nothing recommends it for poor countries.
- ✗ (b) Conditions are called 'cruel', but the passage never mentions laws or their violation.
- ✗ (c) The passage criticises industrial farming but calls for no immediate stop; the option goes further than the text.
- ✓ (d) The passage's evidence builds to this: meat is 'water-intensive', needing 15000 litres a kilogram against far less for rice, eggs or potatoes — a cost industrial scale makes unsustainable.
Remember · Choose the message the passage's evidence builds towards; avoid options that add legal claims or drastic prescriptions.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2018, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·