निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा एक, उपर्युक्त परिच्छेद द्वारा दिया गया सर्वाधिक तर्कसंगत, विवेकपूर्ण और निर्णायक संदेश है ?
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Which one of the following is the most logical, rational and crucial message conveyed by the above passage?
(a) TB is not a curable disease in Indian circumstances. · (b) Curing TB requires more than diagnosis and medical treatment. · (c) Government’s surveillance mechanism is deficient; and poor people have no access to treatment. · (d) India will be free from diseases like TB only when its poverty alleviation programmes are effectively and successfully implemented.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (b) तपेदिक को ठीक करने के लिए निदान और चिकित्सकीय उपचार से कहीं और अधिक की आवश्यकता होती है ।
Poor nutrition, stigma, lack of counselling, cost, weak support and harsh side-effects push TB patients to abandon treatment. The crucial message is that curing TB needs help well beyond diagnosis and drugs.
- ✗ (a) The problem is that patients stop treatment, not that TB cannot be cured.
- ✓ (b) Nutrition, counselling and support from providers and family are all non-medical needs the passage lists.
- ✗ (c) Surveillance is not mentioned, and patients do begin treatment — they are demotivated from continuing, so 'no access' is wrong.
- ✗ (d) Poverty matters, but 'only when' poverty programmes succeed is too strong and ignores stigma, counselling and side-effects.
Remember · The crucial message usually sums up the list the passage builds; reject 'only when' and claims about things it never mentions.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2019, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·