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) Public research institutions should take the lead in GM technology and prioritise the technology agenda. · (b) Developing countries should raise this issue in WTO and ensure the abolition of Intellectual Property Rights. · (c) Private corporations should not be allowed to do agribusiness in India, particularly the seed business. · (d) Present Indian circumstances do not favour the cultivation of genetically modified crops.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (a) लोक अनुसंधान संस्थाओं को GM प्रौद्योगिकी में अग्रणी होना चाहिए और इस प्रौद्योगिकी की प्राथमिकताओं को तय करना चाहिए ।
Corporate-driven GM research chases short-run profit through herbicide-tolerant and pest-resistant traits, while the National Farmers Commission wants priority for resistance to drought, salinity and other stresses. The message is that GM needs a public agenda — public institutions should lead and set the priorities.
- ✓ (a) The passage sets profit-driven corporate priorities against the public priorities named by the Commission; public research is the natural way to pursue the latter.
- ✗ (b) The passage faults an IPR regime that creates private monopolies, but it mentions neither the WTO nor abolishing IPR altogether.
- ✗ (c) Barring private firms from agribusiness is an extreme step the passage never proposes.
- ✗ (d) The passage wants 'widespread and careful adoption' of GM technology with better priorities — not rejection of GM crops.
Remember · When a passage faults who sets an agenda, the crucial message is usually a change of agenda-setter, not a ban or total rejection.
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). ·