उपर्युक्त परिच्छेद के संदर्भ में, निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा/से सर्वाधिक तर्कसंगत एवं व्यावहारिक निहितार्थ है/हैं?
- 1.भारत की सार्वजनिक वितरण प्रणाली को केन्द्र सरकार द्वारा मॉनिटर किया जाना चाहिए।
- 2.बालिकाओं को विवाह एवं प्रथम गर्भ विलम्बित करने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करना चाहिए।
- 3.जन्म के तुरंत बाद नवजात को स्तनपान कराने हेतु माताओं को प्रोत्साहित करना चाहिए।
- 4.सभी के लिए सुरक्षित पेय जल एवं उपयुक्त स्वच्छता सुविधाओं की आपूर्ति सुनिश्चित करनी चाहिए।
- 5.प्राधिकारियों को यथानिर्धारित टीकाकरण सुनिश्चित करना चाहिए।
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With reference to the above passage, which of the following is/are the most rational and practical implication/implications?
1. India’s Public Distribution System should be monitored by the Union Government.
2. Girls should be encouraged to delay marriage and first pregnancy.
3. Mothers should be encouraged to breastfeed their children immediately after birth.
4. The supply of safe drinking water and proper sanitation facilities to all should be ensured.
5. Authorities should ensure the vaccination as prescribed.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 · (b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 · (c) 1 only · (d) 3 and 5 only
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (b) 2, 3, 4 और 5
The passage describes child malnutrition that kills, stunts and harms learning and earnings. Delayed marriage and pregnancy, early breastfeeding, safe water and sanitation, and vaccination all act directly on a young child's nutrition and health. Who monitors the PDS is an administrative question the passage gives no basis for.
- ✗ 1. The passage says nothing about the PDS failing or about which government should monitor it; shifting control does not follow from the problem described.
- ✓ 2. Very early pregnancies often mean undernourished mothers and low-weight babies; delaying marriage and first pregnancy gives the child a healthier start against the early damage the passage describes.
- ✓ 3. Children suffer from 'not getting enough of the right foods and nutrients'; breastfeeding from birth is the first and most direct source of them.
- ✓ 4. Unsafe water and poor sanitation cause repeated infections that stop a child's body from using food, feeding the stunting the passage describes.
- ✓ 5. Malnutrition causes about half of under-5 deaths; preventing diseases through vaccination protects already weak children and their growth.
Remember · For 'practical implications', keep steps that act directly on the problem described; drop those about which authority should control a scheme.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2020, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·