उपर्युक्त परिच्छेद पर आधारित, निम्नलिखित पूर्वधारणाएँ बनाई गई हैं :
- 1.भावी पीढ़ियों के लिए पर्याप्त खाद्यान्न उपजाना चुनौतीपूर्ण कार्य होगा।
- 2.कॉर्पोरेट कृषि, गरीब देशों में खाद्यान्न सुरक्षा के लिए लाभप्रद विकल्प है।
उपर्युक्त पूर्वधारणाओं में से कौन-सा/से वैध है/हैं?
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Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. Growing enough food for future generations will be a challenge.
2. Corporate farming is a viable option for food security in poor countries.
Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?
(a) 1 only · (b) 2 only · (c) Both 1 and 2 · (d) Neither 1 nor 2
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (a) केवल 1
The passage opens with plateauing yields, little unfarmed land left and rising temperatures — the author assumes that feeding people in future will be hard. Corporate farming is never mentioned; the focus is on smallholders and subsistence farmers.
- ✓ 1. Yields have “reached a plateau”, there is not “much unfarmed land left”, and some places “will become unsuitable for farming” — the case for technology rests on food supply becoming a challenge.
- ✗ 2. The passage speaks of extending best practices to “smallholders and subsistence farmers”; corporate farming lies outside the passage.
Remember · Reject any assumption that brings in a new solution (here corporate farming) the author never discusses.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2022, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·