इस परिच्छेद के निहितार्थ को निम्नलिखित कथनों में से कौन-सा एक सर्वोत्तम रूप से प्रतिबिंबित करता है ?
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Which one of the following statements best reflects what is implied by the passage?
(a) Education system must be strengthened in rural areas. · (b) Large scale and effective implementation of skill development programme is the need of the hour. · (c) For economic development, health and nutrition of only skilled workers needs special attention. · (d) For rapid economic growth as envisaged by us, attention should be paid to health and nutrition of the people.
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Answer: (d) जिस तीव्र आर्थिक संवृद्धि की हमें अपेक्षा है, उसके लिए लोगों के स्वास्थ्य और सुपोषण पर ध्यान दिया जाना चाहिए ।
Anaemia and tuberculosis cut today's productivity, and child malnutrition cuts tomorrow's cognitive potential, which matters for an economy that will need skilled workers. The implied message is that growth depends on attention to people's health and nutrition.
- ✗ (a) Education and rural areas are not discussed; the problem identified is ill-health and malnutrition.
- ✗ (b) Skill programmes are not the remedy offered; the passage argues that malnutrition limits the very capacity to become highly skilled.
- ✗ (c) 'Only skilled workers' is wrong: the passage speaks of women, men of working age and children.
- ✓ (d) Lost productivity (anaemia, TB) and lost future potential (malnourished children) both point to health and nutrition as the base of economic growth.
Remember · When a passage lists a problem and its economic cost, the implication is to fix that root problem, not a neighbouring policy.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2023, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·