इस परिच्छेद का लेखक जो कहना चाहता है, उसे निम्नलिखित कथनों में से कौन-सा एक, सर्वाधिक संभावित रूप में प्रतिबिंबित करता है ?
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Which one of the following statements most likely reflects as to what the author of the passage intends to say?
(a) Enrolment in schools and colleges is high but there is no quality education. · (b) Unemployment must be seen as a function of rising education and aspirations of young Indians. · (c) There are no labour-intensive industries to accommodate the huge number of unemployed people. · (d) The education system should be properly designed so as to enable the educated people to be self-employed.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (b) बेरोज़गारी को युवा भारतीयों में निश्चित रूप से बढ़ती हुई शिक्षा और आकांक्षाओं के फलन के रूप में देखा जाना चाहिए ।
The author says the unemployment rate misleads when enrolment is rising: educated young Indians wait for the right job, and rising education levels inflate unemployment. So unemployment has to be read against rising education and aspirations, not only as a sign of a weak economy.
- ✗ (a) The passage says nothing about the quality of education; it only notes rising enrolment.
- ✓ (b) The rate 'paints an inaccurate picture' because the young 'wait for the right job' and 'rising education levels inflate unemployment challenges' — unemployment tracks education and aspirations.
- ✗ (c) Labour-intensive industries are not mentioned; this brings in an outside cause.
- ✗ (d) The passage diagnoses how to read the unemployment rate; it offers no remedy such as redesigning education for self-employment.
Remember · For 'what the author intends to say', pick the option that restates the central claim; reject causes or remedies the passage never mentions.
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). ·