निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा कथन, सर्वाधिक तर्कसंगत और विवेकपूर्ण निष्कर्ष को सर्वोत्तम रूप से दर्शाता है, जिसे उपर्युक्त परिच्छेद से प्रतिपादित किया जा सकता है?
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Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
(a) Curriculum for urban planning courses should have diverse and interdisciplinary approach. · (b) In India, city administration is under bureaucracy which lacks formal training in urban planning and management. · (c) In India, the management of urban areas is a local affair with a chronic problem of insufficient funds. · (d) With high density of population and widespread poverty in our urban areas, planned development in them is very difficult.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (a) नगर आयोजना पाठ्यक्रमों की पाठ्यचर्या में विविध और अंतर-विषयक उपागम (अप्रोच) शामिल होना चाहिए।
The passage credits the West’s iconic cities to planners trained in a curriculum that joined computing, statistics and optimization with the social sciences, geography and architecture. The logical inference is that planning education should be diverse and interdisciplinary.
- ✓ (a) The West produced ‘ingenious planners’ because mathematical subjects ‘were absorbed into the planning curriculum that had its roots in the social sciences, geography and architecture’, which is an interdisciplinary mix.
- ✗ (b) Bureaucracy and the training of administrators are never mentioned. The passage only says that Indian planning and its education differ from the West.
- ✗ (c) Local management of cities and a shortage of funds lie outside the passage.
- ✗ (d) Population density and poverty are not discussed; the passage is about how planners are trained, not about why planning is hard.
Remember · The right inference extends the passage’s own cause and effect; options that bring in new problems (funds, bureaucracy, poverty) go outside it.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2024, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·