निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा कथन, उपर्युक्त परिच्छेद के मूल भाव को सर्वोत्तम रूप से दर्शाता है?
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Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the above passage?
(a) Environmental sustainability is inimical to our objective of achieving a high rate of GDP growth. · (b) Poverty eradication is not possible without a rapid economic growth and the consequent environmental degradation. · (c) Maintaining high environmental standards is now a prerequisite for achieving a steady, sufficient and inclusive growth. · (d) With large populations, rampant poverty and limited resources of today’s world, environmental degradation cannot be prevented and inequalities are inevitable.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (c) स्थिर, पर्याप्त और समावेशी विकास प्राप्त करने के लिए उच्च पर्यावरण मानकों को बनाए रखना अब एक पूर्वापेक्षा है।
Green growth means rethinking growth around environmental sustainability and frugal use of resources; otherwise we face an economic dead end or affluence for a small elite amid poverty. So high environmental standards are now a condition for steady and inclusive growth.
- ✗ (a) The passage treats sustainability as necessary for growth to continue, not as opposed to it.
- ✗ (b) The passage warns against resource-intensive growth; it does not say environmental degradation is the price of ending poverty.
- ✓ (c) Resource-frugal strategies are needed ‘if we are to avoid an economic dead end’ (steady, sufficient growth) or a world where ‘only a small elite’ enjoys affluence (inclusive growth).
- ✗ (d) The passage offers a way forward; it does not call degradation and inequality inevitable.
Remember · When the passage proposes a solution, reject options that call the problem inevitable or the solution harmful.
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). ·