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UPSC Civil Services 2015 Prelims General Studies Paper II

DIRECTIONS for the following que (61-67) : Read the following six passages and answer the items that follow. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.
PASSAGE - 1
Climate change is already making many people hungry all over the world, by disrupting crop yields and pushing up prices. And it is not just food but nutrients that are becoming scarcer as the climate changes. It is the poorest communities that will suffer the worst effects of climate change, including increased hunger and malnutrition as crop production and livelihoods are threatened.
On the other hand, poverty is a driver of climate change, as desperate communities resort to unsustainable use of resources to meet current needs.

Question : 61

Total: 80

Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?

Government should allocate more funds to poverty alleviation programmes and increase food subsidies to the poor communities.
Poverty and climate impacts reinforce each other and therefore we have to re-imagine our food systems.
All the countries of the world must unite in fighting poverty malnutrition and treat poverty as a global problem.
We must stop unsustainable agricultural practices immediately and control food prices.

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