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Error in the option.. (Question:125102.5)

Please check options E as it is mentioned that only C is right

Question:

DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.


            In India, a certain amount of crop (transgenic) biotechnology is being put to use. Major efforts are being undertaken to make cotton pest-resistant. Most people would be aware of the spate of suicides by cotton farmers recently. Let us hope there will be scientific and technological Breakthroughs in pest-resistant transgenic cotton seeds. Till we achieve success in this on a commercial scale we cannot be sure that we will have enough supplies to plan large-scale operations. No doubt, such researches should be encouraged, but we should look at other fronts too.

            It is necessary for research on crop biotechnology in India to be focused on our important crops, especially those related to food security. We have to bear in mind that the application of biotechnology may not have any major impact on food security in India in the next five years, though crops of industrial value and vegetables may benefit to some extent. Therefore, we will still need to depend upon conventional agricultural technologies even while we target biotechnology for future-oriented applications.

            Internationally, no major breakthrough in improvement of wheat strains has occurred lately. Hybrid rice is more productive. China had a few major initial successes in increasing the yield through large-scale use of hybrid rice. India has begun use of hybrid rice recently and there are plans to increase it. But it may be noted that in recent years there has been no further improvement in Chinese production of rice. Still, hybrid rice will play an important role in India, as we are yet to introduce it on a large scale.

            There are a number of improvements in agricultural implements, machinery, plastics, water technologies, agrochemicals and fertilizers which are possible and are well within the country's reach. Israel has made water conservation a national policy and has achieved remarkable results. India with its size and with better endowments in water resources can make miracles happen.

            We have our own high resolution remote sensing satellites whose pictures are used all over the world commercially. We also have excellent capabilities in utilizing remotely sensed data for various applications; groundwater targeting, soil salinity assessment, crop yield estimates, and so on. In addition, space technology can be used very effectively to assist extension work, disseminate success stories to farmers, educate them on do's and don'ts, and to help them ask questions through talk-back facilities that can be made available through satellite. A number of experiments conducted by ISRO in this regard in Haryana and Madhya Pradesh have to be taken up by other States in a major way. Our farmers should and can be given facilities to keep pace with advances in agricultural technology. Yes, it is a lot of effort. But we have plenty of talent and also the resources. Providing these facilities in different languages, partly with public support and partly through various business houses and private bodies, can become a good source of employment generation by itself.

Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
Options:
A) Major efforts are being undertaken to make cotton pest-resistant.
B) At present there is a need to depend upon conventional agricultural technologies
C) The application of biotechnology will have a major impact on food security in India
D) Both (a) and (b)
E) None of the above
Solution:
Answer: Option (c) 

The second line of the passage -Major efforts are being undertaken to make cotton pest-resistant.(option (a) is true from the first paragraph)

Therefore, we will still need to depend upon conventional agricultural technologies even while we target biotechnology for future-oriented applications..(option (b) is also true from the second paragraph)

We have to bear in mind that the application of biotechnology may not have any major impact on food security in India in the next five years, though crops of industrial value and vegetables may benefit to some extent. (option (c) is not true)

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