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GATE 2022 CH – Question 6

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Rice, a versatile and inexpensive source of carbohydrate, is a critical component of diet worldwide. Climate change, causing extreme weather, poses a threat to sustained availability of rice. Scientists are working on developing Green Super Rice (GSR), which is resilient under extreme weather conditions yet gives higher yields sustainably.
Which one of the following is the CORRECT logical inference based on the information given in the above passage?

  1. GSR is an alternative to regular rice, but it grows only in an extreme weather
  2. GSR may be used in future in response to adverse effects of climate change
  3. GSR grows in an extreme weather, but the quantity of produce is lesser than regular rice
  4. Regular rice will continue to provide good yields even in extreme weather

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Correct answer: (B) GSR may be used in future in response to adverse effects of climate change

Explanation

GSR is being developed to be resilient in extreme weather, which climate change threatens to cause, so it may be used in the future in response. The passage does not say that it grows only in extreme weather or that its yield is lower, and it says that extreme weather threatens regular rice.