Insta–DART (Daily Aptitude and Reasoning Test) 13 February 2021

PASSAGE : 1

Bank credit to the industrial sector has started shrinking. Its decline has been a serious concern as credit growth is essential to revive investment. The problem’s origins lie in the incomplete reforms of the last 25 years. An institutional change that should have follow the 1991 reforms should have institutional change that been setting up of a resolution corporation for banks. In a market economy with booms and busts, hanks should be allowed to be set up and to fall. Today, we cannot shut down banks because there is no proper system to shut them down. Weak loss-making banks continue to need more capital.

Which one of the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?

PASSAGE : 2

India has tremendous potential for solar energy. We all realize that we have to stop burning fossil fuels to meet our energy needs. But certain renewable resources are still going through their cost curves and learning curves to get the required amount of output. The Indian government has strongly committed to its targets of reducing emissions by 33% by 2030, and towards this it has initiated a strong push towards a gas-based economy and has also invested heavily in renewable energy. However, business houses are wary of investing too heavily in renewable energy at a time when the technology is not yet ready.

Which one of the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage’?

PASSAGE : 2

India has tremendous potential for solar energy. We all realize that we have to stop burning fossil fuels to meet our energy needs. But certain renewable resources are still going through their cost curves and learning curves to get the required amount of output. The Indian government has strongly committed to its targets of reducing emissions by 33% by 2030, and towards this it has initiated a strong push towards a gas-based economy and has also invested heavily in renewable energy. However, business houses are wary of investing too heavily in renewable energy at a time when the technology is not yet ready.

With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made.

1. 1. Governments often provide inefficient and costly subsidies for technologies that may not be ready in the near future.
   2. India’s commitment of reducing emissions by 33% by 2030 shall be on the basis of gas- based economy.

Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?

PASSAGE : 3

Genome editing is different from genome modification. Genome editing typically involves finding the part of a plant genome that could be changed to render it less vulnerable to disease, or resistant to certain herbicides, or to increase yields. Researchers use ‘molecular scissors’ to dissect the genome and repair it, which is a process that occurs naturally when plants are under attack from diseases and can throw up new mutations that enable the plant to survive future attacks. This  evolutionary process can effectively be speeded up now that it is possible to examine plant genomes in detail in laboratories, and create mechanisms through which the relevant genes can be altered very precisely

With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made.

1. 1. Genome editing does not require the transfer of genes from one plant to another.
   2. Through genome editing, the chosen genes can be altered precisely in a manner akin to the natural process that helps plants to adapt to the environmental factors.

Which of the above assumptions is /are valid?

PASSAGE : 4

Many people understand the connection on between solid waste management and health in terms  of the consequences of unattended heaps  dry garbage which become home for flies flies and other vermin. However, there is another aspect that not well-understood, that is, what happen when unscientific solid waste management bines with poor drainage and dumping of untreated sewage into drains which are meant to carry storm water during rains. The result is choked drains which are full of stagnant water breeding mosquitoes resulting in the spread of water-borne diseases.

In the context of India, which one of the following statements best reflects the critical message the passage?