Insta–DART (Daily Aptitude and Reasoning Test) 17 July 2021

Technical progression at global scale has put more pressure on developing countries to improve their infrastructure and progress in other important areas for prosperity. In various news report and documents it is demonstrated that the guidelines to recognise a city as the smart city will be prepared by the department of industrial policy and promotion. The standards for being recognised as a smart city must have three of the five infrastructure requirements such as energy management, water management, transport and travel, safety and security and solid waste management.

Which of the following is the most crucial and logicalinference that can be made from the above passage?

Poverty can be defined as a social phenomenon in which a section of the society is unable to fulfil even its basic necessities of life. The problem of poverty is considered as the biggest challenge to development planning in India. High poverty levels are synonymous with poor quality of life, deprivation, malnutrition, illiteracy and low human resource development. There are two basic pre-requisites of a poverty eradication programmes. First, reorientation of the agricultural relations so that the ownership of land is shared by a larger section of the society. Second, no programme of removal of poverty can succeed in an economy plagued by inflation and spiral in rise of price.

What critical inference one can draw from the reading of the above passage?

Recent studies by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the International Energy Agency have suggested that, in order to achieve the international goal of limiting global warming to 2°C, the world will need to live within a set carbon budget. Furthermore, a significant portion of proven global fossil fuel reserves will need to be left in the ground. However, the world is currently, on a path towards global warming of 4°C or more, which the World Bank warned must be avoided in order to prevent catastrophic climate change impacts.

Which among the following is the most logicalcorollary to the above passage?

Citizenship today requires individuals be knowledgeable of public problems but, more important, have the capacity to act together toward their solutions. Voluntary actions by private citizens working together to right injustices, change directions and pursue benefits for the common good are noted throughout.

Which one of the following expresses the view implied in the above passage?

You have been assigned the duty of inspecting an over-bridge under construction. When you reach the site, you are shocked to see that welding is being carried out by workers without welder’s glasses and gloves. You would