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Directions for the following 8 (eight) items: Read the following five passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. Passage-1 As we look to 2050, when we will need to feed two billion more people, the question of which diet is best hartaen on new urgency. The foods we choose to eat in the coming decades will have dramatic ramifications for the planet. Simply put, a diet that revolves around meat and dairy a way of eating that is on the rise throughout the developing. world, will take a greater toll on the world's resources than one that revolves around unrefined grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables.

26697.What is the critical message conveyed by the above passage?
Our increasing demand for foods sourced from animals puts a greater burden on our natural resources
Diets based on grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables are best suited for health in developing countries
Human beings change their food habits from time to time irrespective of the health concerns
From a global perspective, we still do not know which type of diet is best for us

Passage-2 All humans digest mother's milk as infants, but until cattle began being domesticated 10,000 years ago, children once weaned no longer needed to digest milk. As a result, they stopped making the enzyme lactase, which breaks down the sugar lactose into simple sugars. After humans began herding cattle, it became tremendously advantageous to digest milk, and lactose tolerance evolved independently among cattle herders in Europe, the middle East and Africa. Groups not dependant on cattle, such as the Chinese and Thai, remain lactose intolerant.

26698.Which among the following is the most logical assumption that can be made from the above passage?
About 10,000 years ago, the domestication of animals took place in some parts of the world
A permanent change in the food habits of a community can bring about a genetic change in its members
Lactose tolerant people only are capable of getting simple sugars in their bodies
People who are not lactose tolerant cannot digest any dairy product

Passage-3 "The conceptual difficulties in National Income comparisons between underdeveloped and industrialised countries are particularly serious because a part of the national output in various underdeveloped countries is produced without passing through the commercial channels."

26699.In the above statement, the author implies that:
the entire national output produced and consumed in industrialized countries passes through commercial channels
the existence of a non-commercialized sector in different underdeveloped countries renders the national income comparisons over countries difficult
no part of national output should be produced and consumed without passing through commercial channels
a part of the national output being produced and consumed without passing through commercial channels is a sign of underdevelopment
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