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[109]. Passage: Plastic waste reaches the sea through rivers, drains and wind, then breaks into fragments too small to collect by hand. Turtles mistake bags for jellyfish, seabirds feed fragments to chicks, and microplastics enter food webs whose long-term effects are still being studied. Cleaning the surface alone cannot solve a problem that is continuously fed from land. Effective action therefore combines reduced single-use production, better waste collection in towns, river barriers, and product design that makes reuse easy. Without action at the source, every clean-up will be undone by the next monsoon. Which inference can be drawn from the passage?

1.
The passage implies that a single isolated measure will solve the whole problem.
2.
The passage implies that doing nothing is the safest course of action.
3.
The passage implies that clean-up without source reduction will repeatedly fail.
4.
The passage implies that the issue affects only one small group and no one else.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : The passage implies that clean-up without source reduction will repeatedly fail.

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर The passage implies that clean-up without source reduction will repeatedly fail. है।

Key Points

This inference follows logically from the passage's argument, while the distractors contradict it.

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[109]. Passage: Plastic waste reaches the sea through rivers, drains and wind, then breaks into fragments too small to collect by hand. Turtles mistake bags for jellyfish, seabirds feed fragments to chicks, and microplastics enter food webs whose long-term effects are still being studied. Cleaning the surface alone cannot solve a problem that is continuously fed from land. Effective action therefore combines reduced single-use production, better waste collection in towns, river barriers, and product design that makes reuse easy. Without action at the source, every clean-up will be undone by the next monsoon. Which inference can be drawn from the passage?

1.
The passage implies that a single isolated measure will solve the whole problem.
2.
The passage implies that doing nothing is the safest course of action.
3.
The passage implies that clean-up without source reduction will repeatedly fail.
4.
The passage implies that the issue affects only one small group and no one else.

Correct Answer: The passage implies that clean-up without source reduction will repeatedly fail.

This inference follows logically from the passage's argument, while the distractors contradict it.

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