Passage 2:
India is at once among the fastest growing global economies and home to the largest number of malnourished children in the world. There are regions where malnutrition is not the exception but the norm. And across the country, malnutrition is the cause of death for roughly half the 1.3 million children who die before their fifth birthday each year. Even those children who survive suffer permanently from the damage that has already been done to their bodies and minds from not getting enough of the right foods and nutrients. Around 44 million children under 5 are stunted. That makes it harder for them to learn in school and subsequently earn a living as adults. Their lifetime earnings potential is almost a quarter less than that of their healthy peers.

With reference to the above passage, which of the following is/are the most rational and practical implication/implications?
1. India's Public Distribution System should be monitored by the Union Government.
2. Girls should be encouraged to delay marriage and first pregnancy.
3. Mothers should be encouraged to breastfeed their children immediately after birth.
4. The supply of safe drinking water and proper sanitation facilities to all should be ensured.
5. Authorities should ensure the vaccination as prescribed.

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Passage 2:
India is at once among the fastest growing global economies and home to the largest number of malnourished children in the world. There are regions where malnutrition is not the exception but the norm. And across the country, malnutrition is the cause of death for roughly half the 1.3 million children who die before their fifth birthday each year. Even those children who survive suffer permanently from the damage that has already been done to their bodies and minds from not getting enough of the right foods and nutrients. Around 44 million children under 5 are stunted. That makes it harder for them to learn in school and subsequently earn a living as adults. Their lifetime earnings potential is almost a quarter less than that of their healthy peers.

With reference to the above passage, which of the following is/are the most rational and practical implication/implications?
1. India's Public Distribution System should be monitored by the Union Government.
2. Girls should be encouraged to delay marriage and first pregnancy.
3. Mothers should be encouraged to breastfeed their children immediately after birth.
4. The supply of safe drinking water and proper sanitation facilities to all should be ensured.
5. Authorities should ensure the vaccination as prescribed.

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Accepted Answer

Correct Option: (b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 Passage 2 highlights the severe crisis of child malnutrition in India, stunting, and its long-term impacts on education and lifetime earnings. Evaluating the practical implications: 1. Public Distribution System monitoring by the Union Government is an administrative measure, but not the most direct implication of malnutrition causes highlighted. 2. Girls delaying marriage and first pregnancy helps improve maternal and child health, reducing malnutrition. 3. Immediate breastfeeding after birth provides essential colostrum and nutrients, combating early malnutrition. 4. Safe drinking water and proper sanitation prevent waterborne infections that cause diarrhea and malabsorption, directly addressing malnutrition. 5. Prescribed vaccination prevents infectious diseases that exacerbate malnutrition. Thus, implications 2, 3, 4, and 5 are direct, rational, and practical measures to combat child malnutrition and stunting as outlined in the passage. Option (b) is correct.

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