Environmental problems cause health problems. Substantial changes in lifestyle can reduce environmental or health problems, but this idea appears almost impossible to adopt. With environmental problems, individual efforts can be perceived as having a negligible effect and therefore lead to inertia. With health, on the other hand, individual choices can make the difference between life and death, literally. And yet, barring a few, there seems to be the same collective lethargy towards making their choices. Which one of the following statements best implies the most rational assumption that can be made from the passage?
- AWe are likely to spend more money on cure than preventionCorrect
- BIt is the job of the government to solve our environmental and public health problems
- CHealth can be protected even if environmental problems go on unattended
- DLoss of traditional lifestyle and the influence of western values led to some unhealthy way of living.
Explanation

Related questions
More UPSC Prelims practice from the same subject and topic.
- Prelims 2024CSATReading Comprehension
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally. Food is lost or wasted throughout the supply chain, from initial agricu…
- Prelims 2024CSATReading Comprehension
As inflation rises, even governments previously committed to budget discipline are spending freely to help households. Higher interest rates announced by central banks are supposed to help produce mod…
- Prelims 2024CSATReading Comprehension
As inflation rises, even governments previously committed to budget discipline are spending freely to help households. Higher interest rates announced by central banks are supposed to help produce mod…
- Prelims 2024CSATReading Comprehension
How best can the problems of floods and droughts be addressed so that the losses are minimal and the system becomes resilient? In this context, one important point that needs to be noted is that India…
- Prelims 2024CSATReading Comprehension
"The social order is a sacred right which is the basis of all other rights. Nevertheless, this right does not come from nature, and must therefore be founded on conventions." With reference to the abo…
- Prelims 2024CSATReading Comprehension
In an economic organization, allowing mankind to benefit by the productivity of machines should lead to a very good life of leisure, and much leisure is apt to be tedious except to those who have inte…