CSATReading ComprehensionValid Inferences2020

One of the biggest ironies around water is that it comes from rivers and other wetlands. Yet it is seen as divorced from them. While water is used as a resource, public policy does not always grasp that it is a part of the natural ecosystem. Efforts at engineering water systems are thus efforts at augmenting water supply rather than strengthening the capacities of ecological systems. Which one of the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?

Rivers and other wetlands should be protected under Ramsar Convention.

Engineering water systems should be modernized and further augmented.

Wetlands need to be reinforced as more than just open sources of water.

Water supply should not be free of cost so as to prevent its misuse or overuse.

Correct Answer: Option C

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