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The following text is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text: Rapid urbanisation has converted fertile agriculture, forests and wetlands into concreted areas that are unable to retain rainwater or channel them into tributary streams that feed the Cauvery. Urbanisation demands concrete; concrete requires sand. In the districts sur-rounding the Cauvery, rampan

Options

  1. AIn order to meet the huge demand for sand caused by rapid urbanisation, sand mining is taking place unrestrain
  2. BRapid urbanisation has placed a huge demand on construction material like sand, and in order to meet this dema
  3. CTo meet the huge demand on sand due to rapid urbanisation, rampant sand mining is done in the districts surrou
  4. DRapid urbanisation in the areas surrounding the Cauvery basin has led to a huge demand for sand hence farmers

Correct answer

C. To meet the huge demand on sand due to rapid urbanisation, rampant sand mining is done in the districts surrou

Step-by-step solution

The following are the main points of the paragraph: (1) Rampant sand mining is taking place in the districts surrounding the Cauvery despite resistance from environmentalists, etc. (2) With the wells running dry due to sand mining farmers are forced to rent their farms to sand contractors, thereby bringing their own destruction. Choice (a): This cannot be the best summary because it fails to mention the second point. Choice (b ): This option, which states that farmers find sand mining more lucrative, is a distortio

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