NDA (II) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 42 of 141

Correct — A, the globalisation of diseases. The passage's logic is cause-and-effect: because diseases now spread across the whole world, tackling them can no longer be a purely national effort, so making health a global concern has become 'imperative' (unavoidably necessary). The trigger for a global response is the global spread of the disease itself — option A. Options B, C and D name responses or side-issues, not the cause that makes global health necessary.

• (b)public health intervention — An intervention is a response to the problem, not the reason global health became imperative.
• (c)the creation of new medical systems — Building new systems is a possible consequence/solution, not the cause that forced a global approach.
• (d)the indiscriminate use of antibiotics — This is one factor worsening disease, but the stem asks what made global HEALTH imperative — the worldwide spread of disease, not antibiotic misuse alone.

Reading comprehension — cause and effect: identify the cause the passage gives for a stated outcome ('globalisation of health has become imperative'); the answer is the condition that forces the outcome, not a response to it.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  'Because pollution crosses borders, environmental action must be global.' The need for global environmental action is due to:

  • (a)the cross-border spread of pollution
  • (b)national tax policy
  • (c)new factories
  • (d)cheaper energy

  Answer(a) the cross-border spread of pollution — the cause that forces a global response.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  In a cause-effect sentence, the word 'imperative' means:

  • (a)optional
  • (b)unavoidably necessary
  • (c)temporary
  • (d)harmful

  Answer(b) unavoidably necessary — something that has become imperative must be done.