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Read the following passage and answer the item that follows. Your answers to this item should be based on the passage only. In the last two decades, the world's gross domestic product (GDP) has increased by 50 percent, whereas inclusive wealth has increased by a mere 3 percent. In recent decades, GDP-driven economic performance has only harmed inclusive wealth like human capital; and natural capital like forests, land and water. While the world's human capital which stands at 57 percent of total inclusive wealth grew by only 8 percent, the natural capital which is 23 percent of total inclusive wealth declined by 30 percent worldwide in the last two decades. Which of the following is the most crucial inference from the above passage?

Read the following passage and answer the item that follows. Your answers to this item should be based on the passage only. In the last two decades, the world's gross domestic product (GDP) has increased by 50 percent, whereas inclusive wealth has increased by a mere 3 percent. In recent decades, GDP-driven economic performance has only harmed inclusive wealth like human capital; and natural capital like forests, land and water. While the world's human capital which stands at 57 percent of total inclusive wealth grew by only 8 percent, the natural capital which is 23 percent of total inclusive wealth declined by 30 percent worldwide in the last two decades. Which of the following is the most crucial inference from the above passage? Correct Answer    The growth driven by GDP only is neither desirable nor sustainable.

The correct answer is The growth driven by GDP only is neither desirable nor sustainable.

Key Points

  • The given passage tells that our GDP has increased by 50% but inclusive wealth has merely increased by 3%. Inclusive wealth deals with both human capital and natural capital like forests, land and water.
  • Though our GDP has increased but our natural capital (forest, land and water) which accounts for 23% of total inclusive growth has declined by 30% worldwide in the last two decades which is really a serious concern for our future. It means we are not having sustainable growth. Sustainable growth means a growth without causing any harm to the natural resources and other elements involved and is considered the best development in any sector. Hence, the growth driven by GDP only is neither desirable nor sustainable.
  • Hence, the correct answer is option (2).

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