Read the following paragraph and choose the correct statement. Climate change has reduced human security and threatened human well being. An ignored reality of human progress is that human security largely depends upon environmental security. But on the contrary, human progress seems contradictory to environmental security. To keep up with the required level is a challenge to be addressed by one and all. One of the ways to curb the climate change may be suitable scientific innovations, while the other may be the implementation of strict laws. A. Human progress and security are positively associated with environmental security. B. Human progress is contradictory to environmental security. C. Human security is contradictory to environmental security. D. Human progress depends upon environmental security.

GATE 2015 · General Aptitude · Passage Reading · medium

Answer: B. Human progress is contradictory to environmental security.

1. Identify key claims in the passage: Passage claims: (1) Climate change reduces human security. (2) Human security depends on environmental security. (3) Human progress is contradictory to environmental security.
2. Match each option to the passage: A: Passage says progress is contradictory to environmental security, NOT positively associated — FALSE. B: Passage explicitly states 'human progress seems contradictory to environmental security' — DIRECTLY SUPPORTED. C: Passage says human security DEPENDS ON environmental security, not contradicts it — FALSE. D: Passage says human SECURITY (not progress) depends on environmental security — FALSE (wrong subject).