The passage given below is followed by three statements. Choose the one that can be the correct assumption on which the passage is based.
How are our girls faring? In a large and diverse country, anecdotal evidence cuts several ways. But one hard, remorseless, empirical reality is son preference. That distressing social bias flourishes. As against a Sustainable Development Goal of achieving a sex ratio at birth of 954 by 2030, a Niti Aayog update finds the national average still at a distant 899.
I. Offenders are unafraid of laws that prohibit sex selection in India.
II. Sex determination and diagnosis at prenatal and preconception stage in India are not prohibited.
III. Policymakers will have to come up with specific incentives-perhaps, more attractive grants for bringing up daughters.
It is clear from the passage that social bias for preference to have a son continues and flourishes in India. The author brings the evidence of the national sex ratio standing at 899 which is less than the desired goals under the Sustainable Development Goal. Statement I is a clear assumption on which the whole passage is based. Social bias can flourish only if the offenders assume the laws against it as ‘paper tigers’. Therefore statement I is the clear answer. Statement II is unrealistic and superfluous as there are various laws prohibiting such social evils and therefore can be rejected. Statement III is a course of action that follows from the passage and therefore can be rejected as assumptions. Therefore, Option A is the clear answer.
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