2025 CSAT, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2025 · CSAT

Question 1: Reading Comprehension

Passage – 1 · as printed by UPSC
Passage beginning “Maintaining an ecosystem just to conserve…”

Which one of the following statements best reflects the critical message conveyed by the author of the passage ?

aConservation of biodiversity is not an issue to be worried about when some people depend on ecosystems for their livelihoods.
bCommercial exploitation of forests goes against the fundamental rights of the people dependent on forests for food and shelter.
cSustenance of livelihood and degradation of ecosystem while being together exacerbate one another, leading to conflicts and imbalance.
dCommercial exploitation of ecosystems should be completely stopped.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2025, General Studies Paper II (CSAT), Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.