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The quest for low priced meat in an ample amount has given rise to factory farms where livestock is  being kept in inhumane conditions. What has followed as a result of this is pandemics like avian flu. Globally, livestock is being raised under cramped conditions in an artificially lit environment. They are injected with growth hormones and antibiotics on a regular basis and this practice continues till the time they are slaughtered. Meat production is water-intensive exercise. Approximately 15000 litres of water
 is needed for every kilogram of meat compared to 3400 litres for rice, 3300 litres for eggs and 255 litres for a kilogram of potatoes.

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Which of the following is the most rational message conveyed by the passage?

  • 1
    Mass production of meat through industrial farming is cheap and is suitable for providing protein nutrition to poor countries.
  • 2
    Meat-producing industry violates the laws against cruelty to animals.
  • 3
    Mass production of meat through industrial farming is undesirable and should be stopped immediately.
  • 4
    Environmental cost of meat production is unsustainable when it is produced through industrial farming.
  • 5
    Mass production of meat can lead to water and air pollution.
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Answer : 3. "Mass production of meat through industrial farming is undesirable and should be stopped immediately."

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