COROLLARY BASE QUESTIONS CSAT COMPREHENSION

1)Flamingos in large flock in the wild are social extremely loyal. They perform group mating dances. Parents
are very fond of their chicks, gathering them into crèches for protection while both males and females fly off to
search for food.
Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?
A. Mass nesting in all species of birds is essential to ensure the complete survival of their offspring.
B. Only birds have the capacity to develop social behavior and thus can do mass nesting to raise their chicks in
safety.
C. Social behavior in some species of birds increases the odds of survival in an unsafe world.
D. All species of birds set up creches for their chicks to teach them social behavior and loyalty.

2)Climate change is already making many people hungry all over the world by disrupting crop yields and
pushing up prices. And it is not just food but nutrients that are becoming scarcer as the climate changes. It is
the poorest communities that will suffer the worst effects of climate change, including increased hunger and
malnutrition as crop production and livelihoods are threatened. On the other hand, poverty is a driver of
climate change, as desperate communities resort to unsustainable use of resources to meet current needs.
Prelims 2015
Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?
A. Governments should allocate more funds to poverty alleviation programs and increase food subsidies to
poor communities.
B. Poverty and climate impacts reinforce each other and therefore we have to re-imagine our food systems.
C. All the countries of the world must unite in fighting poverty and malnutrition and treat poverty as a global
problem.
D. We must stop unsustainable agricultural practices immediately and control food prices.

3)By killing transparency and competition, crony capitalism is harmful to free enterprise, opportunity and
economic growth. Crony capitalism, where rich and the influential are alleged to have received land and
natural resources and various licences in return for payoffs to venal politicians, is now a major issue to be
tackled. One of the greatest dangers to growth of developing economics like India is the middle income trap
where crony capitalism creates oligarchies that slow down the growth. Prelims 2016
Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?
A. Launching more welfare schemes and allocating more finances for the current schemes are urgently
needed.
B. Efforts should be made to push up economic growth by other means and provide licences to the poor.
C. Greater transparency in the functioning of the government and promoting the financial inclusion are
needed at present.
D. We should concentrate more on developing manufacturing sector than service sector.

4) An increase in human-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could initiate a chain reaction between
plants and microorganisms that would unsettle one of the largest carbon reservoirs on the planet – soil. In a
study, it was found that the soil, which contains twice the amount of carbon present in all plants and Earth’s
atmosphere combined, could become increasingly volatile as people add more carbon dioxide to the
atmosphere. This is largely because of increased plant growth. Although a greenhouse gas and a pollutant,
carbon dioxide also supports plant growth. As trees and other vegetation flourish in a carbon dioxide-rich
future, their roots could stimulate microbial activity in soil that may in turn accelerate the decomposition of
soil carbon and its release into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide
Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?
Select an option to attempt
A. Carbon dioxide is essential for the survival of microorganisms and plants.
B. Humans are solely responsible for the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
C. Microorganisms and soil carbon are mainly responsible for the increased plant growth.
D. Increasing green cover could trigger the release of carbon trapped in soil.

5) For most of human history, geography was seen as fate, as something that dictated the future. This is
changing, and a new vision of geography as possibility is emerging. The transformation of geography from fate
to possibility has been driven by the evolution of technology and the forces of globalization. The combination
of technological change and globalization has enabled people to communicate with each other across the
globe more easily and cheaply than ever before. This has led to a convergence of cultures and economies, as
people are able to interact and exchange ideas and goods more freely. The result has been the emergence of a
more interconnected and interdependent world, where the possibilities for economic growth and
development are greater than ever before. One of the key drivers of this transformation has been the rise of
the Internet and other forms of digital communication. These technologies have enabled people to connect
with each other across vast distances and to access information and resources that were previously
unavailable. As a result, people are now able to collaborate and work together in ways that were once
unimaginable.
What is the most logical corollary of the passage?
a) The rise of the Internet and other forms of digital communication has led to alienation.
b) Geography is still a determining factor in shaping the future.
c) The possibilities for economic growth and development are greater than ever before due to technological
advancements and globalization.
d) The forces of globalization have led to increased homogenization of cultures and economies.

6) How best can the problems of floods and droughts be addressed so that the losses are minimal and the
system becomes resilient? In this context, one important point that needs to be noted is that India gets "too
much' water (about 75% of annual precipitation) during 120 days (June to September) and "too little' for the
remaining 245 days. This skewed water availability has to be managed and regulated for its consumption
throughout the year. Prelims 2022
Which one of the following best reflects the practical, rational and lasting solutions?
Select an option to attempt
A. Constructing huge concrete storage tanks and canals across the country
B. Changing the cropping patterns and farming practices
C. Interlinking of rivers across the country
D. Buffer stocking of water through dams and recharging aquifers
7)The resolution of bankruptcy cases of Indian banks under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code should help
bring non-performing assets (NPA) situation under some control. Despite the slow pace of resolution by the
National Company Law Tribunal, the Code can be helpful in cleaning up bank books in future credit cycles. The
recapitalization of public sector banks too can help increase the capital cushion of banks and induce them to
lend more and boost economic activity. But bad debt resolution and recapitalization are only a part of the
solution as they, by themselves, can do very little to rein in reckless lending that has pushed the Indian banking
system to its current sorry state. Unless there are systemic reforms that address the problem of unsustainable
lending, future credit cycles will continue to stress the banking system. Prelims 2021
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and practical suggestion
implied by the passage given above?
A. Lending by the banks should be closely monitored and regulated by the central Government
B. Interest rates should be kept low so as to induce banks to lend more, promote credit growth and thereby
boost economic activity
C. Merger of many banks into a few large banks alone in the long-term solution to make them viable and
prevent their bad performance
D. Indian banking system requires structural reforms as a long-term solution for bad loans problem.

8)In only 50 years, the world's consumption of raw materials has nearly quadrupled, to more than 100 billion
tons. Less than 9% of this is reused. Batteries of old vehicles contain materials such as lithium, cobalt,
manganese and nickel that are pricey and can be hard to obtain. Supply chains are long and complicated.
Buyers' risks are being aggravated by their suppliers' poor environmental and labour standards. Reusing
materials makes sense. Once batteries reach the ends of their lives, they should go back to a factory where
their ingredients can be recovered and put into new batteries. Prelims 2025
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and pragmatic message
conveyed by the passage?
Select an option to attempt
A. Green economy is not possible without reusing critical minerals.
B. Every sector of economy should adapt the reuse of material resources immediately.
C. Circular economy can be beneficial for sustainable growth.
D. Circular use of material resources is the only option for some industries for their survival.

9)One of the dismal realities of the agricultural sector in independent India has been that it never experienced
a high-growth phase, unlike the non-agricultural economy. The highest decadal growth (compound annual
growth rate or CAGR) for agriculture has been just 3.5% in the 1980s. Also, after experiencing a spurt in
decadal growth during the 1980s, agricultural growth suffered relative stagnation thereafter. This is in sharp
contrast to non-agricultural growth, which consistently increased from the 1980s to 2000s. Prelims 2025
Which one of the following statements best reflects the corollary to the above passage?
A. The benefit of economic reforms percolates down more slowly to the agriculture sector than in other
sectors of the economy.
B. For India, the green revolution was not as useful as it was expected to be.
C. India lagged behind other countries in adapting mechanized and modern farming.
D. Rural-to-urban migration resulted in the stagnant agriculture sector.
10)Only with long experience and opening of his wares on many a beach where his language is not spoken, will
the merchant come to know the worth of what he carries, and what is parochial and what is universal in his
choice. Such delicate goods as justice, love and honour, courtesy, and indeed all the things we care for, are
valid everywhere but they are variously moulded and often differently handled, and sometimes nearly
unrecognizable if you meet them in a foreign land, and the art of learning fundamental common values is
perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their fellows. Prelims 2024
When we meet other people while we travel, we learn to differentiate between
Select an option to attempt
A. imagination and understanding
B. communities and nationalities
C. local values and universal values
D. friends and foes

10)The last end of the state is not to dominate men, nor to restrain them by fear; rather it is so to free each
man from fear that he may live and act with full security and without injury to himself or his neighbour. The
end of the state, I repeat, is not to make rational beings into brute beasts and machines. It is to enable their
bodies and their minds to function safely. It is to lead men to live by, and to exercise, a free reason; that they
may not waste their strength in hatred, anger and guile, nor act unfairly toward one another. Prelims 2023
Based on the above passage, which one of the following terms expresses the ultimate goal of the state?
A. Personal safety B. Health of body and mind C. Communal harmony D. Liberty
12) If presents bring less thrill now that we are grown up, perhaps it is because we have too much already, or
perhaps it is because we have lost the fullness of the joy of giving and with it the fullness of the joy of
receiving. Children's fears are poignant, their miseries are acute, but they do not look too forward nor too far
backward. Their joys are clear and complete, because they have not yet learnt always to add 'but' to every
proposition. Perhaps we are too cautious, too anxious, too skeptical. Perhaps some of our cares would shrink if
we thought less about them and entered with more single-minded enjoyment into the happiness that come
our way.
The author of the passage is against
Select an option to attempt
A. worrying too much about the past and future
B. being in the habit of thinking about presents
C. not being thrilled by new things
D. giving and receiving joy only partially