RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) 2022 · Question 172 of 276

A passage is given that represents an issue. The passage is followed by three points. Choose the option which gives the most suitable course(s) of action that should be followed in order to improve the current situation. Water is at the core of sustainable development and is critical for socio-economic development, energy and food production, healthy ecosystems and for human survival itself. The United Nations has long been addressing the global crisis caused by insufficient water supply. Childhood diarrhea is closely associated with insufficient water supply, inadequate sanitation, water contaminated with communicable disease agents, and poor hygiene practices. Diarrhea is estimated to cause 1.5 million child deaths per year, mostly among children under five living in developing countries. Which of the following courses of action should help improve the current scenario? I. Awareness should be created among the masses about the deleterious effects of unhygienic water. II. Medical treatments should be improved. III. Only children should be provided with hygienic water.

Data Sufficiency

1. AA. only II
2. BB. only III
3. CC. only ICorrect
4. DD. only I & III
5. EE. only II & III