Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.…
2022
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been given in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.
A tourist's paradise, India is a magnum of diverse geography and cultures, offering 30 World Heritage sites, 25 biogeographical zones and attractive beaches. Tourism in India accounts for 6.8% of the GDP, and is the third largest foreign exchange earner for the country with USD 18.13 Billion. Neglecting the promotion of tourism is harmful to the Indian economy. In recent years, there has been an increased realization that the tourism growth potential can be harnessed as a strategy for Rural Development. With 69% population living in rural India, and almost 6.5 million village units spread across the country, India plays a vital role in harnessing rural tourism. The geographical diversity of India makes it a unique spot for harnessing rural tourism which can include tourist sites like desert, mountains, plains, plateaus, islands and coasts in different regions. India showcases a variety of cultural patterns having different lifestyles, practices, art and craft, and festivals. These can be incorporated and _____________in the form of rural tourism.
Factors such as increasing level of awareness, growing interest in heritage and culture, and improved accessibility have fueled a move of trends towards rural tourism. This will not only preserve the culture and heritage of the country, but will also generate employment in the villages since it can be leveraged to provide skill development in tourism related job roles such as that of guide, driver, cook, housekeeping and hospitality to the tourists. Ministry of Tourism specifies that any form of tourism that showcases the rural life, art, culture and heritage at rural locations, benefits the local community economically and socially, and enables interaction between the tourists and the locals can be termed as rural tourism. Rural tourism may include multiple facets such as farm tourism, cultural tourism, nature tourism, adventure tourism, and eco-tourism. The country has seen successful rural tourism models in states such as Kerala’s backwater, Karnataka’s forest, and Tamil Nadu’s temple.
Which of the following fall(s) under the definition of rural tourism set by the Ministry of Tourism?
- A.
Tourism should have social and economic advantages for the local community.
- B.
Tourism should exhibit heritage in villages, rural life, art, and culture.
- C.
Tourism should promote interaction between tourists and the natives.
- D.
All of these
- E.
Only the statements about social and economic advantages for the local community and about interaction between tourists and the natives.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept
This is a definition-matching reading-comprehension item. The rule is simple: a statement "falls under" a definition only when it restates one of the explicit conditions the definition lays down. So the method is to first isolate the exact conditions named in the definition, then test each statement against that list — accept a statement only if it maps to a stated condition, and reject any statement that adds, drops, or contradicts a condition.
Application
The passage gives the Ministry of Tourism definition: rural tourism is any form of tourism that (i) showcases the rural life, art, culture and heritage at rural locations, (ii) benefits the local community economically and socially, and (iii) enables interaction between the tourists and the locals. That yields three distinct conditions. Matching each statement to the definition:
The statement about social and economic advantages for the local community maps directly to condition (ii).
The statement about exhibiting heritage, rural life, art and culture maps directly to condition (i).
The statement about interaction between tourists and the natives maps directly to condition (iii).
Each of the three statements restates exactly one of the three conditions, and together they cover the definition completely. Because every one of them belongs to the definition, the answer that includes all three is correct.
Cross-check / Contrast
The competing answer that keeps only the economic-benefit and the interaction statements drops the heritage/culture condition — yet condition (i) is stated word for word in the passage. Excluding a statement that the definition explicitly contains makes that partial answer wrong, which confirms that the all-inclusive answer is the right one.