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    Question

    Over the past year, India has actively positioned itself

    as a stabilizing force in the global economy, leveraging its strong foreign-exchange reserves, moderate inflation, and a narrowing current-account deficit. Its central bank emphasises that despite heightened global tensions and trade headwinds, the country’s fundamentals remain intact and resilient. At the same time, however, India’s relative under-performance in critical technology sectors — especially semiconductors, quantum computing and advanced biotech — threatens to undermine its medium-term competitiveness, signalling a structural weakness in its innovation ecosystem. Which of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the argument made in the passage?
    A India recently signed a large-scale trade-deal that opens access to new semiconductor manufacturing facilities in neighbouring countries. B. C. E. India’s youth unemployment rate climbed to a multi-decade high, increasing the supply of talent but depressing wage growth. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B The majority of Indian startups in quantum or biotech sectors continue to rely on foreign-licensed technologies and lack domestic R&D capacity. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C India’s inflation rate fell to its lowest in a decade, helping reduce pressure on household finances and boosting consumption. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D A leading global index ranked India highly among countries in space-technology adoption and satellite deployment. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E India’s youth unemployment rate climbed to a multi-decade high, increasing the supply of talent but depressing wage growth Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The passage highlights that India has a strength in macro-economic fundamentals (reserves, inflation, etc.) but a weakness in critical technology sectors due to a deficient innovation ecosystem. Option B directly supports (i.e., strengthens) that weakness by pointing out that Indian startups in quantum/biotech rely on foreign technologies and lack domestic R&D capacity. It substantiates the claim of structural weakness in the innovation ecosystem.

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