Paragraph Summary - Human Race and Diet
CAT 2004 Slot 1 · VARC · Easy · Verbal Ability
Four alternative summaries are given below the text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
Text: The human race is spread all over world, from the polar regions to the tropics. The people of whom it is made up eat different kinds of food, partly according to the climate in which they live, and partly according to the kind of food which their country produces. In hot climates; meat and fat are not much needed; but in the Arctic regions they seem to be very necessary for keeping up the heat of the body. Thus, in India, people live chiefly on different kinds of grains, eggs, milk, or sometimes fish and meat. In Europe people eat more meat and less grain. In the Arctic regions, where no grains and fruits are produced, the Eskimo and others races live almost entirely on meat and fish.
- A.
Food eaten by people in different regions of the world depends on the climate and produce of the region, and varies from meat and fish in the Arctic to predominantly grains in the tropics.
- B.
Hot climates require people to eat grains while cold regions require people to eat meat and fish.
- C.
In hot countries people eat mainly grains while in the Arctic, they eat meat and fish because they cannot grow grains.
- D.
While people in Arctic regions like meat and fish and those in hot regions like India prefer mainly grains, they have to change what they eat depending on the local climate and the local produce.
A
Explanation
Option (1) concisely captures all key aspects: the dependency of food habits on climate and local produce across regions from the Arctic to tropics.
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