UPSC Prelims 2021— Question 33

Moringa is not a leguminous plant in the botanical sense used in the statement, while tamarind is not endemic only to South Asia in the strict biogeographic sense. India does collect tamarind as a minor forest produce and exports tamarind products and moringa seeds. Both seeds have oil and other uses, but the accepted combination in the key is statements 3, 4 and 5. The final answer-key position for Set C identifies option B as the correct option. Option A — 1, 2, 4 and 5 — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. Option B — 3, 4 and 5 — is correct because it is the alternative that matches the constitutional, historical, geographical, scientific or economic principle established above. Option C — 1, 3 and 4 — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. Option D — 1, 2, 3 and 5 — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. For PYQ interpretation, the distinction between the correct alternative and merely related facts is important. UPSC often places plausible distractors beside the precise statement that matches the underlying rule, chronology, definition or empirical relationship. The answer should therefore be read against the exact wording of the question rather than against a broadly related fact.