Passage

Environmental problems cause health problems. Substantial changes in lifestyle can reduce environmental or health problems, but this idea appears almost impossible to adopt. With environmental problems, individual efforts can be perceived as having a negligible effect and therefore lead to inertia. With health, on the other hand, individual choices can make the difference between life and death, literally. And yet, barring a few, there seems to be the same collective lethargy towards making their choices.

Question

CSATEasyPrelims 2023Comprehension

Which one of the following statements best implies the most rational assumption that can be made from the passage?

Explanation

The passage states environmental problems cause health problems, and that substantial lifestyle changes (prevention) are "almost impossible to adopt" amid "collective lethargy." If prevention is neglected, the rational assumption is that society ends up spending more on cure than on prevention. Option C is wrong because it contradicts the passage's opening premise that health problems stem from environmental ones.