Read the given passage and answer the four questions that follow:-
Obesity has nearly trippled globally since 1975, a first in the history of our species. It contributes to at least 200 known diseases and complications, including strokes and cancer. Now, there's a way to solve that problem with a slash. New drugs like Ozempic can cause people to lose 5-24% of their body weight. In Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs, Johann Hari offers a nuanced explanation, as an overweight person who takes these medicines himself.
Ozempic works by making food intake infeasible beyond small quantities. A hormone called GLP-1 in the gut and brain was found to affect insulin and blood sugar, and affect feelings of satiety. Drug companies invented 'agonists' or copies of this hormone that can last longer in the body.
In 2005, it was approved for use by diabetics. When it turned out that these patients were also losing a lot of weight, the Danish company Novo Nordic funded tests on whether it could be used on obese people. As per the official trial results of semaglutide, those who'd been given the drug lost 15% of their body weight, making it the most successful weight-loss drug in history.
Johann Hari's book is based on a/an ____ analysis.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → subjective
Subjective means based on one's own experience, feelings or point of view. The passage says Johann Hari writes "as an overweight person who takes these medicines himself". His analysis comes from his own experience of the drugs, so it is subjective.
Example: Her review of the film was very subjective, based only on her own taste.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: objective — Incorrect. Objective means based on facts alone, not on personal feelings, the opposite of subjective. The passage stresses that Hari writes as a user of the drug himself.
Example: A judge must stay objective and decide on the evidence alone.
Option 3: spiritual — Incorrect. Spiritual means connected with the soul or religion. The book is about weight-loss drugs; nothing in it is spiritual.
Example: He went to the ashram for spiritual peace.
Option 4: metaphysical — Incorrect. Metaphysical means dealing with abstract questions about existence and reality, beyond the physical world. A book on the benefits and risks of a drug is practical, not metaphysical.
Example: The philosopher wrote metaphysical essays on the nature of time.