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Green technology passage - Assumptions

Reading Comp.Energy / Economy passageRC - Assumption validationHard

Question

With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made :

  1. 1.

    Path-dependent green investments will eventually most likely benefit growth as well as public finances in a country like India.

  2. 2.

    If other green technologies follow the same pattern as that of solar energy, there will most likely be an easy green transition.

Options

a

I only

b

II only

c

Both I and II

d

Neither I nor II

Answer

Explanation

Statement I introduces specific variables—"public finances" and "a country like India"—that are completely outside the passage's generalized economic scope. Statement II assumes that a replicated pattern guarantees an "easy" transition. The passage only notes that moving early avoids "much disruption," which does not guarantee an objectively "easy" process. Both statements introduce prescriptive or overly optimistic terms not backed by the text.

Be ruthless in eliminating assumption options that insert specific proper nouns (like "India") into generalized, theoretical passages.

Answer: (d).

Question details

Year

2025

Paper

CSAT

Question

Q24

Section

Reading Comprehension

Sub-topic

Energy / Economy passage

Type

RC - Assumption validation

Difficulty

Hard

Source hint

Passage-based comprehension

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