GATE Mechanical 2016 Set 2 | GA | Question: 7

Question

A smart city integrates all modes of transport, uses clean energy and promotes sustainable use of resources. It also uses technology to ensure safety and security of the city, something which critics argue, will lead to a surveillance state.
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above paragraph?

1. All smart cities encourage the formation of surveillance states.
2. Surveillance is an integral part of a smart city.
3. Sustainability and surveillance go hand in hand in a smart city.
4. There is a perception that smart cities promote surveillance.

• A. $(i)$ and $(iv)$ only
• B. $(ii)$ and $(iii)$ only
• C. $(iv)$ only
• D. $(i)$ only

Answer 1

"It also uses technology to ensure safety and security of the city, something which critics argue, will lead to a surveillance state."

critics argue because of perception that smart city promotes surveillance that makes statement ( iv) correct.

There is nothing mention in passage about encouragement about formation of surveillance states so that makes statement (i) false.

And, "will lead to a surveillance state tis makes " this line makes statement (ii) false.

and there is nothing mention about " both Sustainability and surveillance" in passage so statement (iii) is wrong too.

Hence only statement (iv) is correct which is option C .