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English Comprehension Reading Comprehension (C)

Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answer to these items should be based on the passages only.

Passage

Policy makers and media have placed the blame for skyrocketing food prices on a variety of factors, including high fuel prices, bad weather in key food producing countries, and the diversion of land to non-food production. Increased emphasis, however, has been placed on a surge in demand for food from the most populous emerging economies. It seems highly probable that mass consumption in these countries could be well poised to create a food crisis.

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

1. Oil producing countries are one of the reasons for high food prices.

2. If there is a food crisis in the world in the near future, it will be in the emerging economies.

Which of the above statements is/are valid?

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1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Statement 1 is incorrect- As the passage only mentions that high fuel prices are leading to increasing food prices, it nowhere explicitly mentions oil-producing countries being one of the reasons for high fuel prices.
Statement 2 is incorrect-As the passage mentions that food crisis will be caused due to emerging economies' tendency of mass consumption. However, the passage only mentions emerging economies as a causative agent rather than resultant aspect. And it cannot be derived the passage that the food crisis will occur in Emerging economies. The given option is more suitable for inference of the passage rather than assumption.
Hence, option (4) is correct.