Which of the following statement is true with respect to the passage ........

English Language (SBI-PO) Reading comprehension (P)

Direction (): Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of these.

According to the diaper maker Unicharm, in Japan, adult diapers now outsell baby diapers. That’s because a quarter of the country’s population is 65 or older. By 2060, that proportion will hit 40 percent.

What adjustments have to be made when so many people grow old simultaneously? To take one example, after a recent surge in accidents involving older drivers, the government began testing the Robot Shuttle, an autonomous bus intended for use in rural areas, where Japan’s shrinking pains have hurt the most. Other tweaks include slowing down escalators and equipping shopping carts with magnifying glasses.

It’s long been observed that Japan’s aging doesn’t bode well for its economy. Lots of old people means a financial drain on both the private and public sectors, as health-care and pension costs skyrocket and productivity declines. But the news isn’t all bad: Amid this elder boom, a new, 100 trillion yen ($800 billion) consumer category has emerged, known as “the silver market.”

Millions of Japanese seniors who have long been saving for retirement find themselves at the center of a commercial bonanza. The products vying for their attention range from Docomo’s Raku-Raku 4, a smartphone that’s “easier to hear” and also has jumbo screen icons, to Fujisoft’s Palro, a $6,000 “carebot” that combats dementia through trivia games and fitness drills. Even video-game arcades, long a bastion of youth, are wooing golden-agers with benches for resting; arcade staffers are encouraged to get certified as senior-friendly “service assistants.”

Which of the following statement is true with respect to the passage?

By 2060, Japan’s population of increase by 15% of what it presently is.

The health- care and pension costs provided to the old people in Japan are quite expensive and in the face of the zero-contribution made by the old population, these investments burden the economy.

The rural areas have been the most adversely affected owing to a large number of older population.

Japan has developed certain new equipment’s and gadgets, exclusively designed for the old people, thus leading to the flourishment to a new market altogether.

All of these.

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Explanation:

Option 1 is correct because if 40% of the population will be old by 2060 and a quarter (25%) is old at the present, the increase will be 15%.

Option 2 is correct as the passage states: "It’s long been observed that Japan’s aging doesn’t bode well for its economy. Lots of old people means a financial drain on both the private and public sectors, as health-care and pension costs skyrocket and productivity declines."

Option 3 is correct and can be deciphered from the following lines given in the second paragraph, "an autonomous bus intended for use in rural areas, where Japan’s shrinking pains have hurt the most"

Option 4 is correct and can be gathered from the last paragraph.

Thus, 5is the correct answer.