Multiple choice

In all probability, the impact of a nuclear exchange

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The evidence given so far demonstrates that a nuclear exchange in the Northern Hemisphere would have an unavoidable global aftermath making the continued existence of mankind impossible anywhere. It is also very improbable that a nuclear exchange would be confined exclusively to the vicinity of the industrialized states. Current developments indicate that a nuclear disaster would be carried into the territories of the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These developments include the preparations being made by aggressive forces for the armed seizure of the Middle East oilfields, the nuclear missile deployment in the south of Western Europe, the establishment of military bases for the Rapid Deployment Forces in North Africa and the Indian Ocean, and the tensions in the South Atlantic and the Caribbean.

  1. would be far reaching

  2. would pose a great threat to the industrialized nations

  3. would be strictly confined to the vicinity where it occurs

  4. would result in the total wipe-out of nuclear powers
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Explanation

  The passage mentions that a nuclear exchange in Northern Hemisphere would have global aftermath.

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