Multiple choice

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage:

Sharp differences would quickly emerge between the society that presses technological advance selectively and blindly snatches at the first opportunity that comes along. Even sharper differences would develop between the society in which the pace of technological advance is moderated and guided to prevent future shock, and that in which masses of ordinary people are incapacitated for rational decision-making. In one, political democracy and broad-scale participation are feasible; in the other, powerful pressures lead towards political rule by a tiny techno-managerial elite. Our choice of technologies, in short, will decisively shape the cultural style of the future.

What is the underlying idea of the passage?

  1. To show it is dangerous to let power pass into the hands of tiny techno-managerial elite

  2. To demonstrate the baneful effects of the selective use of technology by a handful

  3. To exercise caution and prudence in selecting the technologies

  4. To show that the shape of the cultural style of the future will be determined by what technologies are adopted today

  5. To leave the choice of technologies to the experts in their respective fields
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The underlying idea is-the shape of the future will be determined by the kind of technologies we adopt today.

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