Multiple choice

These days physical verification of address is a mandatory step for activation of a mobile phone connection. This process takes more than a week’s time and sometimes results in great amount of inconvenience too. Although telecom service providers have proposed instant activation that requires no verification, government seems reluctant to approve the same.

What if true would be the best reason for government not approving waiver of address verification?

  1. There have been instances of telephone subscribers vanishing into thin air without paying their bills.

  2. The mobile phones have occasionally been used to carry out immoral acts.

  3. Often it is necessary to establish the identity of the caller.

  4. The verification of address has come in handy to establish the identity of perpetrators of crime.

  5. The government proposes to defer the approval till a single national identity number system is introduced.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The government ought to have a strong reason to insist on verification despite the inconvenience. (4) should definitely be more valid and immediate concern of the government.

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