Multiple choice

With the assault on New York, the anarchy that has been one of the by-products of globalisation in much of the world can no longer be ignored. The ragged, irregular armies of the world's most collapsed zones have proved that they can reach the heart of its richest and most powerful state. Their brutal coup is an example of what military analysts call 'asymmetric threat' in other words, the power of the weak against the strong.The last sentence of the paragraph has been deleted. Which of the following completes the paragraph, most suitably?

  1. The lesson that we draw for posterity is: Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you.

  2. Given the guerrilla warfare of today, the definition of the strong and the weak is hazy indeed.

  3. The oppressed always find a way out to give it back.

  4. What it has shown is that the strong are weaker than anyone imagined.

  5. That is the flip side of globalization.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The passage is about the power of the ragged, irregular armies against the richest and the most powerful. Only (4) connects with the idea.

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