Multiple choice

The intention of the author seems to be

Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

The economics of newspaper publishing involves an extremely complex balancing act in which production costs are offset by both advertising and sales revenues. Even without the additional burden of 20 per cent duty, the price of a newspaper is not even enough to cover the cost of the newsprint involved. The advent of the electronic media has added to the newspaper industry’s woes as most advertising today goes to television.

  1. to point out the challenges in the business of newspaper publishing

  2. to argue in favor of proprietors of newspapers

  3. to defend increase in the price of newspapers

  4. to elicit sympathy from the readers
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Explanation

Option (A): “Newspaper publishing involves an extremely complex balancing act”. Achieving such balance is a challenge. Option (B): The author does not favor or defend. Option (C): The author does not favor or defend. Option (D): We cannot make out from the passage that the author is in newspaper publishing business himself. Option (E): “Newspaper publishing involves an extremely complex balancing act” does not make it a losing proposition.

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