Project ForgeA smart city integrates all modes of transport, uses clean energy and promotes sustainable use of resources. It also uses technology to ensure safety and security of the city, something which critics argue, will lead to a surveillance state.
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above paragraph?
(i) All smart cities encourage the formation of surveillance states. (ii) Surveillance is an integral part of a smart city. (iii) Sustainability and surveillance go hand in hand in a smart city. (iv) There is a perception that smart cities promote surveillance.
- A(i) and (iv) only
- B(ii) and (iii) only
- (iv) only
- D(i) only
Explanation
The passage says critics ARGUE that the safety/security technology will lead to a surveillance state — this describes a perception or argument, not an established fact about all or even most smart cities. So only (iv), 'there is a perception that smart cities promote surveillance', is actually supported. Claims that ALL smart cities do this (i), or that surveillance is integral (ii), or inherently linked to sustainability (iii), all overreach beyond what the passage states.
Source: GATE ME 2016 Set-2 (2016)
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