Question

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

When we corked open the champagne on January 1, 2010, we believed technology was a force leading us to a digitally enabled Promised Land. In the bright future that beckoned, all the world’s knowledge would be at everyone’s fingertips and 1984 would be just another book on the shelf rather than one that should be re-read for its cautionary tale of modern tyranny. Fast-forward as we ready to uncork the champagne once again, this time to greet the Roaring ’20s and even more disruption than we saw in the teen decade lies ahead. Quick-fire technological change has opened up whole new landscapes and minefields. Back in the early days of the past decade, we still thought we’d shape technology. Right now, though, that’s not happened and you’re happily working from home as you can be “virtually” in touch with your office 24x7. With the help of data mining, information has become freely accessible.

Out of the following options, which one can be inferred from the given passage?

Options

• Technological advancements have been the maximum in the past decade.

• Technological advancements have been largely influenced by the political environment of a country.

• Technological advancements have witnessed a quantum leap towards altruism.

• The perception of technological advancements has changed over the years.

Answer 1

The perception of technological advancements has changed over the years.

Explanation:

Refer to the sentences: “When we corked open the champagne on January 1, 2010, we believed technology was a force leading us to a digitally enabled Promised Land. In the bright future that beckoned, all the world’s knowledge would be at everyone’s fingertips and 1984 would be just another book on the shelf rather than one that should be re-read for its cautionary tale of modern tyranny. Fast-forward as we ready to uncork the champagne once again, this time to greet the Roaring ’20s and even more disruption than we saw in the teen decade lies ahead.”

Technological advancements have been the maximum in the past one decade and Technological advancements have been largely influenced by the political environment of a country that is out of scope.

In the light of the passage, Technological advancements have been the maximum in the past one decade and Technological advancements have been largely influenced by the political environment of a country cannot be inferred.

Technological advancements have witnessed a quantum leap towards altruism is wrong because the author lists many disadvantages of technological advancements.