Read the given paragraph carefully. Few sentences have been given below the paragraph. These sentences would

Direction: Read the given paragraph carefully. Few sentences have been given below the paragraph. These sentences would be inferences, assumptions, conclusions, causes or effects or course of action. Identify which statement falls in which category and mark your answers accordingly

Just a few hours remain for social media platforms- Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter – to comply with the government’s new Information Technology Rules, 2021. If they fail to fall in line, they risk losing ‘intermediary’ status. The new rules come into effect soon. Social media intermediaries were given three months to comply with India’s new Information Technology (IT) rules that were notified in February. There is considerable apprehension among businesses and users regarding the potential operability of these platforms and data safety.

A. The government has mandated that the social media platforms comply with the rules

B. The Social Media Platforms risk losing their ‘intermediary’ status

C. The platforms will be seen as a publisher and will directly be responsible for anything published on the website

D. Giving a deadline would induce the social media platforms to comply with the norms

E. The social media platforms must issue a statement that they will make sure the data safety is not compromised

Q. Which of the following sentences can be classified as a probable effect of a certain cause mentioned in the paragraph?

A.A

B.C

C.B

D.D

E.E

Sol:

The first few lines in the paragraph say that, if the new norms are not adhered to, the social

media platforms may lose their intermediary status.

This clearly indicates that, statement B stands good to be called as an effect. So, option (c) is

the correct answer.