Question

Read the following short passages and choose the best answers to the questions following the passage.

According to the last opinion poll in Bhadristan, most voters believe that the three problems the government needs to address, in order of importance, are crimes; unemployment and capitalistic economy. Yet in an election, candidates from political parties perceived as strongly against capitalism were defeated, while those elected were all from parties with a history of opposing legislation designed to curb anti-competitive practices. These results should not be taken to indicate that the polls were inaccurate, however, since ................

Which one of the following most logically completes the passage?

विकल्प

• every candidate who was defeated had a strong anticapitalism record.

• many of the people who voted in the election refused to participate in the poll

• all the candidates who were elected were perceived as being stronger against both crime and unemployment than the candidates who were defeated.

• there were no issues other than crime, unemployment, and capitalism on which the candidates had a significant difference of opinion

Answer 1

all the candidates who were elected were perceived as being stronger against both crime and unemployment than the candidates who were defeated.

Explanation:

Opinion polls projected capitalism, crime, and unemployment as the three major issues. There fore,  though pro-capitalism candidates were defeated, the winners of elections were anti-crime and antiunemployment. So, the polls were accurate.