GATE AG 2010 • Q63 MCQ • 2 Marks

Section 3: Farm Power

Farm Power

Subtopic: Thermodynamic principles of I.C. engines

Question Statement:

"Modern warfare has changed from large scale clashes of armies to suppression of civilian populations. Chemical agents that do their work silently appear to be suited to such warfare; and regretfully, there exist people in military establishments who think that chemical agents are useful tools for their cause." Which statement best sums up the meaning of the above passage?

Options:

  • (A) Modern warfare has resulted in civil strife.
  • (B) Chemical agents are useful in modern warfare.
  • (C) Use of chemical agents in warfare would be undesirable.
  • (D) People in military establishments like to use chemical agents in war.

Official Answer Key:

C

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

The passage's tone is critical — it uses "regretfully" and frames the growing appeal of chemical weapons for suppressing civilians as a troubling trend, not an endorsement. This signals disapproval of such use, matching (C). (B) and (D) restate a claim from within the passage as if it were the author's own view, missing the critical framing; (A) generalises past the passage's actual focus on chemical weapons specifically.

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