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Technology has developed out of stone tools which were used in ancient times. At first, development of new technology was slow, but after neo-liberal economic policy was adopted there has been a tremendous growth in technology sector.

This paragraph best supports the statement that:

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The paragraph contrasts a slow early phase with "tremendous growth" in the present. Pick the option that repeats that contrast rather than one that cuts the link with stone tools.
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  • Stone tools were not really technology
  • Stone tools were in use in Ancient India
  • Today new technologies are developing at a fast pace
  • New technology has nothing in common with the stone tools
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The Correct Option is C

Solution and Explanation

The reliable method for a "best supports" question is to convert the paragraph into a short timeline and then see which option sits on that timeline. Here the timeline reads: ancient times gave us stone tools, technology grew out of them, growth stayed slow for a long stretch, and then after neo-liberal economic policy the technology sector grew tremendously. The last point on the timeline is the present, and it is described as tremendous growth.

  1. Stone tools were not really technology: The opening line treats stone tools as the root of technology by saying technology "has developed out of" them. If they were the root, they belonged to the same family. This option denies what the first line asserts, so it cannot be supported.
  2. Stone tools were in use in Ancient India: The paragraph places stone tools in "ancient times", which is a period, not a place. No country appears anywhere in the passage. Fitting India into the answer means importing a fact the writer never supplied, even if that fact happens to be true in the real world.
  3. Today new technologies are developing at a fast pace: The paragraph contrasts an early slow phase with a later phase of "tremendous growth in technology sector" that began once neo-liberal policy came in and continues into the present. Tremendous growth in the current period is the same thing as a fast pace today. This is the supported statement.
  4. New technology has nothing in common with the stone tools: This breaks the very link the writer builds. Saying technology developed out of stone tools is a statement of continuity, not of separation.

The answer is therefore option (C). Two of the wrong options, (A) and (D), fail for the same underlying reason: both cut the connection between stone tools and modern technology that the opening sentence establishes.

Let's summarize:

  • Map the paragraph as a timeline when it moves from past to present.
  • The phrase "developed out of" signals continuity, so any option denying the link is wrong.
  • Never bring in outside facts, such as India, that the passage does not mention.

Option (C) is what the paragraph best supports: new technologies are developing at a fast pace today.

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