Reading Comprehension Passage: 72 | 100 RC`s for Government Exams Preparation - Bank Exams PDF Download

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‘This juggernaut of ever evolving generations of technology and forthcoming 5G require a supportive policy and regulatory environment. Without it, the sector’s health and India’s economic competitiveness would be greatly impaired.’
Statement I is true.
‘5G also promises ultra-reliable, very fast speeds and high bandwidth mobile connectivity and supports massive interconnected devices spread across wide areas. 5G provides peak speeds of 20 times, compared with 4G, such as that required in virtual reality applications.’
Statements II and III are true.
None of the statements are incorrect.
Hence, option D is correct.

Argument I is weak as India should focus on its own capabilities and needs and not blindly conform to what the other nations seem to be doing.
Argument II is strong. Paragraph 1 shows that ‘telecom operators in India are in the midst of rolling out 4G networks’ and hence need more time.
Argument III is weak. There is no mention of other nations’ development timeline in 5G technology relative to India and hence we cannot compare our readiness to launch such products with theirs.
Hence, option B is correct.

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‘They have far less spectrum in comparison to international operators….. Many of them are also weighed down by debt. Ever faster rounds of new technology introduction when prior technology investments have not been recouped add further complexity. This juggernaut of ever evolving generations of technology and forthcoming 5G require a supportive policy and regulatory environment. Without it, the sector’s health and India’s economic competitiveness would be greatly impaired’
As per the highlighted fragments, statements I and II are incorrect. The quantity of spectrum is less while nothing about quality has been mentioned. Similarly, there is no mention of lack of debt availability.
Statement III is correct.
Hence, option B is correct.

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‘5G provides peak speeds of 20 times, compared with 4G, such as that required in virtual reality applications. It is also designed to provide latency at 10 times lower than 4G. Low latency is required in applications dealing with critical emergency health care, autonomous vehicles or disaster management. Support for widely spread networks of sensors—Internet of Things (IoT) require spectrum usage of a different type than in cellular networks. Sensors may require to transmit very small amounts of data intermittently; thus, the policy and regulation of making spectrum available for them should be different.’
High Speed and High Bandwidth are indeed present in 5G while Internet of Things is irrelevant. However, the only option that helps in managing critical areas is low latency, as can be seen in the fragment highlighted above.
Hence, option A is correct.

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‘Since 5G roll-outs are likely even before 4G is extensively deployed, the adopted road map for 5G should ensure that the existing and near-future investments in 4G can be leveraged. One suggested approach has been that since operators are likely to deploy 5G in bands that they are currently using for 4G, policy should facilitate this by making spectrum usage an agnostic service. The role of wired infrastructure, especially fibre optic cables, is critical and complementary to growth of wireless. This is because very large capacities are required in the backhaul to cater to applications enabled through 5G. This would entail accelerating the BharatNet programme for deploying fibre optic cables to gram panchayats and increasing the involvement of the private sector to exploit complementarities and efficiencies of the private sector.’
Statement I is false as the paragraph talks about deployment of wired infrastructure.
Statements II and III are correct as seen from the highlighted fragments above.
Note: An Agnostic service is generic in nature / its independent of context. A Service something that is generalized so that it is interoperable among various systems.
Hence, option C is correct.