ibps-so 2018 · Question 162 of 356

Which one of the following best expresses the central idea of the passage?

1. AThat weather forecasting has made no real progress and remains a form of guesswork
2. BThat the laws governing the atmosphere are still imperfectly understood by science
3. CThat the public should be denied forecasts altogether until they can be made certain
4. DThat the honest product of a forecast is a statement of probability, and that the public demand for a single categorical answer misunderstands both the science and the proper test of itCorrect
5. EThat satellites have removed the greater part of the uncertainty from prediction