ibps-so 2018 · Question 309 of 356

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

1. AThat forecasts of the weather have become markedly less accurate than they formerly were
2. BThat the public ought to be compelled to undergo instruction in the theory of probability
3. CThat institutions would do better to publish no forecasts at all than to publish uncertain ones
4. DThat a probabilistic forecast can be judged only over a run of cases, that hedging destroys the very usefulness it seeks to protect, and that the honest remedy is to publish the record and let it be inspectedCorrect
5. EThat broadcasters, rather than forecasters, are wholly to blame for every misunderstanding that arises