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ibps-so 2018 · Question 311 of 356

The tone of the passage may best be described as

  1. Aindignant and accusatory towards the reading public
  2. Bwistful and resigned to an irremediable state of a airs
  3. Cmeasured and explanatory, critical of incentives rather than of personsCorrect
  4. Dfacetious and deliberately provocative
  5. Etriumphant at the success of modern forecasting

Answer: C. measured and explanatory, critical of incentives rather than of persons

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Source: IBPS SO Prelims Memory Based 2018 (held 29 Dec 2018, Shift 2) - Prepp · memory-based

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