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Statement: The ease facilitated by single-use plastic caused it to gain instantaneous popularity. However, its inimical effects were never too unpredictable. The elites have always condemned the reckless use of plastic. Inferences: I. Plastic has been seen as a threat because it gained popularity too soon. II. Single-use plastic has always been detrimental; its effects were foreseeable. Which inference follows?

1. Only II follows
2. Either I or II follows
3. Both I and II follow
4. None of them follows

Correct answer: Only II follows

Solution

Inference II follows because the statement says the effects were not unpredictable, which means they were foreseeable. Inference I does not follow because the passage does not say plastic was seen as a threat due to gaining popularity too soon. It only mentions popularity and harmful effects separately.

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