Question

Following the massive earthquake in Gujarat, building rules in Gujarat required all apartment buildings constructed after 2002 to have earthquake resistant designs.
From which of the following can the statement above be inferred?

• A. Apartment buildings built after 2002 had to be earthquake resistant.
• B. All apartment buildings built in Gujarat after 2002 have to have earthquake resistant designs.
• C. Some apartment buildings constructed before 2002 had earthquake resistant designs.
• D. Both A and B.
• E. Building rules require the buildings to have fixed number of floors.

Answer 1

The correct option is B All apartment buildings built in Gujarat after 2002 have to have earthquake resistant designs.

The passage states how the building code was amended after the 2002 earthquake to make it compulsory for all apartment buildings to be earthquake resistant. So it can be easily inferred that after 2002 all buildings have to have been built with earthquake resistant design. This is given in option (b) only. Hence the answer.