Statement: Any further increase in the pollution level in the city by way of industrial effluents and automobile exhaustions would pose a severe threat to the inhabitants.
Courses of Action:
I. All the factories in the city should immediately be closed down.
II. The automobiles should not be allowed to ply on the road for more than four hours a day.
III. The Government should restrict the issue of fresh licences to factories and automobiles.

None follows

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Only II follows

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Only III follows

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Solution

The correct option is B Only III follows
The existing industrial units and automobiles ought to be checked for pollution level and fitted with proper equipments to minimise the same. Restricting their operation is no solution. So, neither I nor II follows. Besides, fresh licences ought to be given only to those vehicles or factories which operate at the optimum emission level. So, III follows.

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