Question

The official reactions to the London blackout were very revealing. The elected London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, had no hesitation in appearing on radio and television. The private electricity company, National Grid, put up a technical functionary who was obviously ill at ease and could only keep repeating the technical explanation for the shutdown. __________________________

• A. Few will realise that the system itself is the problem
• B. More blackouts and even power-rationing are predicted for the coming winter.
• C. The rotting infrastructure is not confined to power supply -- the whole British piped-gas network is in even worse condition
• D. The British Parliament's Trade and Industry Select Committee will carry out an investigation, but the great majority of Britons have no idea about such procedures and the findings will probably get little press coverage.

Answer 1

The correct option is D The British Parliament's Trade and Industry Select Committee will carry out an investigation, but the great majority of Britons have no idea about such procedures and the findings will probably get little press coverage.

Option (d)The passage talks about the reasons for London's blackout and how the private electricity company could not provide a satisfactory explanation. Option (d) is in logical continuance with this idea as it talks about how the press coverage won't be much even though the mayor had no hesitation in appearing on radio and television. Option (a) is too vague and is eliminated. Option (b) predicts the future when this is not discussed in the passage. It is eliminated. Option (c) brings in piped-gas which goes outside the scope of the passage. So the correct answer is option (d)