Question

Directions: The question consists of a statement and two inferences. The student must first determine whether each statement is true. Choose the appropriate answer after reading the statement carefully.

Statement: Several websites claim to be free and offer rewards when you sign up with them.Then how do these websites make money.These free websites ,actually do not earn by selling or advertising.What they sell is your information to advertisers, marketers and researchers, and others. Your information is the commodity that drives the internet economy. It is collected through your online actions and the information you share. 

Inference:

I.Sharing one's information is necessarily bad.

II.Every piece of information you post and every action you take online has commercial value to a company or someone.

1. If only I follows.
2. If only II follows.
3. If both I and II follow.
4. If  neither I nor II follows.
5. If either I or II follows.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : If only II follows.

Correct option 2.If only II follows.

The passage states that there are many free websites that offered rewards once anyone signs up with them. But they do not engage in any selling advertising and make money by selling the information to potential sources and this is what drives the internet economy.

From what is supplied it cannot be inferred that sharing one's information is always bad it may be used for productive purposes.Therefore,inference I does not follow.

But, it can be inferred from the statement that information that you share has some commercial value to someone or some company. Therefore, inference II follows.

Hence, option 2 is correct.