Road damage is often down to a few factors such as the quantity of traffic, the weight of the vehicles passing on it, and environmental conditions. XYZ town has a port, called ABC. To get to ABC, there is a road, that is divided into two lanes. One for the traffic going towards ABC port, and the other for traffic going away from ABC port. The lane of the road that leads to ABC port, has significantly less damage, than the lane that leads away from it. Which of the following helps explain this best?

Road damage is often down to a few factors such as the quantity of traffic, the weight of the vehicles passing on it, and environmental conditions. XYZ town has a port, called ABC. To get to ABC, there is a road, that is divided into two lanes. One for the traffic going towards ABC port, and the other for traffic going away from ABC port. The lane of the road that leads to ABC port, has significantly less damage, than the lane that leads away from it. Which of the following helps explain this best? Correct Answer Less goods are exported, and more goods are imported from the port.

Option 1 is correct, as, if the goods imported are more, then the vehicles going away from the port are heavier, which causes more wear and tear, compared to the other lane, which is used for exports. Option 2 is an unrelated fact that does not strengthen or weaken the argument. Option 3 is the diametric opposite, as this would lead to a great number of imports.

Hence, option 1 is correct.

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A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives. I had seen this road many years ago when my parents moved to Mundakotukurussi, our ancestral village. However, in those early years, I hadn't begun exploringthe countryside. I stored the unknown road in my head under 'One Day I Will'. Ten years ago, when I recovered from a herniated disc, it was to discover that I had a useless left leg. Though I managed to lose the limp, I hated not being able to stride around as I used to. I needed a challenge to tell myself that I wasn't going tobuckle to a creature called sciatica. Thus the 'One Day I Will' arrived. "Where does the road by the medical shop lead to?" I asked my parents while visiting themnext. "Chalavara," they said. "It's not an easy road to walk on," my father added. "There are too many ups and downs." Chalavara was a superior grade of a villageas compared to Mundakotukurussi, with a high school, a fine library, ATMs and several shops. But it also has two approach roads. The one I had chosen was anarrow back road used by the locals and that settled it for me. I needed to know for myself I could walk a road that wasn't going to be easy. And the next day, Iwould get up and walk that road again. What makes Chalavara better than Mundakotukurussi?