Passage

With the digital phenomenon restructuring most social sectors, it is little surprise that global trade negotiations are now eyeing the digital area in an attempt to pre-emptively colonise it. Big Data is freely collected or mined from developing countries, and converted into digital intelligence in developed countries. This intelligence begins to control different sectors and extract monopoly rents. A large foreign company providing cab service, for instance, is not a network of cars and drivers; it is digital intelligence about commuting, public transport, roads, traffic, city events, personal behavioural characteristics of commuters and drivers and so on.

QUESTION

CSAT

Easy

Comprehension

Prelims 2019

Which of the following is most definitively implied by the above passage?

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Explanation

Statement 1 is correct. The passage emphasizes how Big Data is collected from developing countries, converted into digital intelligence in developed countries, and used to control sectors and generate monopoly rents. This suggests that Big Data is a critical resource driving the digital phenomenon and restructuring various social and economic sectors.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The passage indicates that Big Data is mined (collected) from developing countries, not necessarily created by big economies.

Statement 3 is incorrect. While the passage does state that developed countries process and leverage Big Data, it doesn't imply that access to Big Data is exclusively their prerogative.

Statement 4 is incorrect. The passage highlights that developed countries convert and utilize Big Data but doesn't assert that possession or access is uniquely their characteristic. Developing countries also generate Big Data.