The correct answer is Option (2) → (D), (B), (C), (A)
(D) India's telephone service was still bad with only 2.5 million telephones and 12,000 public phones for a population of 700 million; only 3 percent of India's 600,000 villages had telephones. It describes the initial stage, where telephone services were minimal and inadequate.
(B) Services expanded, some 650,000 public call offices (PCOS) provided reliable telephone service, where people can simply walk in, make a call, and pay the metered charges, had mushroomed all over India, including remote, rural, hilly, and tribal areas. This describes a significant expansion of basic telephone services (PCOs) across the country. This logically follows the initial poor state. PCOs were a major feature of India's telecom landscape before widespread personal mobile phones and internet.
(C) In India, one in ten households had a computer at home, internet subscribers increased to 700 million. This statement introduces computers and a massive surge in internet subscribers. This represents a later stage than PCOs, indicating the rise of personal computing and internet connectivity.
(A) Lakhs and lakhs of children began using cellphones and attended online classes. This describes a very recent development, specifically referencing cellphones and online classes, which became particularly prevalent during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the most recent development among the options. |
