Economic growth accelerates business demand for the development of new technologies. Businesses supplying these new technologies are relatively few, while those wishing to buy them are many. Yet an acceleration of technological change can
cause suppliers as well as
buyers of new technologies
to fail.
Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?
(A) Businesses
supplying new technologies are
more likely to prosper in times of accelerated technological change than other businesses. - WRONG. Neither comparison is ascertained in the passage nor prosperity(which is oppsotie to what passage says).
(B) Businesses that supply new technologies
may not always benefit from economic growth. - CORRECT. Yes, may not.
(C) The development of new technologies
may accelerate economic growth in general. - WRONG. No acceleration is mentioned in the passage.
(D) Businesses that
adopt new technologies are
most likely to prosper in a period of general economic growth. - WRONG. Like A this is wrong.
(E) Economic growth
increases business failures. - WRONG. Taking it a bit far to claim in such a manner.
Answer B.