Question: Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the question that follows:
It is one week since Uttarakhand’s worst disaster in living memory. Flash floods resulting from extremely intense rainfall swept away mountainsides, villages and towns, thousands of people, animals, agriculture fields, irrigation canals, domestic water sources, dams, roads, bridges, and buildings – anything that stood in the way.
A week later, media attention remains riveted on the efforts to rescue tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourist visiting the shrines in the uppermost reaches of Uttarakhand’s sacred rivers. But the deluge spread far beyond th Char Dhams – Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath – to cover the entire state. The catchments of many smaller rivers also witnessed flash floods but the media has yet to report on the destruction there. Eyewitness accounts being gathered by official agencies and voluntary organizations have reported devastation from more than 200 villages so far and more affected villages are being reported every day.
Which of the following would the author agree the most with?
The paragraph talks about how the floods in Uttarakhand led to widespread devastation across the state. However, the media attention remained focused on the Char Dhams.
Option 1 can be eliminated since the paragraph talks about how flash floods led to mountain sides, villages and towns being swept away besides the Char Dhams alone.
Option 2 might seem suitable but loses out to option 3 which seems more in tune with the author's opinion about the focus of the media.
Option 4 presents a rather extreme stance about the media coverage which is not supported by the passage.
Option 5 implies that the author expects the media to reach out to affected people which is not hinted at in the paragraph.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.