| CAT 2024 Question Paper VARC Slot 1 Question 23.
Choose the correct option from below list
Read the below paragraph and answer the questions after reading paragraph and question is
"Which of the following statements is suggested by the sentence “Back then, at least, cinema was defined by its ephemerality: the sense that a film was as good as gone once it left your local cinema"
(1)Around a century ago, people were more accepting of not having access to films once they left the local cinema. (2)Today, films are expected to be available for a long time, since they are no longer tied solely to their stay at the local cinema
(3)Cinema is now no longer as ephemeral as it used to be earlier, because the technology used for creating and preserving films has improved manifold
(4)Improved cloud storage services have made it possible for movie collections to now be preserved in perpetuity, without the need to keep migrating the files.
Answer:-(2)Studios and streaming services have committed to giving customers perpetual and platform independent access to the original digital content they have paid for.
Note:-Option 2 The passage contrasts the past and present by mentioning that, in the past, films were considered “as good as gone” once they left the cinema, meaning they were ephemeral and not readily accessible afterwards. Whereas, today's audience expects ongoing access to films well beyond their initial cinema run, thanks to technological advancements like streaming services and digital media. This shift in expectations is what the passage implies when referencing the previous era's ephemerality versus today's more lasting availability. | | |