The passage suggests that repeated exposure to false narratives leads to:

Question

The passage suggests that repeated exposure to false narratives leads to:

1. A. Enhanced confidence in media sources
2. B. Scepticism, polarization, and erosion of trust in institutions (Correct answer)
3. C. Rapid problem-solving during crises
4. D. Complete elimination of misinformation

Correct Answer

Option B — Scepticism, polarization, and erosion of trust in institutions

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Scepticism, polarization, and erosion of trust in institutions.

Key Points

• The second paragraph traces the sequence: *when repeated and amplified, false narratives corrode public trust*, so that *citizens become sceptical of official reports, scientific findings, and policy directives, fostering cynicism and polarization*.
• The answer collects those three effects — scepticism, polarization, and erosion of trust.

Additional Information

• Option A (enhanced confidence in media) is the opposite of what the passage describes.
• Option C (rapid problem-solving during crises) is contradicted by the point that crises are precisely when this erosion is *particularly destabilizing*.
• Option D (complete elimination of misinformation) has no basis in the text.
• The passage stresses repetition and amplification as the mechanism — a single false item is far less corrosive than a narrative repeated at scale.

*Ministry of Papers worked solution. The Commission has not yet published the official key for this paper; this answer will be reconciled with it on release.*