According to the above passage, which of the following are indicative of the…

Concept

In a passage-based “which of the following belong to X” question, only the text decides membership. Locate the sentence in which the writer actually names the members of X, admit exactly the items named there, and exclude any item the passage introduces in a different role — as the source, cause or background of X rather than as a part of it.

Applying it to this passage

1. The passage first fixes what the fourth dimension is: the technological imperatives “take into account a ‘fourth’ dimension, time, an offshoot of modern day dynamism in business, trade, and technology”. The fourth dimension is therefore time, and modern day dynamism is the churn that this dimension is an offshoot of.

2. The writer then states what that dimension runs beneath: technological strengths are crucial “in dealing with this fourth dimension underlying continuous change in the aspirations of the people, the economy in the global context, and the strategic interests”.

3. That sentence is the passage’s own list of the areas whose continuous change signals the fourth dimension: aspirations of the people, the economy in the global context, and the strategic interests.

4. Modern day dynamism is not in that list. It is placed before the dimension, as the business, trade and technology churn from which time as a dimension arises, so it marks the origin of the fourth dimension rather than an indication of it.

Cross-check against each listed item

The items the passage itself lists are aspirations of people, economy in the global context and strategic interests, which gives (a), (c) and (d) only.