IPMAT Indore 2025 · Verbal Ability · Question 29

IPMAT Indore 2025 previous year question on RC Detail and Fact Based Questions, with the answer and a step-by-step solution.

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Meta is recalibrating content on its social media platforms as the political tide has turned in Washington, with Mark Zuckerberg announcing last week that his company plans to fire its US fact-checkers. Fact-checking evolved in response to allegations of misinformation and is being watered down in response to accusations of censorship. Social media does not have solutions to either. Community review — introduced by Elon Musk at X and planned by Zuckerberg for Facebook and Instagram — is not a significant improvement over fact-checking. Having Washington lean on foreign governments over content moderation does not benefit free speech. Yet, that is the nature of the social media beast, designed to amplify bias.

Information and misinformation continue to jostle on social media at the mercy of user discretion. Social media now has enough control over all other forms of media to broaden its reach. It is the connective tissue for mass consumption of entertainment, and alternative platforms are reworking their engagement with social media. Technologies are shaping up to drive this advantage further through synthetic content targeted precisely at its intended audience. Meta's algorithm will now play up politics because it is the flavour of the season.

The Achilles' Heel of social media is informed choice which could turn against misinformation. Its move away from content moderation is driven by the need to be more inclusive, yet unfiltered content can push users away from social media towards legacy forms that have better moderation systems in place. Lawmakers across the world are unlikely to give social media a free run, even if Donald Trump is working on their case. Protections have already been put in place across jurisdictions over misinformation. These may be difficult to dismantle, even if the Republicans pull US-owned social media companies further to the right. Media consumption is, in essence, evidence-based judgement that mediums must adapt to. Content moderation, not free speech, is the adaptation mechanism. Musk and Zuckerberg are not exempt.

The writer argues that social media
  1. A
    has become the preferred way to access entertainment.
  2. B
    is in a difficult position because it cannot adapt to new policies.
  3. C
    remains unaffected by global debates amongst lawmakers on misinformation.
  4. D
    flourishes because it can publish any material.
Pick an option, then check.
Answer & solution

Answer: Option A

Line in the passage

Para 2 — social media is the connective tissue for mass consumption of entertainment, and alternative platforms are reworking their engagement with it.

How to reach it, step by step

Step 1. Scan the four options and mark the topic of each: entertainment, adaptability, lawmakers, publishing freedom. Then hunt for each topic in the passage.

Step 2. Entertainment appears once, in paragraph 2, where social media is called the connective tissue through which entertainment reaches the masses, and other platforms are said to be adjusting themselves to it.

Step 3. 'Connective tissue for mass consumption' = the route most people now take to entertainment = the preferred way. The supporting clause, that rival platforms are reshaping themselves around it, confirms the dominance.

Step 4. Verify the other three topics are either absent or contradicted (see below), then confirm (a).

Why the other three fall

(b) The closing argument is that media must adapt and that moderation is the adaptation mechanism — the passage does not say social media cannot adapt.

(c) Directly contradicted: lawmakers worldwide are said to be unlikely to give social media a free run, and protections already exist across jurisdictions.

(d) The passage never credits its success to being able to publish anything; in fact unfiltered content is shown as a risk to it.

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