Directions : Read the given passage and answer the following questions based on the passage.
In an earlier column on what India needs to do to become a proper space power, I argued that we must  ramp up both our capacity to use space and our capacity to deny our adversaries the reliable use of space Other spacefaring nations are investing good money in both these, with the bulk of the investment going into enhancing their capacity to use space. What is striking about their approach compared to ours is the involvement of the private sector in the commercial use of space.
Indeed, it is ironic that India—whose space-faring tradition is decidedly in the service of human development—is lagging in harnessing the power of private innovation in the space domain. This not only limits the exploitation of space for economic development, but has serious national security implications. The most basic way to secure our space capabilities is to distribute them across many different satellites and spacecraft, so that business continuity is unaffected even if an adversary manages to disable one or more of our satellites. The more critical the function, the more the diversity required.
The US is highly vulnerable in space because it depends on thousands of its satellites. But it is also best equipped to deal with a potential attack on its space assets because it can find alternatives to switch to. Furthermore, with private US firms set to put thousands of satellites into orbit in the next few years, its security in space will improve. Similarly, China is significantly increasing the number of its active space assets through massive public investment as well as opening its skies to private entrepreneurs.
 In this new space economy, India is playing with one hand tied firmly behind its back. While the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is continuing on a successful path, there is no one at the private sector end of the business. So, we must deregulate the space sector and create an environment for private industry to serve India’s commercial and strategic needs, and perhaps become a global space technology hub.

Q:

What can be inferred from the given passage?

• 1
  ISRO has burned more midnight oil than public money in its quest for a greater understanding of the shiny orb that has waxed and waned in our night sky from time immemorial.
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  ISRO’s success shows that the public sector is not the arid wasteland of squandered resources many market fundamentalists like to portray it as.
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  The country must deregulate the space sector to encourage private enterprise if we are to compete I the new space economy.
• 4
  India’s avowed aim to pursue space research for the expansion of human knowledge got a mega lift as its second lunar mission got underway.
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  None of these