General Studies · Critical Reasoning
Read the statement below and identify which of the following arguments strengthens it: Statement: The Southern Railway is installing an optical fiber-based Intrusion Detection System (IDS) along the elephant-infested 33-km stretch between Kottekkad and Madukkarai to prevent elephant deaths on the tracks, following its successful implementation in the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).
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- 1Designing signals that distinguish between various animals and vehicles will take considerable time.
- 2The technology successfully identifies the exact location of elephants and relays real-time alerts to loco pilots and station masters to avoid collisions.✓
- 3Due to a lack of land, fibers are laid close to tracks, leaving little reaction time for loco pilots.
- 4The project is expected to be costlier as it involves laying optical fibers on both sides of the rail lines.
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The technology successfully identifies the exact location of elephants and relays real-time alerts to loco pilots and station masters to avoid collisions.
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