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1. B
The paragraph has a very distinct flow. Initially, the author puts forward a current scenario regarding financing of new infrastructure in a country. Then he puts forward an alternative way to finance these projects and discusses the possible advantages. Finally with the help of a real life example he further validates the idea. B is a straightforward choice.

2. C
It is a tough one. To get this one right you really need to read between the lines. The paragraph says that the private investors have a better ability to anticipate profit thus implying that they are better at judging the viability and necessity of building new infrastructure. This inference is drawn based on the assumption that investors are only interested in new infrastructure projects if they are profitable. Since Government cannot anticipate the profitability thus the viability of building infrastructure, their decisions of making new infrastructure are not well informed and can be unrealistic.

3. C
Again a tricky one. This is a classic RC information trap. The question asks which of the following is true. Many people will think that this is an inference question and will overthink and over-analyse to a wrong choice. The question is very straight-forward, "Which statement regarding the $300 million road is true? ". This should be answered with the information provided in the passage with minimum possible inference.

Option A says the lack of financing is due to lack of traffic after building the road. However, the only information given in the passage is that they were still trying to finance the project. However, the reason for that is not mentioned and clues to infer the reason is also not present. So option A may or may not be true and enough information is not given in the passage to infer that.

Option B: In the passage it is mentioned that the state of Virginia authorized private developers to build a $300 million toll road. Whether the state also partially financed or not, that cannot be inferred from the passage.

Option C: Quoting directly from the passage "During the economic boom of the 1980's, for example, the state of Virginia authorized private developers to build a $300 million toll road.".
Therefore C is the answer, as it follows directly from the text.

4. E
The simplest of all the questions as it directly follows from the premise of the passage.
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