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Answer: ASet 3: Text Structure (Advanced)
Explanation
PASSAGE
Bureaucracies are designed for efficiency through standardization. Paradoxically, this rigidity often leads to inefficiency when unique problems arise. The 'red tape' meant to streamline process becomes an obstacle to the goal.
Which choice best describes the irony presented?
A. A system designed for speed actually causes delay due to its own rules.✓ Correct
B. Government workers are lazy.
C. We need more rules to fix the system.
D. Standardization is always bad.
Detailed Explanation
Design: Efficiency. Outcome: Inefficiency (Irony). Red tape meant to streamline -> Obstacle.
Key Evidence:
• "Paradoxically"
• "leads to inefficiency"
• "meant to streamline ... becomes obstacle"
Why others are wrong: B (Systemic issue.), C (Rules are the problem.), D (Context specific.).