Q1. Read the passage and answer the question that follows. When the district archive digitised its old land records, the project was praised as a modernising step. Yet the archivist warned that scanning documents was only the first stage. Several records had faded seals, marginal notes in older scripts, and inconsistent spellings of village names. If these features were ignored, the digital catalogue would look complete while remaining unreliable for serious research. The archive therefore paired each scanned file with a short editorial note. Which of the following is the most valid inference from the passage?
Explanation
An inference must follow from the passage without adding an extreme claim. The archivist warns that scanned records can appear complete while still being unreliable if faded seals, older scripts, and inconsistent spellings are not explained. This directly supports the idea that images alone may mislead serious researchers unless textual uncertainties are noted. Option B states that balanced inference. Options A and C distort the argument in opposite directions, while option D narrows the usefulness of editorial notes beyond what the passage says.
