Question

Statements:

(i) Arising from poor policy and corruption and destroying the environmental commons, “illegal” production and marketing of coal is a significant aspect of everyday life in eastern India.

(ii) Representation of illegality hides unpleasant social realities of the coal mining tract; poor environmental performance of the state-owned mining sector, social disruption and displacement of communities, and general decay in the traditional subsistence base.

(iii) Complex lawyers of mining laws protect the interests of the disadvantaged.

For the above three statements to be consistent,

Options:

1. Only statements (i) and (ii) must be true.
2. Statement (iii) must be true.
3. Statements (i) and  (iii) must be true
4. Statement (i) and (ii) must be false and true respectively.