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Question 17 Verbal and Logical Ability 2020 Medium MCQ +1.00 marks · -0.25 negative

Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows: If we can send a human to the Moon, why can’t we build sustainable cities? Defeat cancer? Tackle climate change? So, go the rallying cries inspired by one of humanity’s greatest achievements, the US effort that put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon on 20 July 1969. Which of the following statements, if true, BEST communicates the intent of the paragraph?

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