Given below is a set of statements vis, (I),(II),(III),(IV)&(V). Read them to answer the question that follow without changing the tone of the paragraph.
(I) Although there is a thick alphabet soup of new organisations meant to fight terrorism, most are chronically under-resourced.
(II) India's intelligence services remain desperately short of resources, running some 30 per cent below officially-sanctioned staffing levels that were decided on before 26/11.
(III) There are chronic shortage of everything, from language and area specialists, to personnel with specialist technology skills.
(IV) India has been unable to fulfil its commitment to modernise basic policing and emergency services— the first responders at the time of a crisis.
(V) Forensics, investigation and intelligence capabilities are abysmal
95. Which one of the following sentences can be placed in between Statement (III) and Statement (IV) without altering the context of the paragraph?

Options

A. The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), officials said, faces endemic shortages of personnel both with specialist language and area skills, and technology experts critical to modern espionage.
B. Figures show staff deficits are endemic across the intelligence services. IB had 18,795 personnel on its rolls, a shortfall of over 30 per cent.
C. The most critical deficiencies, however, are in critical technology positions— the core of modern espionage.
D. The Intelligence Bureau (IB), in turn, has been unable to expand its counter-terrorism efforts, despite mounting threats.

Answer

B

Explanation

Statement b complements III in the best way. III highlights "chronic shortage of area specialists . . ." which b explains further.