Question

Even before the coronavirus, lack of sleep was a simmering public-health crisis associated with a suite of maladies. Roughly 10 to 15 percent of people worldwide were suffering from chronic insomnia, the struggle to fall or stay asleep at least three nights a week for three months or longer. Crises such as natural disasters or terrorist attacks are known to trigger short-term sleeplessness. But experts say the pandemic’s unprecedented global impact and protracted nature threaten to expand the rate of chronic insomnia, which is much harder to treat.Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument ?

• A. Increasing levels of obesity in the world population have exacerbated chronic insomnia.
• B. There has been an uptick in natural disasters and terrorist attacks in recent times.
• C. Heightened levels of stress contribute to short-term as well as long-term sleeplessness.
• D. The treatment of chronic insomnia is costly for public health systems across the world.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Heightened levels of stress contribute to short-term as well as long-term sleeplessness.

Answer 2

The correct option is (C): Heightened levels of stress contribute to short-term as well as long-term sleeplessness.