Problem 1 - Entrance Test

Passage: The Industrial Revolution, while heralding unprecedented technological progress, inadvertently catalyzed environmental degradation. Scholars argue that the socio-economic systems prioritizing profit over ecological balance became institutionalized during this period. Modern environmental crises are partly traceable to these early industrial practices, which laid the groundwork for exploitative resource management. The passage suggests that industrialization's legacy is a duality of progress and peril.