Direction: Mark the correct inference drawn from the statement Statement: Many smokers suffer from cancer. Inference:
Question and options
Direction: Mark the correct inference drawn from the statement
Statement: Many smokers suffer from cancer.
Inference:
Statement: Many smokers suffer from cancer.
Inference:
- Most cancer patients are smokers
- Smoking may lead to cancer
- Most smokers get cancer
- Smoking always leads to cancer
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - Smoking may lead to cancer
'Many smokers suffer from cancer' supports only the tentative inference that smoking may lead to cancer; 'most' or 'always' over-generalise.
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