Direction: In the given question, two statements (1) and (2) are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true…
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Direction: In the given question, two statements (1) and (2) are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
(1) Due to contamination of water large number of people were admitted to hospital
(2) The symptoms were of Typhoid
Conclusions:
(I) Contamination of water may lead to Typhoid.
(II) Typhoid is a contagious disease.
(1) Due to contamination of water large number of people were admitted to hospital
(2) The symptoms were of Typhoid
Conclusions:
(I) Contamination of water may lead to Typhoid.
(II) Typhoid is a contagious disease.
- Only conclusion (I) follows
- Only conclusion (II) follows
- Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow
- Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - Only conclusion (I) follows
People fell ill with typhoid symptoms due to contaminated water, so contamination may lead to typhoid (I follows). Nothing in the statements says typhoid spreads person to person, so II does not follow.
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