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Railways PYQCBT 2 2017

RRB NTPC · Question 15

A statement followed by some conclusions are given below. Statement: All drugs have side effects. So, there is always a built-in risk while taking medicines. Conclusions : I. No medicine is without the risk of side effects. II. Drugs make things worse than the disease itself. Find which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statement.

  1. Only conclusion I follows

  2. Only conclusion II follows

  3. Neither I nor II follows

  4. Both I and II follow

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Answer: (A) Only conclusion I follows

Explanation

If all drugs have side effects, no medicine is free from that risk – Conclusion I follows. The statement does not compare the drug with the disease, so II does not follow.