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  • Question

  • The Pacific yew is an evergreen tree that grows in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific yew has a fleshy, poisonous fruit. Recently, taxol, a substance found in the bark of the Pacific yew, was discovered to be a promising new anticancer drug.


  • Options
  • A. Taxol is poisonous when taken by healthy people.
  • B. Taxol has cured people from various diseases.
  • C. People should not eat the fruit of the Pacific yew.
  • D. The Pacific yew was considered worthless until taxol was discovered.

  • Correct Answer
  • People should not eat the fruit of the Pacific yew. 

    Explanation
    Given the information presented, the only statement that could be considered true is that the fruit should not be eaten because it is poisonous. There is no support that taxol is poisonous or that taxol has cured anyone (choices a and b). There is no support for choice d.

    • More questions

    • 1. PSYCHOLOGIST : NEUROSIS

    • Options
    • A. ophthalmologist : cataract
    • B. dermatologist : fracture
    • C. infant : pediatrician
    • D. rash : orthopedist
    • E. oncologist : measles
      • Discuss
    • 2. Optimist is to cheerful as pessimist is to

    • Options
    • A. gloomy
    • B. mean
    • C. petty
    • D. helpful
      • Discuss
    • 3. Statements: Death keeps no calendar.

      Conclusions:

      1. Man must die one day.
      2. Death can come at any time.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
      • Discuss
    • 4. Which word does NOT belong with the others?

    • Options
    • A. cornea
    • B. retina
    • C. pupil
    • D. vision
      • Discuss
    • 5. Many business offices are located in buildings having two to eight floors. If a building has more than three floors, it has a lift.

    • Options
    • A. All floors may be reached by lifts.
    • B. Only floors above the third floor have lifts.
    • C. Seventh floors have lifts.
    • D. Second floors do not have lifts.
      • Discuss
    • 6. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 7. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 8. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 9. Statements: National Aluminium Company has moved India from a position of shortage to self-sufficiency in the metal.

      Conclusions:

      1. Previously, India had to import aluminium.
      2. With this speed, it can soon become a foreign exchange earner.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
      • Discuss
    • 10. Statement: Footpaths of a busy road are crowded with vendors selling cheap items.

      Courses of Action:

      1. The help of police should be sought to drive them away.
      2. Some space should be provided to them where they can earn their bread without blocking footpaths.


    • Options
    • A. Only I follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
      • Discuss

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