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by rishijhawar » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:21 am
Within 20 years it will probably be possible to identify the genetic susceptibility an individual may have toward any particular disease. Eventually, effective strategies will be discovered to counteract each such susceptibility. Once these effective strategies are found, therefore, the people who follow them will never get sick. The argument above is based on which of the following assumptions?

(A) For every disease there is only one strategy that can prevent its occurrence.
(B) In the future, genetics will be the only medical specialty of any importance.
(C) All human sicknesses are in part the result of individuals' genetic susceptibilities.
(D) All humans are genetically susceptible to some diseases.
(E) People will follow medical advice when they are convinced that it is effective.
OA. C. Confused between C and D.
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by ratan_2009 » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:38 am
ans should b E

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by baladon99 » Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:01 pm
Conclusion :Once these effective strategies are found, therefore, the people who follow them will never get sick.

As per option D All humans are genetically susceptible to some diseases. This doesn't tell us whether people ,who follow those strategies of genetic techniques ,will get sick or not.

Whereas C says All human sicknesses are in part the result of individuals' genetic susceptibilities. If that is not the case , it means people get sick due to some other reasons . That is not true here.

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by Sanjay2706 » Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:56 pm
The Author assumes that all sickness comes from genetic means.
Hence, C is the right answer here.

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by amit2k9 » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:14 pm
negating C use 'in no way' instead of in part. Thus this clearly crashes the conclusion.

hence an OA.
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by rishijhawar » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:49 pm
Thanks all.