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Read the given statement and conclusions carefully and decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement.
 

Statement:
 

The patient who was brought to the emergency during the last night would have survived if the surgery was done sometime before.
 

Conclusions:
 

I. Surgery was the only option for survival.
II. Patient was brought to the hospital late.

This question was previously asked in
RRB NTPC 2019 CBT 1 Question Paper (8-Mar-2021) (Shift 2)
The correct answer is
Only conclusion I follows

The question asks to determine which conclusion logically follows from the given statement.

Statement Analysis

Statement: "The patient who was brought to the emergency during the last night would have survived if the surgery was done sometime before."

  • This statement establishes a condition for survival: surgery needed to be performed sometime before the critical point.
  • It implies that the surgery, if performed timely, would have led to survival.

Conclusion I Evaluation

Conclusion I: "Surgery was the only option for survival."

  • The statement directly links survival to the performance of surgery ("would have survived if the surgery was done").
  • This strongly implies that surgery was the necessary intervention required for the patient's survival in this specific context. While not explicitly stating it was the *only* possibility in all scenarios, within the logic derived from the statement, it represents the key factor for survival.
  • Therefore, Conclusion I logically follows from the statement.

Conclusion II Evaluation

Conclusion II: "Patient was brought to the hospital late."

  • The statement mentions the patient arrived "during the last night" and that survival depended on surgery done "sometime before."
  • This suggests that the necessary surgery was not performed prior to the critical point reached by "last night."
  • However, the statement does not provide information about the *optimal* time for arrival or compare the patient's arrival time ("last night") to that optimal window. "Late" is a relative term. The delay might have been in performing the surgery after arrival, or the condition might have progressed rapidly, making arrival time less critical than the actual surgery timing.
  • We cannot definitively conclude that the patient was brought to the hospital late based solely on the provided information. The statement focuses on the timing of the surgery relative to survival, not necessarily the timing of the *arrival* relative to optimal treatment.
  • Therefore, Conclusion II does not logically follow from the statement.

Final Decision

Based on the analysis, only Conclusion I logically follows from the given statement.

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