Multiple choice

Ambulances may soon become a vehicle of past with the increasing incursion of helicopters in the area previously under domain of transferring of emergency cases safely and speedily from one place to another. Because of the utility of helicopters, many hospitals have decided to obtain them and use them instead of ambulances.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the rationale behind the hospitals' plan to procure helicopters?

  1. Being very costly, not many hospitals can afford to use helicopters instead of ambulances.

  2. The space required for a helicopter to land and take off is not always available.

  3. There is lack of pilots trained to fly helicopters.

  4. The physical stress that helicopter places on fragile body of most of the patients is highly undesirable.

  5. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Though options (1), (2) and (4) all give valid reasons for weakening the rationale been discussed above, but as given in the statement of question, option which most seriously weakens the given rationale should be taken as the correct answer. The main motive of ambulance as given in the passage is to speedily and safely transfer the patients, therefore if it affects the health of patient, then there is no benefit of using helicopter.

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