Question

A statement is given followed by two inferences I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given inferences, if any, follow from the given statement.

Statement: Genome editing is a type of genetic engineering in which DNA is inserted, deleted, modified or replaced in the genome of a living organism.

Inferences:

1. Designer babies will be a reality with genome editing.
2. Genetic diseases can be removed from a child before its birth.

 

1.

Only I follows.

 

2.

Only II follows.

 

3.

Both I and II follow.

 

4.

Neither I nor II follows.

 

5.

Either I or II follows.

 

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 :

Both I and II follow.

 

As genes can be edited by genome editing, people can have desired traits in their baby. Thus, designer babies will be a reality with genome editing. Thus, inference I follows. And as genes can be altered, severed genes or genes that can cause diseases can be removed from the embryo before the actual childbirth. Thus, both inferences I and II follow.