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Passage: In a recently published report on the condition of health of women in India, it is reported that while sanitation in urban houses has improved by 70%, in rural areas, still unsanitary habits contribute greatly towards malnutrition which has retarded the growth of 50 million children in our country. 70% of the health-related problems faced by the children of primary schools are due to insufficient sanitation. Polluted air and unsanitary habits result in disease through which approximately 4 lakh children die every year.

Assumption: India's poverty is responsible for the spreading of disease.

  1. If the assumption is definitely true.
  2. If the assumption is probably true.
  3. If the assumption is definitely false.
  4. If the assumption is probably false.
  5. If the data are inadequate.

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Option 3 : If the assumption is definitely false.
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Option 3 is the correct answer. The passage talks about how unsanitary methods contribute to the deaths of approximately 4 lakh children every year. It does not mention poverty at all. Hence, the assumption is definitely false. 
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