CMAT 2013 Solved Question Paper

Language Comprehension

Directions (Q. Nos. 1-10)
The following questions contains a passage followed by a question. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Question : 58 of 100

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Naturally occurring chemicals cannot be newly patented once their structures have been published. Before a naturally occurring chemical compound can be used as a drug, however, it must be put through the same rigorous testing program as any synthetic compound, culminating in a published report detailing the chemical’s structure and observed effects. 58. If the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

Any naturally occurring chemical can be reproduced synthetically once its structure is known
Synthetically produced chemical compounds cannot be patented unless their chemical structures are made public
If proven no less effective, naturally occurring chemical are to be preferred to synthetic compounds for use in drugs
Once a naturally occurring compound has been approved for use as a drug it can no longer be newly patented

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