Consider the following statements: 1. Femur is the longest bone in the human body. 2. Cholera is a disease caused by bacteria. 3. Athletes foot is a disease caused by virus. Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Q: 141 (IAS/2004)
Consider the following statements:
1. Femur is the longest bone in the human body.
2. Cholera is a disease caused by bacteria.
3. ‘Athlete’s foot’ is a disease caused by virus.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

question_subject: 

Science

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'femur': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'cholera': [3, 1, 1, 4], 'disease': [4, 2, 0, 0], 'longest bone': [2, 0, 0, 0], 'virus': [4, 0, 0, 1], 'human body': [40, 2, 44, 29], 'bacteria': [4, 1, 2, 3]}

The correct answer is Option 1, which includes Statements 1 and 2.

Statement 1 says that the femur is the longest bone in the human body. This is indeed true. The femur, or thigh bone, is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.

Statement 2 states that cholera is a disease caused by bacteria. This is also correct. Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhea. It is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

Statement 3, included in Options 2, 3, and 4, suggests athlete`s foot is a disease caused by a virus. It`s erroneous because athlete`s foot is actually caused by a type of fungus, not a virus. Hence, any option containing this statement is incorrect.