Consider the following state ments : During the last week of Novem ber 2012, Palestinian engineers dug up the tomb of Yasser Arafat. This was done primarily to : 1. place the remains of Yasser Arafat in a mosque com pound 2. confirm the prevailing sus pic

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Q: 9 (CDS-I/2013)
Consider the following state ments : During the last week of Novem ber 2012, Palestinian engineers dug up the tomb of Yasser Arafat. This was done primarily to :
1. place the remains of Yasser Arafat in a mosque com pound
2. confirm the prevailing sus picion that Israel had poisoned him
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

question_subject: 

General Knowledge

question_exam: 

CDS-I

stats: 

0,11,14,4,11,9,1

keywords: 

{'yasser arafat': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'remains': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'palestinian engineers': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'tomb': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'israel': [0, 0, 2, 0], 'mosque com pound': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'sus picion': [0, 0, 0, 1]}

The correct answer for this question is option-2, which states that only statement 2 is correct.

Option-1 states that the engineers dug up the tomb of Yasser Arafat to place his remains in a mosque compound. This is incorrect as there is no mention or indication that the primary reason for digging up the tomb was to move his remains to a mosque compound.

Option-2 states that the engineers dug up the tomb to confirm the suspicion that Israel had poisoned Yasser Arafat. This is correct as there were suspicions and allegations surrounding the death of Yasser Arafat, with some people believing that Israel had poisoned him. By digging up the tomb and conducting further investigations, the engineers aimed to confirm or disprove these allegations.

Therefore, the correct answer is option-2, as only statement 2 is correct.