In the following questions, read the pasage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives
PASSAGE
STEM:
Half a century ago, a person was far more likely to die from heart disease. Now, cancer is the No. 1 cause of death. Troubling as this sounds, the comparison is unfair. Cancer is, by far the harder problem a condition deeply ingrained in the nature of multicellular life. Given these obstacles, cancer researchers are fighting and even winning smaller battles : reducing the death toll from childhood cancers and preventing and sometimes even curing cancers that strike people in their prime. But when it comes to diseases of the eld erly, there can be no decisive victo ry.
The diseases that one killed ear Hier in life bubonic plague, smallpox, influenza, tuberculosis were easier obstacles. Each had a precise cause that could be confronted. The toll of heart diseases has been pushed into the future, with diet, exercise and medicine that help con trol blood pressure and cholesterol. Because of these interventions peo ple between 55 and 84 are increas ingly more likely to die from cancer than from heart disease.
Which of the following statements is UNTRUE (with reference to the given passage)?

Options

A. Killer diseases like the plague were easier to deal te with compared to cancer.
B. Cancer researchers have managed to reduce the t he number of deaths among children suffering from cancer.
C. The greatest problem faced by cancer researchers is in the complex condition and nature of multicellular life.
D. Cancer researchers have achieved the greatest victo ry by containing this disease among the elderly

Answer

D