Directions: Read the passage given below and select the inference(s) that hold true based on the facts in the passage.

Passage:

Isaac van Schinne was baptized on 12 February 1640 in Middelburg. He married in that city on 12 October 1667 to Catharina Dammaert (1646–1683). His son Isaac was born in Veere. In 1676 he arrived in Deshima; after a year he left, but in 1679 he went again. In 1681 he was appointed as chief of the factory. After one year he had to leave. After his wife died he remarried the widow Aletta de Bitter (1654–1708). Early in 1684 they left Batavia and arrived in Middelburg later that year. Van Schinne was buried there on 18 September 1686; after a few years, his widow and their daughter moved to Utrecht.

Inferences:

I: Isaac's wife Catharina Dammaert died from lung cancer.

II: Isaac was baptized at the age of 12 in Middelburg.

III: Isaac was buried in Middleburg.

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Answer 1

The correct answer is 'Only inference III follows.'

Key Points

The information given in Inference I about the cause of the death of Isaac's wife is not mentioned in the passage.
The information given in Inference II about Isaac's age is not mentioned in the passage.
Inference III holds true based on the facts in the passage.
- The second-last sentence of the passage says "Early in 1684 they left Batavia and arrived in Middelburg later that year'' and the last sentence of the passage says "Van Schinne was buried there on 18 September 1686; after a few years, his widow and their daughter moved to Utrecht''.
  - From the above sentences, we can say that Inference III is correct according to the given passage.

Hence, the only possible answer is option 4.