Read the passage given below and then answer the questions given below the passage. Some words may be highlighted for your attention. Read carefully.
Euthanasia or mercy killing is the bringing about of the gentle death of a patient in the case of a painful, chronic and incurable disease. It is a practice of ending the life of a person or animal in a painless or minimally painful way for merciful reasons usually to end the suffering of a patient before death. Euthanasia, an ancient Greek word literally mean “Good Death". Terminally ill patients, be it cancer, AIDS, accidental or traumatic coma, The children, old women and men afflicted with the diseases undergo excruciating pain. In such a situation, if death is not imminent but sure, the question arises why not the patient be artificially induced for a “good death", of course medically. Legalizing mercy killing will help freeing a person from shackles of life worse than death. Sometimes incurable medical condition makes life of a person and his near and dear-ones a living hell. Stringent laws and strict vigil by the administration in implementation of euthanasia should ensure safeguards against such a situation, and other instances of coercion and fraud.
Correct option - 1
It is mentioned at the beginning of the passage that euthanasia is also called as mercy killing which means the patient is being killed on the mercy of others because he cannot be cured. Thus, option 1 i.e. mercy killing is the correct answer.