Directions
(1-10): In each question below is given a statement followed by two
courses of action numbered I and II. On the basis of the information
given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the
statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of
action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
Given
answer:
(a)
if only I follows.
(b)
if only II follows.
(c)
if either I or II follows.
(d)
if neither I nor II follows.
(e)
if both I and II follow.
Q1.
Statement: Increasing levels of air pollution is creating
health hazards for people living in the cities.
Courses
of action:
I.
All industries should be shifted immediately to the outskirts of the
cities.
II.
Transport authorities should immediately ban all the vehicles running
on petrol.
Q2.
Statement: Large number of college students are found to be
focusing more on fashion than on studies.
Courses
of action:
I.
Colleges should impose restrictions on use of fashionable clothes and
accessories.
II.
Colleges should keep the students busy enough with studies, so that
they don’t find time far other things like fashion.
Q3.
Statement: A large number of people gathered on the highway,
blocking the traffic movement to protest the killing of five locals
by a speeding vehicle.
Courses
of action:
I.
The police should fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.
II.
The police authority should calm down the sentiment of the crowd,
assuring action against the culprit and deploy police personnel at
the spot.
Q4.
Statement: Youngsters are often found staring at obscene
posters.
Courses
of action:
I.
Children should be punished and penalized if they are found doing so.
II.
Any display of such material should be banned.
Q5.
Statement: There has been a significant drop in the water level
of all the lakes supplying water to the city.
Courses
of action:
I.
The water supply authority should impose a partial cut in supply to
tackle the situation.
II.
The government should appeal to all the residents through mass media
for minimal use of water.
Q6.
Statement: A very large number of students have failed in
the final high school examination due to wrong questions in one of
the subjects.
Courses
of action:
I.
All the students who have failed in that subject should be allowed to
take supplementary examination.
II.
All those who are responsible for the error an enquiry should be
initiated to find out the facts.
Q7.
Statement: Majority of the students in many schools do not
pass in the final examination.
Courses
of Action:
I.
These schools should be closed down as these have become
unproductive.
II.
The teachers of these schools should immediately be retrenched.
Q8.
Statement: There has been a substantial drop in the number of
people opting for new telephone connection from the public sector
telephone company in the recent months.
Courses
of Action:
I.
The public sector telephone company should immediately set up a
committee to identify the reasons for the drop.
II.
The public sector telephone company should offer new schemes with
value-added services to woo the new clients.
Q9.
Statement: The availability of imported fruits has increased in
the indigenous market and so the demand for indigenous fruits has
been decreased.
Course
of Action:
I.
To help the indigenous producers of fruits, the government should
impose high import duty on these fruits, even if these are not of
good quality.
II.
The fruit vendors should stop selling imported fruits so that the
demand for indigenous fruits would be increased
Q10.
Statement: Many people have encroached upon Govt. property
and built their houses and business establishments.
Course
of action:
I.
The government should take immediate steps to remove all unauthorized
constructions on Govt. land.
II.
All the encroachers should immediately be put behind bars and also be
slapped with a hefty fine.
Solution(1-10):
S1.
Ans.(d)
Sol. Both courses of action I and II are
not advisable .
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. Course
of action I is not advisable because it is a repressive measure /
step.
Course of action II is not advisable because it will be
extreme course of action.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Course
of action I is not advisable because it will be an extreme
action/step.
Course of action II is advisable because it will be
the right action/step.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. According
to the statement, youngsters are staring at obscene posters. Course
of action I is not a judicious step in dealing such a problem. So,
display of obscene material should be banned because it create,
unhealthy imprints on the impressionable fragile minds of
youngsters.
Therefore, only course of action II is appropriate
and follows.
S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. Both
the courses of action I and II are suitable for pursuing.
Course
of action I is advisable because partial cut in supply will be useful
during water crisis.
Course of action II is also advisable
because minimal use of water by people will help conserve
water.Therefore, both the course of action I and II is appropriate
and logically follows.
S6. Ans.(e)
Sol.
Both the courses of action are suitable for pursuing.
All the
failed students should be allowed to take supplementary examination
because they should not be made to suffer on account of wrong
questions in the examination paper.
Also, disciplinary action
should be taken against the persons responsible for wrong question
paper to prevent re-occurrence of such a blunder in the
future.
Therefore, both the courses of action I and II are
appropriate and follows.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Course
of action I is not advisable because it will be an extreme
action/step.
Course of action II is also not advisable because
it will be the harsh measure/step.
S8.
Ans.(e)
Sol. Course of action I is advisable
because it will be helpful to tackle the situation.
Course of
action II is also advisable because it may attract more
customers.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Course
of action I is not advisable because it is not fully correlated with
the statement.
Also, course of action II is not practically
viable.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol.Course of
action I is advisable because it will be helpful to stop the
unauthorized construction.
Course of action II is not advisable
because it is an extreme action/step.
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