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Statement - Courses of Action Questions and Answers

Important Instructions
Direction for [ Question No: 51 To 60 ] :

In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Give 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.

51.

Statement: Majority of the students in many schools do not pass in the final examination.

Courses of Action:

1. These schools should be closed down as these have become unproductive.

2. The teachers of these schools should immediately be retrenched.

Answer: D

Clearly, the situation demands that efforts be made to remove the lackenings in the present system of education and adequate measures be taken to improve the performance of students. Harsh measures as those given in I and II, won't help. So, none of the given courses follows.

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52.

Statement: In spite of the Principal's repeated warnings, a child was caught exploding crackers secretly in the school.

Courses of Action:

1. All the crackers should be taken away from the child and he should be threatened not to do it again.

2. The child should be severely punished for his wrong act.

Answer: B

Since the act has been repeated despite various warnings, so course I would only be another warning and would not help. Severe punishment to set example for him and others is inevitable. Thus, course II shall follow.

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53.

Statement: It is necessary to adopt suitable measures to prevent repetition of bad debts by learning from the past experiences of mounting non-performing assets of banks.

Courses of Action:

1. Before granting loan to customers their eligibility for loan should be evaluated strictly.

2. To ensure the payment of instalments of loan, the work, for which loan was granted, should be supervised minutely on regular basis.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

Bad debts arise both from lending to those who cannot repay and from money not being used for the purpose it was lent. Checking eligibility before the loan meets the first, and supervising the work afterwards meets the second, so both follow.

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54.

Statement: A very large number of students have failed in the final high school examination due to faulty questions in one of the subjects.

Courses of Action:

1. All the students who have failed in the subject should be allowed to take supplementary examination.

2. All those who are responsible for the error should be suspended and an enquiry should be initiated to find out the facts.

Answer: E

There being faulty questions in the examination paper is a blunder on the part of school management and students should not be made to suffer on account of this. Thus, a re-test should be organised for the students and those responsible for the error be penalised to prevent reoccurrence of such mistake in the future. Hence, both the courses follow.

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55.

Statement: A large number of engineering graduates in the country are not in a position to have gainful employment at present and the number of such engineers is likely to grow in the future.

Courses of Action:

1. The government should launch attractive employment generation schemes and encourage these graduates to opt for such schemes to use their expertise and knowledge effectively.

2. This happened due to proliferation of engineering colleges in the country and thereby lowered the quality of the engineering graduates. Those colleges which are not equipped to impart quality education should be closed down.

Answer: B

The emphasis should be not on the Government putting all the engineering graduates to jobs but on the colleges producing not 'degree-holders' but real technical minds which could compete well for gainful employment. So, only course II follows.

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56.

Statement: Every year, at the beginning or at the end of the monsoons, we have some cases of conjunctivitis, but this year, it seems to be a major epidemic, witnessed after nearly four years.

Courses of Action:

1. Precautionary measures should be taken after every four years to check this epidemic.

2. People should be advised to drink boiled water during rainy season.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only II follows

Course 1 is not a course of action at all: an epidemic cannot be waited for on a four-year timetable, and precautions taken once in four years would leave the other years unguarded. Course 2 at least prescribes a hygiene measure for the season in which the trouble comes. Only II follows.

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57.

Statement: Every year large number of devotees dies due to severe cold on their way to the shrine located at the top of the mountain range.

Courses of Action:

1. The devotees should be discouraged to visit the shrine without having proper warm clothes and other amenities.

2. The government should provide warm clothes and shelter to all the devotees visiting the shrine.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only I follows

Course 1 addresses the cause: the deaths come of people setting out unprepared for the cold, and they should be dissuaded from doing so. Course 2 would have the government clothe and shelter every pilgrim, which is neither practicable nor its proper business. Only I follows.

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58.

Statement: There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of requests for berths in most of the long distance trains during the current holiday season.

Courses of Action:

1. The railway authority should immediately increase the capacity in each of these trains by attaching additional coaches.

2. The people seeking accommodation should be advised to make their travel plan after the holiday.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only I follows

Course 1 meets the demand where it arises, by adding coaches to the trains people want. Course 2 tells travellers to change their plans, which is advice rather than a step the railway can take, and the holiday is precisely when they wish to travel. Only I follows.

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59.

Statement: The Finance Minister submits his resignation a month before the new budget is to be presented in the Parliament.

Courses of Action:

1. The resignation should be accepted and another person should be appointed as the Finance Minister.

2. The resignation should not be accepted.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only II follows

The budget is a month away and the Finance Minister has prepared it; a new appointee could not master it in the time. The sensible course is to defer the resignation until the budget has been presented. Only II follows.

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60.

Statement: A large number of people visiting India from country X have been tested positive for carrying viruses of a killer disease.

Courses of Action:

1. The government of India should immediately put a complete ban on people coming to India from country X including those Indians who are settled in country X.

2. The government of India should immediately set up detection centres at all its airports and seaports to identify and quarantine those who are tested positive.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only II follows

Course 2 meets the danger without shutting anyone out unjustly: test arrivals at the ports and airports and quarantine those who carry the virus. Course 1 would bar every traveller, Indians included, which is both excessive and unenforceable. Only II follows.

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