Statement - Courses of Action Questions and Answers

Statement: The killer entric fever has so far claimed 100 lives in some tribal villages in M.P. during the past three weeks.

Courses of Action:

1. The residents of these villages should immediately be shifted to a non-infected area.

2. The Government should immediately send a medical squad to this area to restrict spread of the killer disease.

Statement: There is a substantial increase in the number of accidents causing deaths and severe injuries due to malfunctioning of the traffic signals.

Courses of Action:

1. The traffic police should immediately post traffic personnel at the junctions.

2. The signal system should immediately be repaired or replaced.

Statement: India's performance in the recent Olympic Games was very poor. Not even a single medal could be bagged by the players. Government has spent Rs. 5 crores in training and deputing a team of players to participate in the Olympic Games.

Courses of Action:

1. India should stop sending players to the future Olympic Games.

2. Government should immediately set up an enquiry commission to find out the reason for India's dismal performance.

Statement: Three persons were caught with huge arms and ammunition in the city.

Courses of Action:

1.Police should be instructed for night patrolling.

2. The three persons should be set free and their movements should be carefully watched to nab the other criminals.

Statement: Majority of the students have failed in one paper in the first semester examination.

Courses of Action:

1. All those students who failed should be asked to drop out of the course.

2. The faculty teaching the paper should be asked to resign.

Statement: Mr. X, an active member of the Union, often insults his superiors in the office with his rude behaviour.

Courses of Action:

1. He should be transferred to some other department.

2. The matter should be referred to the Union.

Statement: The weather bureau has through a recent bulletin forecast heavy rainfall during the next week which may cause water logging in several parts of the city.

Courses of Action:

1. The bulletin should be given wide publicity through the mass media.

2. The civic authority should keep in readiness the pumping system for removal of water from these parts.

3. The people should be advised to stay indoors during the period.

Statement: A train derailed near a station while moving over a bridge and fell into a river, resulting in the death of 65 people.

Courses of Action:

1. The Railway Authorities should clarify the reason of the accident to the Government.

2. The Government should allocate funds to compensate the destruction caused.

3. The protection walls of the bridge should be made strong enough to avoid such accidents.

Statement: Poverty is increasing because the people, who are deciding how to tackle it, know absolutely nothing about the poor.

Courses of Action:

1. The decision makers should go to the grass root levels.

2. The decision makers should come from the poorer sections of the society.

3. A new set of decision makers should replace the existing one

Statement: Besides looks and appearances, it is also important to develop oneself from within.

Courses of Action:

1. One should not pay attention to fashion.

2. One should pay attention to fashion.

3. Books on self-developmeTnt should be encouraged.