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Statement - Courses of Action Questions and Answers

Important Instructions
Direction for [ Question No: 31 To 40 ] :

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.

31.

Statement: There is an unprecedented increase in migration of villagers to urban areas as repeated crop failure has put them into precarious financial situation.

Courses of Action:

1. The villagers should be provided with alternate source of income in their villages which will make them stay put.

2. The migrated villagers should be provided with jobs in the urban areas to help them survive.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only I follows

Course 1 attacks the cause: villagers leave because they cannot make a living where they are, so giving them another source of income keeps them at home. Course 2 would draw still more people to the cities and make the problem worse. Only I follows.

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32.

Statement: As stated in the recent census report the female to male ratio is alarmingly low.

Courses of Action:

1. The government should conduct another census to verify the results.

2. The government should immediately issue orders to all the departments to encourage people to improve the ratio.

Answer: B

A census is always conducted with the utmost precision, leaving chances of only negligible differences. So, I does not follow. Further, the ratio can be improved by creating awareness among the masses and abolishing female foeticide. Thus, only course II follows.

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33.

Statement: Four districts in State A have been experiencing severe drought for the last three years resulting into exodus of people from these districts.

Courses of Action:

1. The government should immediately start food for work programme in the district to put a halt to the exodus.

2. The government should make since efforts to provide drinking/potable water to these districts

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

People are leaving because they have neither work nor water. A food-for-work programme gives them the means to stay, and supplying drinking water meets the other need. Each addresses a real part of the difficulty, so both follow.

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34.

Statement: If the retired Professors of the same Institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organisation, their contribution may be beneficial to the Institute.

Courses of Action:

1. Management may seek opinion of the employees before calling retired professors.

2. Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organisation.

Answer: B

Clearly, the statement stresses that the contribution of retired Professors shall be beneficial. This means that these people's experience regarding working of the organisation is helpful. So, only course II follows.

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35.

Statement: The sale of a particular product has gone down considerably causing great concern to the company.

Courses of Action:

1. The company should make a proper study of rival products in the market.

2. The price of the product should be reduced and quality improved.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only I follows

Course 1 is the sensible first step: find out why sales have fallen by studying what the rivals are offering. Course 2 prescribes a cut in price and a rise in quality before the cause is even known, and doing both at once may only deepen the loss. Only I follows.

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36.

Statement: The Asian Development Bank has approved a $285 million loan to finance a project to construct coal ports by Paradip and Madras Port Trusts.

Courses of Action:

1. India should use financial assistance from other international financial organisations to develop such ports in other places.

2. India should not seek such financial assistance from the international financial agencies.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only I follows

Course 1 draws the right lesson: if such assistance builds a port at one place, it can build them elsewhere. Course 2 would refuse the very help that has just been accepted, which contradicts the statement rather than following from it. Only I follows.

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37.

Statement: Doordarshan is concerned about the quality of its programmes particularly in view of stiff competition it is facing from STAR and other satellite TV channels and is contemplating various measures to attract talent for its programmes.

Courses of Action:

1. In an effort to attract talent, the Doordarshan has decided to revise its fee structure for the artists.

2. The fee structure should not be revised until other electronic media also revise it.

Answer: A

Clearly, the decision to revise its fee structure for artists is taken by Doordarshan as a remedy to the challenging problem that had arisen before it. It cannot wait till other media take action. So, only course I follows.

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38.

Statement: The Minister said that the teachers are still not familiarised with the need, importance and meaning of population education in the higher education system. They are not even clearly aware about their role and responsibilities in the population education programme.

Courses of Action:

1. Population education programme should be included in the college curriculum.

2. Orientation programme should be conducted for teachers on population education

Answer: B

Clearly, the statement stresses on teachers' lack of awareness and knowledge in population education and as such the best remedy would be to guide them in this field through orientation programmes. So, only course II follows.

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39.

Statement: A recent study shows that children below five die in the cities of the developing countries mainly from diarrhoea and parasitic intestinal worms.

Courses of Action:

1. Governments of the developing countries should take adequate measures to improve the hygienic conditions in the cities.

2. Children below five years in the cities of the developing countries need to be kept under periodic medical check-up.

Answer: E

Clearly, the two diseases mentioned are caused by unhygienic conditions. So, improving the hygienic conditions is a step towards their eradication. Also, periodic medical check-up will help timely detection of the disease and hence a proper treatment. So, both I and II follow.

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40.

Statement: The kharif crops have been affected by the insects for consecutive three years in the district and the farmers harvested less than fifty percent of produce during these years.

Courses of Action:

1. The farmers should seek measures to control the attack of insects to protect their crops next year.

2. The Government should increase the support price of kharif crops considerably to protect the economic interests of farmers.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

The crop has been lost to insects three years running, so measures against the pest are the obvious remedy - course 1. And farmers who have harvested less than half their produce for three years need help to stay solvent, which is what course 2 offers. Each meets a real part of the trouble, so both follow.

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