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Statement - Arguments Questions and Answers

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Direction for [ Question No: 121 To 124 ] :

Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.

Give answer:

  • (A) If only argument I is strong
  • (B) If only argument II is strong
  • (C) If either I or II is strong
  • (D) If neither I nor II is strong and
  • (E) If both I and II are strong.

121.

Statement: Should public holidays be declared on demise of important national leaders?

Arguments:

1. No. Such unscheduled holidays hamper national progress.

2. Yes. People would like to pay their homage to the departed soul

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only argument I is strong

Argument 1 names a real cost: offices, factories and schools closing at no notice interrupt work throughout the country. Argument 2 offers homage as the reason, but respect can be paid without stopping the nation’s business. Only I is strong.

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122.

Statement: Should India support all the international policies of United States of America?

Arguments:

1. No. Many other powerful countries do not support the same.

2. Yes. This is the only way to gain access to USA developmental funds

Answer: D

Our country cannot support USA's policies blindly without analysis, just to gain monetary help. Also, we should not withdraw our support without considering the policies, just because some other nations have done so. So, none of the arguments holds strong

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123.

Statement: Should words like 'Smoking is injurious to health essentially appear on cigarette packs?

Arguments:

1. Yes. It is a sort of brainwash to make the smokers realize that they are inhaling poisonous stuff.

2. No. It hampers the enjoyment of smoking.

Answer: A

Clearly, such words on cigarette packs would warn the smokers beforehand of its adverse effects. So, argument I holds strong. However, smoking is a bad habit with long-term health hazards and is no means of enjoyment. So, argument II is vague.

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124.

Statement: Should the council of ministers once appointed be kept the same for the entire period intervening two elections?

Arguments:

1. No. Shuffling of ministers and portfolios is a healthy democratic process.

2. Yes. The ministers do not get a hold on their portfolio unless they are kept for a longer duration.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II is strong

Argument 1 calls reshuffling healthy without saying why, and argument 2 claims ministers need long tenure to master a portfolio without showing that they do. Both are assertions, and each could be met by the other. Neither is strong.

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Direction for [ Question No: 125 To 130 ] :

Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by three or four arguments numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to decide which of the arguments is/are 'strong' arguments) and which is/are 'weak' arguments) and accordingly choose your answer from the alternatives given below each question

125.

Statement: Should people with educational qualification higher than the optimum requirements be debarred from seeking jobs?

Arguments:

1. No. It will further aggravate the problem of educated unemployment.

2. Yes. It creates complexes among employees and affects the work adversely.

3. No. This goes against the basic rights of the individuals.

4. Yes. This will increase productivity.

Answer: D

The issue discussed in the statement is nowhere related to increase in unemployment, as the number of vacancies filled in will remain the same. Also, in a working place, it is the performance of the individual that matters and that makes him more or less wanted, and not his educational qualifications. So, neither I nor II holds strong. Besides, the needs of a job are laid down in the desired qualifications for the job. So, recruitment of more qualified people cannot augment productivity. Thus, IV also does not hold strong. However, it is the right of an individual to get the post for which he fulfils the eligibility criteria, whatever be his extra merits. Hence, argument III holds strong.

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126.

Statement: Should India go in for computerization in all possible sectors?

Arguments:

1.Yes. It will bring efficiency and accuracy in the work.

2. No. It will be an injustice to the monumental human resources which are at present underutilized.

3. No. Computerization demands a lot of money. We should not waste money on it.

4. Yes. When advanced countries are introducing computers in every field, how can India afford to lag behind?

Answer: A

Clearly, the need of today is to put to better use the underutilized human resources. Computers with better and speedy efficiency can accomplish this. So, argument I holds, while II does not. Computerization is a much beneficial project and investment in it is not at all a waste. So, III is not strong. Further, development in a new field is not a matter of merely following up other countries. So, IV also does not hold strong.

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127.

Statement: Should all the school teachers be debarred from giving private tuitions?

Arguments:

1. No. The needy students will be deprived of the expertise of these teachers.

2. Yes. This is an injustice to the unemployed educated people who can earn their living by giving tuitions.

3. Yes. Only then the quality of teaching in schools will improve.

4. Yes. Now salary of these teachers is reasonable

Answer: E

Only III is strong. The lure of earning private tuitions reduces the efforts and devotion of the teachers towards the students in schools. So, if tuitions are banned, students can benefit from their teachers' knowledge in the school itself. So, argument III holds strong while I does not. However, a person cannot be barred from earning more just because he already has a good salary. So, argument IV is vague. Further, the unemployed people thriving on tuitions can survive with the school teachers holding tuitions too, if they are capable enough to guide the students well. So, argument II also does not hold strong

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128.

Statement: Should education be made compulsory for all children up to the age of 14?

Arguments:

1. Yes. This will help to eradicate the system of forced employment of these children.

2. Yes. This is an effective way to make the entire population educated.

3. No. We do not have adequate infrastructure to educate the entire population.

4. Yes. This would increase the standard of living.

Answer: D

Clearly, today's children are to make up future citizens of the country and so it is absolutely essential to make them learned, more responsible, more innovative and self-dependent by imparting them education. So, argument II holds strong while I and IV do not. Besides, the goal of literacy cannot be denied for want of infrastructure. So, argument III also does not hold

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129.

Statement: Should trade unions be banned completely?

Arguments:

1. Yes. Workers can concentrate on production.

2. No. This is the only way through which employees can put their demands before the management.

3. Yes. Employees get their illegal demands fulfilled through these unions.

4. No. Trade unions are not banned in other economically advanced countries

Answer: B

Clearly, trade unions provide a common platform for the workers to voice their demands and protests and thus ensure that they are not subdued or exploited. So, argument II holds strong, while I and III do not. Besides, the idea of imitation of other countries in the implementation of a certain policy holds no relevance. So, argument IV also does not hold strong.

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130.

Statement: Should the public sector undertakings be kilo wed to adopt hire and fire policy?

Arguments:

1. Yes. This will help the public sector undertakings to get rid of non-performing employees and reward the performing employees.

2. No. This will give an unjust handle to the management and they may use it indiscriminately.

3. Yes. This will help increase the level of efficiency of these organizations and these will become profitable establishments.

Answer: D

'Hire and fire policy' implies 'taking up the performing employees and discarding the non-performing ones'. Clearly, such a policy would stand out to encourage employees to work hard and devotedly to retain their jobs and thus enhance productivity and profitability of the organizations. So, both arguments I and III hold strong. Argument II seems to be vague in the light of this.

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