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Statement - Arguments Questions and Answers

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Direction for [ Question No: 191 To 191 ] :

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.

191.

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: 192 To 200 ] :

Each of the following questions consists of a statement followed by two arguments I and II.

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.

192.

Statement: Should the railways immediately stop issuing free passes to all its employees?
Arguments:
I. No. The employees have the right to travel free.
II. Yes. This will help railways to provide better facility.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II is strong

Argument I asserts a right without showing where it comes from; a concession granted by an employer is not a right. Argument II claims the saving would improve facilities, but the cost of the passes is trifling beside the railways’ budget and no such connection is made out. Neither is strong.

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193.

Statement : Should number of holidays of government employees be reduced ?
Arguments : I. Yes. Our government employees are having maximum number of holidays among the other countries of the world.
II. Yes. It will lead to increased productivity of government offices.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only argument II is strong

Argument II bears directly on the question: fewer holidays mean more working days and so more work done. Argument I rests on a comparison with other countries that is neither established nor decisive - conditions differ from one country to another. Only II is strong.

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194.

Statement : Should there be reservation of seats and posts on communal basis ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. It will check most of the inter-communal biases.
II. No. Ours is a secular state

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only argument II is strong

Argument II appeals to a settled principle of the Constitution: a secular state does not distribute posts by community. Argument I claims the opposite of what experience shows - reservation on communal lines sharpens community feeling rather than checking it. Only II is strong.

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195.

Statement : Should government stop spending huge amounts of money on international sports ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. This money can be utilised for poor.
II. No. Sports-persons will be frustrated and will not get international exposure.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only argument II is strong

Argument II names a real loss: without support, sportsmen lose the exposure that international competition gives. Argument I is the familiar plea that any money could be spent on the poor, which would rule out every other expenditure equally. Only II is strong.

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196.

Statement : Should education be made compulsory for all children up to the age of 14 ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. This will help to eradicate the system of forced employment of children.
II. Yes. This would increase the standard of living

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II is strong

Argument I mistakes the remedy: compulsory schooling does not by itself remove the poverty that drives children to work. Argument II claims a rise in the standard of living, which is too remote and too general to bear on the proposal. Neither is strong.

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197.

Statement : Should the tuition fees in all post graduate courses be hiked considerably ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. This will bring some kind of seriousness among the students and will improve quality.
II. No. This will force the meritorious poor students to stay away from post-graduate courses.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only argument II is strong

Argument II names a real and serious consequence: a steep rise in fees would shut out able students who cannot pay. Argument I supposes that paying more makes a student earnest, for which there is no ground. Only II is strong.

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198.

Statement: Should students union in universities be abolished ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. Students can pay full attention to their career development.
II. No. All the great leaders had been students union leaders.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only argument I is strong

Argument I bears on what universities are for: time and attention given to union politics is taken from study. Argument II appeals to the careers of a few leaders, which says nothing about the effect on students in general. Only I is strong.

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199.

Statement : Should judicial activism be discouraged ?
Arguments :
I. No. If we leave everything in the hands of executive, justice may be distant dream.
II. Yes. Judiciary should mind its own business. Executive will take its own course.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II is strong

Argument I overstates the case, treating judicial activism as the only safeguard against executive failure. Argument II dismisses the courts’ role with a phrase rather than a reason. Neither is strong.

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200.

Statement : Should correspondence courses at the university level be discontinued in India ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. Only interaction between teachers and students at the college helps total development of personality.
II. No. The demand for discontinuance comes only from the elite who have no knowledge of what is meant by poverty.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only argument I is strong

Argument I gives a reason of substance: much of what a college offers - the exchange between teacher and student, and among students - cannot be had by correspondence. Argument II attacks the motives of those making the demand instead of the demand itself. Only I is strong.

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