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Statement - Courses of Action Questions and Answers

Important Instructions
Direction for [ Question No: 81 To 90 ] :

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.

81.

Statement: Some serious blunders were detected in the Accounts section of a factory.

Courses of Action:

1. An efficient team of auditors should be appointed to check the Accounts.

2. A show cause notice should be issued to all the employees involved in the irregularity.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

Both steps are called for: auditors to establish the extent of the blunders, and a show-cause notice to those responsible so that action can follow. Both follow.

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82.

Statement: Researchers are feeling agitated as libraries are not equipped to provide the right information to the right users at the right time in the required format. Even the users are riot aware about the various services available for them.

Courses of Action:

1. All the information available to the libraries should be computerised to provide faster services to the users.

2. Library staff should be trained in computer operations.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

The complaint is that libraries cannot give the right information at the right time and that users do not know what is on offer. Computerising the holdings answers the first, and training the staff to use the system is what makes the computerisation work. Both follow.

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83.

Statement: Many medical and engineering graduates are taking up jobs in administrative services and in banks.

Courses of Action:

1. All the professionals should be advised to refrain from taking up such jobs.

2. The government should appoint a committee to find out the reasons for these professionals taking up such jobs and to suggest remedial measures.

Answer: B

Following course I would be an infringement of the right to freedom of individuals. However, if the lacking of their respective fields are found out and removed, the professionals would surely give up the idea of opting for other jobs. Hence, only course II follows.

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84.

Statement: Due to substantial reduction in fares by different airline services, large number of passengers so far travelling by upper classes in trains have switched over to airline services.

Courses of Action:

1. The railways should immediately reduce the fare structure of the upper classes substantially to retain its passengers.

2. The railways should reduce the capacity of upper classes in all the trains to avoid loss.

Answer: A

Airlines, being convenient and faster means of transport, people would surely prefer it to the railways if there is a marginal difference between the fares. Hence, a considerable gap between the two fares is a must for the railways. So, course I follows. Following course II would reduce the volume of passengers. Hence, II does not follow.

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85.

Statement: The Meteorology Department has forecast that a severe cyclonic storm would hit coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa in the next forty-eight hours.

Courses of Action:

1. The local administration should advise the fishermen not to go to dangerous area in the sea.

2. The local administration should alert the people of coastal areas of these two states and they should be prepared to shift to safer places.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

A cyclone is forty-eight hours away, so both warnings are needed: fishermen must be kept off the sea, and people along the coast must be told to be ready to move inland. Both follow.

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86.

Statement: There has been large number of cases of internet hacking in the recent months creating panic among the internet users.

Courses of Action:

1. The government machinery should make an all out effort to nab those who are responsible and put them behind bars.

2. The internet users should be advised to stay away from using internet till the culprits are caught.

Answer: A

Clearly, internet users should not suffer on account of certain individuals who indulge in internet hacking. However, such wrong-doers ought to be penalised so that there are no hassles in the use of internet. So, only course I follows.

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87.

Statement: The Union Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has fixed an annual target of Rs 10,000 crores by way of tourism earnings towards the end of the current decade.

Courses of Action:

1. There is no need of development of further new tourist spots to meet the target.

2. The Ministry should evolve attractive packages to woo the foreign tourists to meet the target.

Answer: B

Such a high target can be achieved only by a drastic increase in the number of tourists. The tourists can be attracted only by developing spots worth seeing and providing attractive packages which seem to be a good value-for-money offer to foreign tourists. So, only II follows.

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88.

Statement: A large number of students have been caught using unfair means during the final-year degree examination.

Courses of Action:

1. All these students should be debarred permanently from appearing for any examination conducted by the authority.

2. The guardians of these students should be called by the authority to inform them that any such behaviour in future will not be tolerated.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II follows

Course 1 is out of all proportion - a permanent bar from every examination would end the students’ education for one offence. Course 2 merely tells the guardians what has happened, which is a courtesy rather than a remedy. Neither meets the case, which calls for the examination to be cancelled and the offenders dealt with under the rules. Neither follows.

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89.

Statement: The alert villagers caught a group of dreaded dacoits armed with murderous weapons.

Courses of Action:

1. The villagers should be provided sophisticated weapons.

2. The villagers should be rewarded for their courage and unity.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only II follows

Course 2 is the right response: the villagers acted bravely and together, and rewarding them encourages others to do the same. Course 1 would arm civilians with sophisticated weapons, which is neither lawful nor safe. Only II follows.

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90.

Statement: The employees union of the Municipal Corporation has decided to strike work for indefinite period in protest against the management's refusal to grant bonus.

Courses of Action:

1. The government should immediately pay ex-gratia grant to the Municipal Corporation to grant bonus to its employees.

2. The striking employees should be persuaded to defer the strike notice.

Answer: B

Immediately conceding to the employees' demands may entice the employees into black-mailing the management frequently. A better way is to have talks with them and persuade them to end strike. So, only course II follows

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