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1.

Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.Courses of Action : I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.%!

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II follows
C. II, and either I or III follow
D. All I, II and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
2.

Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.Courses of Action : I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II follows
C. II, and either I or III follow
D. All I, II and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
3.

Statement : A large number of students are reported to be dropping out of school in villages as their parents want their children to help them in farms.Courses of Action : I. The government should immediately launch a programme to create awareness among the farmers about the value of education.II. The government should offer incentives to those farmers whose children remain in schools.III. Education should be made compulsory for all children up to the age of 14 and their employment banned.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
Discussion
4.

Statement : Lack of coordination between the University, its colleges and various authorities has resulted in students ousted from one college seeking migration to another.Courses of Action : I. If a student is ousted from a college, the information should be sent to all the other colleges of the University II. The admissions to all the colleges of the University should be handled by the University directly.III. A separate section should be made for taking strict action against students indulging in anti-social activities.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only III follows
D. Only I and III follow
E. Only II and III follow
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
5.

Statement : Incessant rain for the past several days has posed the problem of overflowing and flood as the river bed is full of silt and mud.Courses of Action : I. The people residing near the river should be shifted to a safe place.II. The people should be made aware about the imminent danger over radio/television.III. The silt and mud from the river bed should be cleared immediately after the receding of the water level.

A. None follows
B. Only I and ll follow
C. Only II and III follow
D. Only I and III follow
E. All follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
6.

Statement : There was a spurt in criminal activities in the city during the recent festival season.Courses of Action : I. The police should immediately investigate into the causes of this increase.II. In future the police should take adequate precaution to avoid recurrence of such situation during festival.III. The known criminals should be arrested before any such season.

A. None follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only II and III follow
D. All follows
E. None of these
Answer» C. Only II and III follow
Discussion
7.

Statement : The Institute has fixed for the investors a validity period of one year for transfer forms for some of its listed schemes.Courses of Action : I. The Institute should consult investors before fixing the duration of validity period.II. The investors should be duly informed about the validity period.III. List of schemes covered under this validity period should be communicated.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only III follows
C. Only II and III follow
D. Only I and III follow
E. All follow
Answer» D. Only I and III follow
Discussion
8.

Statement : The exodus from villages to cities is detrimental to both.Courses of Action : I. Rural postings must be made mandatory.II. There should be fewer trains linking cities to smaller places.III. Employment generation scheme should be launched in rural areas.

A. Only II follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only III follows
D. Only II and III follow
E. All follow
Answer» D. Only II and III follow
Discussion
9.

Statement : Nuclear power cannot make a country secure.Courses of Action : I. We must stop further expenses on increasing our nuclear power.II. We must destroy our nuclear capability.III. We must concentrate on improving our diplomatic relations.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only III follows
D. Only I and III follow
E. All follow
Answer» D. Only I and III follow
Discussion
10.

Statement : The Management of School M has decided to give free breakfast from next academic year to all the students in its primary section through its canteen even though they will not get any government grant. Courses of Action : I. The school will have to admit many poor students who will seek admission for the next academic year.II. The canteen facilities and utensils have to be checked and new purchases to be made to equip it properly.III. Funds will have to be raised to support the scheme for years to come.

A. Only I follows
B. Only either I or II follows
C. Only II and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» D. All follow
Discussion
11.

Statement : The alert villagers caught a group of dreaded dacoits armed with murderous weapons.Courses of Action : I. The villagers should be provided sophisticated weapons.II. The villagers should be rewarded for their courage and unity.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» C. Either I or II follows
Discussion
12.

Statement : Three persons were caught with huge arms and ammunition in the city.Courses of Action : I, Police should be instructed for night patrolling.II. The three persons should be set free and their movements should be carefully watched to nab the other criminals.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
13.

Statement : Duty free technology parks where foreign firms can manufacture electronic hardware components are proposed to be established at various places in the country.Courses of Action : I. Government should immediately implement the proposal to augment the foreign currency reserve by exporting the products.II. Government should not implement the proposal as it will hinder indigenous production of hardware components.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
14.

Statement : India today is midstream in its demographic transaction. In the last 60 years there has been an almost continuous decline in mortality; while fertility has declined over the last 20 years. The consequence is that there has been a rapid growth in population over the last 50 years.Courses of Action :I. India should immediately revitalise its family planning programme.II. The Government should immediately launch a massive education programme through mass media highlighting the implication of population growth at the present rate.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
15.

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 :I. The railways should immediately reduce the fare structure of the upper classes substantially to retain its passengers.II. The railways should reduce the capacity of upper classes in all the trains to avoid loss.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
16.

Statement : A very large number of students have failed in the final high school examination due to faulty questions in one of the subjects.Courses of Action :I. All the students who have failed in the subject should be allowed to take supplementary examination.II. All those who are responsible for the error should be suspended and an enquiry should be initiated to find out the facts.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
17.

Statement : There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of successful candidates in this year's School Leaving Certificate Examination.Courses of Action :I. The government should make arrangements to increase number of seats of intermediate courses in existing colleges.II. The government should take active steps to open new colleges to accommodate all these successful candidates.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
18.

Statement : The Central Bureau of Investigation receives the complaint of an officer taking bribe to do the duty he is supposed to.Courses of Action :I. CBI should try to catch the officer red-handed and then take a strict action against him.II. CBI should wait for some more complaints about the officer to be sure about the matter.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
19.

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 :I. Governments of the developing countries should take adequate measures to improve the hygienic conditions in the cities.II. Children below five years in the cities of the developing countries need to be kept under periodic medical check-up.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
20.

Statement : As many as ten coaches of a passenger train have derailed and blocked both pairs of the railway tracks.Courses of Action : I. The railway authorities should immediately send men and equipment to the spot to clear the railway tracks.II. All the trains running in both the directions should be diverted to other routes.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
21.

Statement : It is reported that though Vitamin E present in fresh fruits and vegetables is beneficial for human body, capsule Vitamin E does not have the same effect on human body. Courses of Action : I. The sale of capsule Vitamin E should be banned.II. People should be encouraged to take fresh fruits and vegetables to meet the body's requirement of Vitamin E.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» C. Either I or II follows
Discussion
22.

Statement : The Finance Minister submits his resignation a month before the new budget is to be presented in the Parliament.Courses of Action : I. The resignation should be accepted and another person should be appointed as the Finance Minister.II. The resignation should not be accepted.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» C. Either I or II follows
Discussion
23.

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 :I. Management may seek opinion of the employees before calling retired professors.II. Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organisation.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» C. Either I or II follows
Discussion
24.

Statement : A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer.Courses of Action :I. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.II. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
25.

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 : I. The bulletin should be given wide publicity through the mass media.II. The civic authority should keep in readiness the pumping system for removal of water from these parts.III. The people should be advised to stay indoors during the period.

A. None follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only II follows
D. Only II and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
Discussion
26.

Statement : It is estimated that about twenty lakh people will visit the city during the ensuing festival.Courses of Action : I. The civic authority should monitor the crowd and restrict entry of the people beyond a manageable number.II. The local police authority should be put on high alert to maintain law and order during the festival.III. All the hospitals in the city should be put on high alert in case of any eventuality.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» C. Only I and III follow
Discussion
27.

Statement : There is an unprecedented increase in the production of wheat this kharif season in most parts of the country. Courses of Action : I. The government should immediately lower down the procurement price of wheat.II. The farmers should be asked to store the excess produces with themselves to be used for future.III. The government should make its best efforts to export wheat to augment its presence in international market.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» F.
Discussion
28.

Statement : Any further increase in the pollution level in the city by way of industrial effluents and automobile exhaustions would pose a severe threat to the inhabitants.Courses of Action : I. All the factories in the city should immediately be closed down.II. The automobiles should not be allowed to ply on the road for more than four hours a day.III. The Government should restrict the issue of fresh licences to factories and automobiles.

A. None follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only III follows
D. All follows
E. None of these
Answer» D. All follows
Discussion
29.

Statement : A large number of students studying in municipal schools could not pass the Xth Std. Board examination causing frustration among the students and their parents.Courses of Action : I. The Municipal authority should immediately review the position and initiate measures to improve the situation.II. The municipal authority should immediately fill up the teachers' vacancies in the municipal schools.III. The municipal authority should close down some of their schools and concentrate their attention on remaining schools to improve the conditions.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» F.
Discussion
30.

Statement : The meteorological department has issued a notification forecasting less rainfall during next year's monsoon. Courses of Action : I. The government should immediately set up a water authority for proper management of water resources.II. The water supply authorities should be asked to implement reduction in regular water supply to tackle the situation.III. The farmers should be advised to cultivate alternate crops which require less water during the coming months.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» B. Only II and III follow
Discussion
31.

Statement : There have been quite a few incidents of highway robbery on the super expressway between/cities A and B during recent months.Courses of Action : I. The local administration should immediately set up police tickets along the expressway to prevent robbery.II. The local administration should immediately close down the expressway till the robbers are apprehended.III. More and more people should be given training on how to tackle with the robbers.

A. Only I follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» B. Only I and II follow
Discussion
32.

Statement : People residing in some tribal areas are far from education.Courses of Action : I. Government should render all help to the NGOs to open schools there.II. A mass awareness programme must be initiated in these areas.III. Social workers should be entrusted with the job of educating them.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. Only either I or III, and II follow
E. All follow
Answer» B. Only II and III follow
Discussion
33.

Statement : According to the officials, paucity of funds with the organisation has led to the pathetic condition of this brilliant architectural structure.Courses of Action : I. Anew architectural structure for the building should be designed.II. The reasons for the poor condition of the structure should be found out.III. Grant should be given to improve the condition of the structure.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only III follows
D. Only II and III follow
E. Only I and III follow
Answer» D. Only II and III follow
Discussion
34.

Statement : Drinking water supply to New Bombay has been suspended till further orders from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board following pollution of Patalganga river, caused by discharge of effluents from some chemical industries. Courses of Action : I. The industries responsible for discharging effluents into the river should be asked to close down immediately.II. The river water should immediately be treated chemically before resuming supply.III. The Pollution Control Board should check the nature of effluents being discharged into the river by industries at regular intervals.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only III follows
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» C. Only III follows
Discussion
35.

Statement : A large number of students have been caught using unfair means during the final-year degree examination.Courses of Action :I. All these students should be debarred permanently from appearing for any examination conducted by the authority.II. The guardians of these students should be called by the authority to inform them that any such behaviour in future will not be tolerated.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» E. Both I and II follow
Discussion
36.

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 : I. India should stop sending players to the future Olympic Games.II. Government should immediately set up an enquiry commission to find out the reason for India's dismal performance.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» C. Either I or II follows
Discussion
37.

Statement : The cinema halls are incurring heavy losses these days as people prefer to watch movies in home on TV than to visit cinema halls.Courses of Action : I. The cinema halls should be demolished and residential multi-storey buildings should be constructed there.II. The cinema halls should be converted into shopping malls.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» E. Both I and II follow
Discussion
38.

Statement : There have been many instances of derailment of trains due to landslide in the hilly areas which caused loss of many lives.Courses of Action : I. The railway authority should arrange to deploy pilot engines before the movement of passenger trains in the hilly areas to alert the trains in case of any landslide.II. The railway authority should strengthen the hill slopes by putting iron meshes so that the loose boulders do not fall on the track.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» D. Neither I nor II follows
Discussion
39.

Statement : Many medical and engineering graduates are taking up jobs in administrative services and in banks. Courses of Action :I. All the professionals should be advised to refrain from taking up such jobs.II. The government should appoint a committee to find out the reasons for these professionals taking up such jobs and to suggest remedial measures.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» C. Either I or II follows
Discussion
40.

Statement : It is necessary to adopt suitable measures to prevent repetition of bad debts by learning from the past experiences of mounting non-performing assets of banks.Courses of Action :I. Before granting loan to customers their eligibility for loan should be evaluated strictly.II. To ensure the payment of instalments of loan, the work, for which loan was granted, should be supervised minutely on regular basis.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
41.

Statement : The availability of imported fruits has increased in the indigenous market and so the demand for indigenous fruits has been decreased.Courses of Action : I. To help the indigenous producers of fruits, the Government should impose high import duty on these fruits, even if these are not of good quality.II. The fruit vendors should stop selling imported fruits. So that the demand for indigenous fruits would be increased.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» E. Both I and II follow
Discussion
42.

Statement : The Chairman stressed the need for making education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.Courses of Action :I. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.II. System of education should be made more flexible.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
43.

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 :I. Population education programme should be included in the college curriculum.II. Orientation programme should be conducted for teachers on population education.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» C. Either I or II follows
Discussion
44.

Statement : India has been continuously experiencing military threats from its neighbouring countries.Courses of Action : I. India should engage into an all out war to stop the nagging threats.II. India should get the neighbours into a serious dialogue to reduce the tension at its borders.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» C. Either I or II follows
Discussion
45.

Statement : The vegetable traders feel that the prices of onion will again go up shortly in the State 'P'Courses of Action : I. The 'P' State Government should purchase and store sufficient quantity of onion in advance to control prices.II. The 'F' State Government should make available network of fair price shops for the sale of onions during the period of shortage.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
46.

Statement : There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of requests for berths in most of the long distance trains during the current holiday season. Courses of Action : I. The railway authority should immediately increase the capacity in each of these trains by attaching additional coaches.II. The people seeking accommodation should be advised to make their travel plan after the holiday.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
47.

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 : I. The government should immediately start food for work programme in the district to put a halt to the exodus.II. The government should make since efforts to provide drinking/potable water to these districts.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
48.

Statement : Exporters in the capital are alleging that commercial banks are violating a Reserve Bank of India directive to operate a post shipment export credit denominated in foreign currency at international rates from January this year.Courses of Action :I. The officers concerned in the commercial banks are to be suspended.II. The RBI should be asked to stop giving such directives to commercial banks.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Answer» E. Both I and II follow
Discussion
49.

Statement : In the city, over 75 percent of the people are living in slums and sub-standard houses which is a reflection on the housing and urban development policies of the Government.Courses of Action : I. There should be a separate department looking after housing and urban development.II. The policies in regard to urban housing should be reviewed.III. The policies regarding rural housing should also be reviewed so that such problems could be avoided in rural areas.

A. Only I follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only II follows
D. Either II or III follows
E. Only II and III follow
Answer» C. Only II follows
Discussion
50.

Statement : Besides looks and appearances, it is also important to develop oneself from within.Courses of Action : I. One should not pay attention to fashion.II. One should pay attention to fashion.III. Books on self-development should be encouraged.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only III follows
D. Only I and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» D. Only I and III follow
Discussion