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51.

Statement : There are more than 200 villages in the hill area of Uttar Pradesh which are severely damaged due to cyclone and it causes an extra burden of Rs 200 crore on State Government for relief and rehabilitation work. Courses of Action : I. People of hill area should be shifted to other safer places.II. State Government should ask more financial support from Central Government.III. Government should levy relief tax to the corporate sector to ease the additional burden.

A. None follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only II and III follow
D. Only I and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» F.
Discussion
52.

Statement : There has been unprecedented increase in the prices of essential commodities during the past few days due to the strike call given by the transporters association.Courses of Action : I. The transporters' association should be ordered by the government to immediately withdraw strike call or else they will face severe consequences.II. The government should immediately make alternative arrangements to ensure adequate supply of essential commodities in the market.III. The government should immediately declare the strike illegal and put all those responsible for the strike behind the bars.

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
53.

Statement : The Deputy Mayor of city Z has proposed to install a plant of mineral water and to supply citizen's mineral water bottles at Rs. 6 per litre as against Rs. 10 per litre being sold by local private companies.Courses of Action : I. The local private companies of city Z will have to close their operation.II. The Corporation of city Z will have to provide for losses in this project in its budget.III. The tap water schemes of city Z will have to be stopped.

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
54.

Statement : The condition of all the major roads in the city has deteriorated due to incessant rain during the last two months.Courses of Action : I. The city civic authority should deploy additional traffic staff to regulate the vehicular movement.II. The city civic authority should immediately make arrangements for repairs of the damaged roads.III. Motorists should be alerted at various places by putting up sign boards about the bad patches of the roads to enable them to plan their journey accordingly.

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
55.

Statement : Residents from Model Colony coming under North Ward of City X have complained to the Ward Officer that for last three days the tap water in the ward is contaminated and no action is being initiated by municipal staff.Courses of Action : I. The Ward Officer of North Ward should initiate action against residents who have lodged complaints against municipal staff.II. The Ward Officer should ask his junior officer to visit Model Colony to assess the actual condition of water with his staff and to get samples of water tested from laboratories.III. The Ward Officer should ask Ward Engineer to check water installations and pipelines in the Model Colony area.

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. None of these
Answer» C. Only I and III follow
Discussion
56.

Statement : Every year thousands of eligible students do not get admission in colleges both in urban and rural areas after passing their school leaving certificate examination.Courses of Action : I. More colleges should be set up in both urban and rural areas.II. The number of schools in both urban and rural areas should be reduced.III. More schools should offer vocational courses to equip students for taking up their vocation after completing their school education.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» D. All follow
Discussion
57.

Statement : A mass mortality of shrimps in ponds on entire Andhra coast has recently been reported due to the presence of a virus.Courses of Action : I. The water of the ponds affected should immediately be treated for identifying the nature of the virus. II. The catching of shrimps from the ponds should temporarily be stopped.III. The fishermen should be asked to watch for the onset of such phenomenon in nature.

A. Only I follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. All follow
D. Only II and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» B. Only I and II follow
Discussion
58.

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 : I. There is no need of development of further new tourist spots to meet the target.II. The Ministry should evolve attractive packages to woo the foreign tourists to meet the target.

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
59.

Statement : There is a substantial increase in the number of accidents causing deaths and severe injuries due to malfunctioning of the traffic signals.Courses of Action : I. The traffic police should immediately post traffic personnel at the junctions.II. The signal system should immediately be repaired or replaced.

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
60.

Statement : Financial stringency prevented the State Government from paying salaries to its employees since April this year.Courses of Action : I. The State Government should immediately curtail the staff strength at least by 30%.II. The State Government should reduce wasteful expenditure and arrange to pay the salaries of its employees.

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
61.

Statement : Certain mining industries in Gujarat may come to a standstill because of the notification issued by the Department of Environment and Forest banning mining operations and industries alike within 25 kms of National Park, the game sanctuary and reserve forest areas.Courses of Action : I. The Department should be asked to immediately withdraw the notification.II. The Government should make effort to shift the parks, sanctuaries and reserve forests to other non-mining areas.

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
62.

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 : I. All the information available to the libraries should be computerised to provide faster services to the users.II. Library staff should be trained in computer operations.

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
63.

Statement : In spite of the Principal's repeated warnings, a child was caught exploding crackers secretly in the school.Courses of Action : I. All the crackers should be taken away from the child and he should be threatened not to do it again.II. The child should be severely punished for his wrong act.

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
64.

Statement : The Government has decided not to provide financial support to voluntary organisations from next Five Year Plan and has communicated that all such organisations should raise funds to meet their financial needs.Courses of Action : I. Voluntary organisations should collaborate with foreign agencies.II. They should explore other sources of financial support.

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
65.

Statement : The State Government has decided to declare 'Kala Azar' as a notifiable disease under the Epidemics Act. Family members or neighbours of the patient are liable to be punished in case they did not inform the State authorities.Courses of Action :I. Efforts should be made to effectively implement the Act.II. The cases of punishment should be propagated through mass media so that more people become aware of the stern actions.

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
66.

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 :I. In an effort to attract talent, the Doordarshan has decided to revise its fee structure for the artists.II. The fee structure should not be revised until other electronic media also revise it.

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
67.

Statement : The Committee has criticized the Institute for its failure to implement a dozen of regular programmes despite an increase in the staff strength and not drawing up a firm action plan for studies and research.Courses of Action : I. The broad objectives of the Institute should be redefined to implement a practical action plan.II. The Institute should give a report on reasons for not having implemented the planned programmes.

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
68.

Statement : Most of the development plans develop in papers only.Courses of Action : I. The in-charges should be instructed to supervise the field-work regularly.II. The supply of paper to such departments should be cut short.

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
69.

Statement : Every year large number of devotees dies due to severe cold on their way to the shrine located at the top of the mountain range.Courses of Action : I. The devotees should be discouraged to visit the shrine without having proper warm clothes and other amenities.II. The government should provide warm clothes and shelter to all the devotees visiting the shrine.

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
70.

Statement : As stated in the recent census report the female to male ratio is alarmingly low.Courses of Action :I. The government should conduct another census to verify the results.II. The government should immediately issue orders to all the departments to encourage people to improve the ratio.

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
71.

Statement : Since its launching in 1981, Vayudoot has so far accumulated losses amounting to Rs 153 crore.Courses of Action : I. Vayudoot should be directed to reduce wasteful expenditure and to increase passenger fare.II. An amount of about Rs 300 crore should be provided to Vayudoot to make the airliner economically viable.

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
72.

Statement : Majority of the students have failed in one paper in the first semester examination.Courses of Action :I. All those students who failed should be asked to drop out of the course.II. The faculty teaching the paper should be asked to resign.

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
73.

Statement : The meteorological department has reported that a severe storm is likely to hit the city during the next forty-eight hours. Courses of Action : I. The administration should advise all the business and educational establishments to close down for two days.II. The administration should not make the information public as it could create panic among the residents of the city.III. The administration should activate its disaster management program to tackle any possible emergency situation.

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» E. All follow
Discussion
74.

Statement : Poverty is increasing because the people, who are deciding how to tackle it, know absolutely nothing about the poor.Courses of Action : I. The decision makers should go to the grass root levels.II. The decision makers should come from the poorer sections of the society.III. A new set of decision makers should replace the existing one.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only either I or III follows
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
75.

Statement : The air and rail services have been severely disrupted due to thick fog in the northern part of the country. Courses of Action : I. The rail and air services should be temporarily suspended in the region.II. People should be advised to make their travel plan keeping in mind the probable disruption resulting in delay or cancellation of services.III. The government should immediately install modern machines which will enable it to guide the rail and air services even if the thick fog develops.

A. Only II follows
B. Only III follows
C. Only II and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
Discussion
76.

Statement : Number of dropouts from the municipal schools has significantly increased after withdrawal of mid-day meal scheme.Courses of Action : I. The government should reconsider its decision of withdrawal of midday meal scheme.II. The government should close down some of the municipal schools.III. The government should carry out a detailed study to find out the reasons for school dropouts.

A. None follows
B. Only I follows
C. Only I and III follow
D. Only II and III follow
E. All follow
Answer» D. Only II and III follow
Discussion
77.

Statement : Many private sector banks have reduced interest rate on housing loans in comparison to public sector banks. Courses of Action : I. The case should be raised before the regulatory authority for investigation by the public sector banks as they cannot follow such reduction.II. Public sector banks must adopt such policy to remain in competition.III. The public sector banks should advertise their special feature repeatedly so that they do not lose their future customers.

A. All follow
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. Only either II or III follows
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
Discussion
78.

Statement : It has been reported by one of the TV channels that the answer papers of Board examination of one State are evaluated by students studying in the same standard with the help of model answers as instructed by the examiners. Courses of Action : I. All such examiners should be immediately suspended from their official positions.II. All such papers evaluated by the students should be immediately confiscated and got evaluated by qualified teachers.III. The Board should explore possibilities even though they are remote, of getting the answer papers of this examination evaluated by computerised machines.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only III follows
D. Only I and II follow
E. All follow
Answer» E. All follow
Discussion
79.

Statement : There is a considerable increase in the number of persons affected by water-borne diseases during monsoon period.Courses of Action : I. The question should be raised in the Legislative Assembly.II. The Government should disseminate adequate information regarding the pure drinking water to people. III. All the hospitals in the city should be equipped properly for the treatment of patients during monsoon period.

A. All follow
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only II and III follow
D. Only I and III follow
E. None follows
Answer» D. Only I and III follow
Discussion
80.

Statement : Large number of people have become critically ill after consuming spurious liquor from a local shop. Courses of Action : I. The Government should immediately close down all the shops selling liquor till the stocks are tested for presence of toxicity.II. The owner of the liquor shop should be asked to leave the town and open a shop elsewhere.III. The owner of the liquor shop should immediately be arrested and tried for criminal negligence.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only III follows
D. Only I and III follow
E. All follow
Answer» E. All follow
Discussion
81.

Statement : In one of the worst accidents in railway level crossing, fifty people died when a bus carrying them collided on to a running train.Courses of Action :I. The train driver should immediately be suspended.II. The driver of the bus should be tried in court for negligence on his part.III. The railway authority should be asked to man all its level crossings.

A. None follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only III follows
D. Only II and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» D. Only II and III follow
Discussion
82.

Statement : There has been large number of cases of internet hacking in the recent months creating panic among the internet users. Courses of Action :I. The government machinery should make an all out effort to nab those who are responsible and put them behind bars.II. The internet users should be advised to stay away from using internet till the culprits are caught.

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
83.

Statement : The killer entric fever has so far claimed 100 lives in some tribal villages in M.P. during the past three weeks. Courses of Action : I. The residents of these villages should immediately be shifted to a non-infected area.II. The Government should immediately send a medical squad to this area to restrict spread of the killer disease.

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
84.

Statement : The police department has come under a cloud with recent revelations that at least two senior police officials are suspected to have been involved in the illegal sale of a large quantity of weapons from the state police armoury.Courses of Action : I. A thorough investigation should be ordered by the State Government to bring out all those who are involved into the illegal sale of arms. II. State police armoury should be kept under Central Government's control.

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
85.

Statement : Courts take too long in deciding important disputes of various departments.Courses of Action : I. Courts should be ordered to speed up matters.II. Special powers should be granted to officers to settle disputes concerning their department.

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
86.

Statement : Some serious blunders were detected in the Accounts section of a factory.Courses of Action : I. An efficient team of auditors should be appointed to check the Accounts.II. A show cause notice should be issued to all the employees involved in the irregularity.

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
87.

Statement : Majority of the students in many schools do not pass in the final examination.Courses of Action : I. These schools should be closed down as these have become unproductive.II. The teachers of these schools should immediately be retrenched.

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
88.

Statement : Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have agreed in principle to set up a joint control board for better control, management and productivity of several inter-state multipurpose projects.Courses of Action :I. Other neighbouring states should set up such control boards.II. The proposed control board should not be allowed to function as such joint boards are always ineffective.

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
89.

Statement : The car dealer found that there was a tremendous response for the new XYZ's car-booking with long queues of people complaining about the duration of business hours and arrangements.Courses of Action :I. People should make their arrangement of lunch and snacks while going for car XYZ's booking and be ready to spend several hours.II. Arrangement should be made for more booking desks and increased business hours to serve more people in less time.

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
90.

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 :I. India should use financial assistance from other international financial organisations to develop such ports in other places.II. India should not seek such financial assistance from the international financial agencies.

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
91.

Statement : One of the problems facing the food processing industry is the irregular supply of raw material. The producers of raw material are not getting a reasonable price. Courses of Action : I. The government should regulate the supply of raw material to other industries also.II. The government should announce an attractive package to ensure regular supply of raw material for food processing industry.

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
92.

Statement : There has been less than forty percent voter turnout in the recent assembly elections.Courses of Action : I. The election commission should cancel the entire election process as the votes cast are not adequate to represent people.II. The election commission should take away the voting rights of those who did not exercise their rights.

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
93.

Statement : Every year, at the beginning or at the end of the monsoons, we have some cases of conjunctivitis, but this year, it seems to be a major epidemic, witnessed after nearly four years. Courses of Action : I. Precautionary measures should be taken after every four years to check this epidemic.II. People should be advised to drink boiled water during rainy season.

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
94.

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 :I. The villagers should be provided with alternate source of income in their villages which will make them stay put.II. The migrated villagers should be provided with jobs in the urban areas to help them survive.

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
95.

Statement : Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.Courses of Action :I. Government should immediately make arrangement for providing financial assistance to those affected.II. Food, water and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and cattle.

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
96.

Statement : Mr. X, an active member of the Union, often insults his superiors in the office with his rude behaviour. Courses of Action : I. He should be transferred to some other department.II. The matter should be referred to the Union.

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
97.

Statement : The day time temperatures in this summer have been four to five degree Celsius above the normal temperature across the country.Courses of Action : I. All the district headquarters should be alerted to send prompt reports of death due to heat waves in their jurisdiction.II. The Government machinery should be put on high alert and provided with necessary equipments to prevent any untoward incident.III. The Government should make necessary arrangements to provide drinking water in all the areas affected due to extreme heat waves.

A. Only I follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. All follow
D. Only III follows
E. Only II and III follow
Answer» F.
Discussion
98.

Statement : A train derailed near a station while moving over a bridge and fell into a river, resulting in the death of 65 people. Courses of Action : I. The Railway Authorities should clarify the reason of the accident to the Government.II. The Government should allocate funds to compensate the destruction caused.III. The protection walls of the bridge should be made strong enough to avoid such accidents.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only III follows
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» D. All follow
Discussion
99.

Statement : Without the active cooperation between the proprietor and the employees of the mill, it cannot remain a profitable concern for long.Courses of Action : I. The mill should be closed down.II. The workers should be asked to cooperate with the owners.III. The owners should be asked to cooperate with the employees.

A. None follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. All follow
D. Only II and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
Discussion
100.

Statement : Over 27,000 bonded labourers identified and freed are still awaiting rehabilitation.Courses of Action : I. More cases of bonded labourers should be identified.II. Till the proper rehabilitation facilities are available, the bonded labourers should not be freed.III. The impediments in the way of speedy and proper rehabilitation of bonded labourers should be removed.

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