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This section includes 1084 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Logical and Verbal Reasoning knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 901. |
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. | nly I and II follow |
| B. | nly II and III follow |
| C. | nly I and III follow |
| D. | ll follow |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» E. one of these | |
| 902. |
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. | nly I and II follow |
| B. | nly II and III follow |
| C. | nly I and III follow |
| D. | ll follow |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 903. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | nly III follows |
| D. | nly I and III follow |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» D. nly I and III follow | |
| 904. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | nly either I or III follows |
| D. | ll follow |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» B. nly II follows | |
| 905. |
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. | nly I and II follow |
| B. | nly II and III follow |
| C. | nly III follows |
| D. | ll follow |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» D. ll follow | |
| 906. |
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. | nly I and II follow |
| B. | nly II and III follow |
| C. | nly I and III follow |
| D. | ll follow |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» C. nly I and III follow | |
| 907. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly I and II follow |
| C. | nly II follows |
| D. | ither II or III follows |
| E. | nly II and III follow |
| Answer» C. nly II follows | |
| 908. |
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. | nly I and II follow |
| B. | nly III follows |
| C. | nly II and III follow |
| D. | nly I and III follow |
| E. | ll follow |
| Answer» E. ll follow | |
| 909. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly I and II follow |
| C. | ll follow |
| D. | nly III follows |
| E. | nly II and III follow |
| Answer» F. | |
| 910. |
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. | nly I and II follow |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | I, and either I or III follow |
| D. | ll I, II and III follow |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» B. nly II follows | |
| 911. |
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. | one follows |
| B. | nly I and II follow |
| C. | nly II follows |
| D. | nly II and III follow |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» E. one of these | |
| 912. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» E. oth I and II follow | |
| 913. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» F. | |
| 914. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 915. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» F. | |
| 916. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 917. |
Statement : Youngsters are often found staring at obscene posters.Courses of Action :I. Children should be punished and penalized if they are found doing so.II. Any display of such material should be banned. |
| A. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 918. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 919. |
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 'P' State Government should make available network of fair price shops for the sale of onions during the period of shortage. |
| A. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» F. | |
| 920. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» B. nly II follows | |
| 921. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» E. oth I and II follow | |
| 922. |
Statement : A large number of people visiting India from country X have been tested positive for carrying viruses of a killer disease.Courses of Action :I. The government of India should immediately put a complete ban on people coming to India from country X including those Indians who are settled in country X.II. The government of India should immediately set up detection centres at all its airports and seaports to identify and quarantine those who are tested positive. |
| A. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 923. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 924. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» B. nly II follows | |
| 925. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» B. nly II follows | |
| 926. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 927. |
Statement : A large number of engineering graduates in the country are not in a position to have gainful employment at present and the number of such engineers is likely to grow in the future.Courses of Action :I. The government should launch attractive employment generation schemes and encourage these graduates to opt for such schemes to use their expertise and knowledge effectively.II. This happened due to proliferation of engineering colleges in the country and thereby lowered the quality of the engineering graduates. Those colleges which are not equipped to impart quality education should be closed down. |
| A. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 928. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 929. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» E. oth I and II follow | |
| 930. |
Statement : On an average, about twenty people are run over by trains and die every day while crossing the railway tracks through the level crossing.Courses of Action :I. The railway authorities should be instructed to close all the level crossings.II. Those who are found crossing the tracks, when the gates are closed, should be fined heavily. |
| A. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 931. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» E. oth I and II follow | |
| 932. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 933. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» F. | |
| 934. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» B. nly II follows | |
| 935. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 936. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» D. either I nor II follows | |
| 937. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 938. |
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 :I. The government should immediately pay ex-gratia grant to the Municipal Corporation to grant bonus to its employees.II. The striking employees should be persuaded to defer the strike notice. |
| A. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 939. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 940. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 941. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» B. nly II follows | |
| 942. |
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 :I. The local administration should advise the fishermen not to go to dangerous area in the sea.II. The local administration should alert the people of coastal areas of these two states and they should be prepared to shift to safer places. |
| A. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» F. | |
| 943. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» B. nly II follows | |
| 944. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» C. ither I or II follows | |
| 945. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» F. | |
| 946. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» F. | |
| 947. |
Statement : Footpaths of a busy road are crowded with vendors selling cheap items.Courses of Action :I. The help of police should be sought to drive them away.II. Some space should be provided to them where they can earn their bread without blocking footpaths. |
| A. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» F. | |
| 948. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» D. either I nor II follows | |
| 949. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» E. oth I and II follow | |
| 950. |
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. | nly I follows |
| B. | nly II follows |
| C. | ither I or II follows |
| D. | either I nor II follows |
| E. | oth I and II follow |
| Answer» F. | |