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1.

Statement
Four cases of pick pocketing were reported at one of the most renowned five star hotels last evening.
Course of Action
I. The hotel staff should be instructed to be vigilant and report any suspicions person or activity.
II. More CCTV cameras should be installed near the dining and reception areas of the hotel where these incidents took place.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
2.

Statement
Local villagers have reported that instances of illegal cutting of trees have increased over the last few months in the forest area.
Courses of Action
I. The local should be encouraged to report any such activities in the future as well.
II. Authorities should immediately look into the matter and put stop to such illegal activities.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
3.

Statement
Most of the children in India are not able to get education, because they get employed to earn livelihood in their childhood only.
Courses of Action
1. Education should be made compulsory for All children up to the age of 14.
2. Employment of children bellow the age of 14 yr should be banned.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
4.

Statement
The sale of a particular product has gone down considerably, causing great concern to the company.
Courses of Action
I. The company should make a proper study of rival products in the market.
II. The price of the product should be reduced and the quality improved.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
5.

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.
II. The people should be advised to stay indoors during this period.

A. None follows
B. Only II follows
C. Both I and II follow
D. Both II and III follow
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
6.

Statement
The world will have to feed more than a billion people in the next century, of whom help will be in Asia and will eat rice as their staple food.
Courses of Action
I. More funds should immediately be allocated for rice research to help ensure adequate supplies.
II. The people in Asia should be encouraged to change their food habits.
III. The rice should be grown in countries outside Asia to meet the demand.

A. Both I and II follow
B. All follow
C. Both II and III follow
D. Both I and III follow
Answer» C. Both II and III follow
Discussion
7.

Statement
Indian children are very talented but are instead weak in Science and Mathematics.
Courses of Action.
I. Teaching and textbook are not available in mother language.
II. Education based on experiments in both the subjects is lacking.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» C. if either I or II follows
Discussion
8.

Statement
Despite of child labor laws, children can be seen working in hotels, shops, houses very frequently.
Courses of Action.
I. The Government should not make such laws which cannot be enforced.
II. A proper education system for the primary level particularly for lower caste community may eradicate this problem.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» C. if either I or II follows
Discussion
9.

Statement
Drinking water supply to may parts of the town has been disrupted due to loss of water because of leakage in pipes supplying water.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should order an inquiry into the matter.
II. The civic body should set up a fact finding team to assess the damage and take effective steps.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» C. if either I or II follows
Discussion
10.

Statement
while laying pipelines by one of the utility companies a huge fire broke out due to damage done to the pipeline.
Courses of Action
I. All the licences of the utility company should immediately be suspended pending enquiry into the incident.
II. People residing in the area should be advised to stay indoors to avoid burn injuries.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» C. if either I or II follows
Discussion
11.

Statement
Prices of essential commodities have risen alarmingly due to prolonged transport strike.
Courses of Action
I. The transporter's association should be ordered by the Government to immediately withdraw strike call or else they will face severer consequences.
II. The Government should take help of military vehicles to restore supply of essential goods to the city.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» C. if either I or II follows
Discussion
12.

Statement
The packets of many of the packaged eatables convey incorrect information about the ingredients and nutrient content.
Courses of Action.
I. All such products should be banned from the market if after a warning also correct information is not provided.
II. The issue should be ignored as long as the eatables are Popular among the public.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
13.

Statement
The Government airline has been making huge losses even as private airlines continue to prosper and make substantial profit.
Courses of Action.
I. All the private airlines should be banned from their operation in the country.
II. The Government airlines should be instructed to increase passenger fare significantly in order to increase its profit.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
14.

Statement
Financial stringency prevented the State Government from paying salaries to its employees for the last three months.
Courses Of Action.
I. The State Government should reduce wasteful expenditure and arrange to pay the salaries of its employees.
II. The State Government should immediately curtail the staff strength.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
15.

Statement
The sales of ball-point pens manufactured by company Lixus have gone down considerably ever since the same company introduced a gel-ink pen in the market.
Courses of Action.
I. Ball-point pens should not be manufactured by Lixus any more.
II. Lixus should immediately withdraw all gel-ink pens from the market so as to force people to buy ball-point pens.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
16.

Statement
School dropout rate is very high in the rural areas as children support their parents in income earning activities.
Courses of Action
I. Public awareness programmer on primary education should be expanded immediately to educate parents.
II. Compensation is not a remedy.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if either i or II follows
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
17.

Statement
Despite several effects, AIDS appears to be spreading rapidly in India.
Course of Action.
I. An awareness drive should be launched to increase awareness about AIDS.
II. Sexual promiscuity should be discouraged.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
18.

Statement
Nearly 26% of all engineering graduates have been left unemployed owing to sever recession word-wide.
Courses of Action.
I. All the unemployed students should be advised to take up jobs in foreign countries.
II. The unemployed students should be advised to take up jobs only after the recession is over.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
19.

Statement
Many privet schools have been violating Government directives and have been charging more fee than the specified limits.
Courses of Action.
I. The Government should identify such schools and stringent actions against them.
II. The Government should not limit school fees and keep it flexible for the schools to decide.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
20.

Statement
A large number of patients admitted in a particular hospital have been diagnosed with a serious contagious disease.
Courses of Action.
I. These patients should be immediately evicted from the hospital for fear of spread of the disease.
II. The hospital should make appropriate quarantine arrangements to control the spread of disease.

A. if only II follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» C. if either i or II follows
Discussion
21.

Statement
Courts take too long in deciding important disputes of various department disputes of various deportment.
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. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
22.

Statement
The killer eccentric fever has so for claimed 100 lives in some tribal villages of Madhya Pradesh 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. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
23.

Statement
Youngsters are often found string at obscene posters.
Courses of Action.
I. Children should be punished and if they are found doing so.
II. Any display of such materials should be banned.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» C. if either i or II follows
Discussion
24.

Statement
Three have been incessant rains in the North-Eastern parts of our country. chances of heavy floods are not beings ruled out.
Courses of Action.
I. The army should be given a notice to be on the alert.
II. Precautionary measures should be taken.

A. if only I follows
B. if either i or II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
25.

Statement
Despite repeated warnings to students and parents from the college, some students have finally not fulfilled the mandatory criteria of criteria of 75% attendance in order to appear for exams.
Courses of Action.
I. The college should stop adhering to this particular criteria.
II. Either the parents or guardians of the defaulters should be called for a meeting.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» C. if either i or II follows
Discussion
26.

Statement
The students residing at the hostel of a university had to stay without electricity and water for 48 hour not because of shortages but because of negligence by the hostel staff.
Courses of Action.
I. The management of the university should look into the matter and take strict action against such negligence.
II. The students should leave the hostel and find some alternate accommodation.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either i or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
27.

Statement
Footpaths of a busy road are crowded with vendors selling cheap items.
Courses of Action
I. With the help of police they should be driven away from footpaths.
II. Some space should be provided to them where they can earn their livelihood without blocking footpaths.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
28.

Statement
Most of the development plans are on paper only.
Courses of Acton.
I. The in charges should be instructed to supervisor the field work regularly.
II. The supply of paper to such department should be cut short.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if ether I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
29.

Statement
A blast was triggered off injuring many, when the night shift workers at an ordinance factory were handling 'fox signalling explosive'.
Courses of Action
I. The factory management should train its staff as regards to the safety aspects of handling such explosive materials.
II. The service of the supervisor in charge of the night shift should be terminated immediately.
III. The factory should immediately stop carrying out such exercises at night.

A. None follows
B. All follow
C. Only I follows
D. Both I and II follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
30.

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

A. Only III follows
B. All follow
C. Only II follows
D. None follows
Answer» B. All follow
Discussion
31.

Statement
Cholera broke out recently in most of the cities killing a large number of people and affecting hundreds of households.
Courses of Action
I. An inquiry should be initiated to identify the cause of the catastrophe.
II. The civic administration should make the general public aware of, through mass media, the preventive measures to be adopted in such a situation.
III. The para-military forces should be called into help the civic administration.

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

Statement
India's pre-eminent position in the world black pepper production and trade is in danger as some of the countries, which recently started production of the 'king of the spices' crop from India root stocks, are farming better by adopting modern cultivation practices.
Courses of Action
I. India should immediately stop supplying root stocks of black pepper to other countries.
II. India should adopt modern technology for cultivating black pepper to compete in the international market.
III. India should reduce the price of its black pepper to remain competitive in the world market.

A. All follow
B. Only II follows
C. Only I follows
D. Only III follows
Answer» C. Only I follows
Discussion
33.

Statement :
The ground water in the locality has been found to contain high level of arsenic making it dangerous to drink.
Courses of action :
I. The people living in the area should be shifted to another area to avoid a catastrophic situation.
II. The government should make arrangements for supply of safe drinking water.

A. if only course of action I is follows.
B. if only course of action II is follows.
C. if either course of action I or II is follows.
D. if neither course of action I nor II is follows.
E. if both course of action I and II are follows.
Answer» C. if either course of action I or II is follows.
Discussion
34.

Statement
A large private bank has decided to retrench one-third of its employees in view of the huge losses incurred it during the past three quarters.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should issue a notification to general public to immediately stop all transactions with the bank.
II. The Government should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its employees.
III. The Government should ask the central bank of the country to initiate an inquiry into the bank's activities and submit its report.

A. None follows
B. Only I foloows
C. Only II follows
D. Only III follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
35.

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 rivers should be shifted to a safer place.
II. The people should be made aware about the immediately 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. Both I and II follow
B. Both II and III follows
C. Both I and III follow
D. All follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
36.

Statement In the city, over 75% 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 II follows
C. Both II and III follow
D. Either II or III follows
Answer» C. Both II and III follow
Discussion
37.

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 university.
II. The admissions to all the colleges of the universities should be handle 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. Both I and III follow
Answer» B. Only II follows
Discussion
38.

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. All follows
B. Both I and II follows
C. Both I and III follows
D. Both II and III follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
39.

Statement
Some strains of mosquito have become resistant to chloroquine, the widely used medicine for malaria patients.
Courses of action
I. Selling of chloroquine should be stopped.
II. Researchers should develop a new medicine for patients affected by such mosquitoes
III. All the patients suffering from malaria should be checked for identification of causal mosquito.

A. None follow
B. Both I and II follow
C. Both II and III follows
D. All follow
Answer» D. All follow
Discussion
40.

Statement
Higher disposal costs encourage those who produce waste to look for cheaper ways to get rid of it.
Courses of Action
I. The disposal costs should be made higher.
II. The disposal costs should be brought down.
III. A committee should be set up to study the details in this respect.

A. Only I follos
B. Only II follos
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both II and III follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
41.

Statement
Over 27000 bonded laborers 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. Only I follow
B. Only II follow
C. Only III follows
D. Both II and III follows
Answer» D. Both II and III follows
Discussion
42.

Statement
According to the officials, paucity of funds with the organization has led to the pathetic condition of this brilliant architectural structure.
Courses of Action
I. A new 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. Both II and III follow
Answer» D. Both II and III follow
Discussion
43.

Statement
In the Teacher's Day function, Shri sharma, a State Awardee and a retired Principal, had questioned the celebration of Teacher's Day in today's materialistic world.
Courses of Action
I. The expenditure of teacher's Day celebration should be reduced.
II. More funds should be allocated for the celebration of Teacher's Day.
III. The role and responsibilities of teacher should be seen in today's perspective.

A. All follow
B. None follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Only III follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
44.

Statement
The members belonging to two local clubs occasionally fight with each other on the main road and block traffic movement.
Courses of Action
I. The local police station should immediately deploy police personnel round the clock on the main road.
II. Those involved in fighting should be identified and put behind bars.
III. The local administration should disband the management of the two club with immediate effect.

A. Both I and II follow
B. Both II and III follow
C. Both I and III follow
D. All follow
Answer» D. All follow
Discussion
45.

Statement
The railway have decide to repair the main tracks within the city on the following Sunday and have decide to suspend operations for the whole day.
Courses of Action
I. The railway authority should issue public notification well in advanced to case inconvenience to the passengers.
II. All the long distance trains entering the city during the repair hours should be terminated outside the city limit.

A. If only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
46.

Statement
Despite child labour laws, children can be seen working in hotels, shops, houses very frequently.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should not make such laws which cannot be enforced.
II. A proper education system for the primary level particularly for lower caste community may eradicate this problem.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» C. if either I or II follows
Discussion
47.

Statement
School dropout rate is very high in the rural areas as children support their parents in income earning activities.
Courses of Action
I. Public awareness programme on primary education should be expanded immediately to educate parents.
II. Compensation should be given to rural families.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follos
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» B. if only II follos
Discussion
48.

Statement
A large part of the locality was flooded as the main pipe supplying drinking water bursted while the workers of a utility company were laying cables in the area.
Courses of Action
I. The civic authority should immediately arrange to repair the damage and stop loss of water.
II. The civic authority should seek an explanation and compensation from the utility company for the damage caused by them.

A. if only I f0llows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
49.

Statement
The army has been alerted in the district following floods triggered by incessant rains.
Course of Action
I. Relief to flood affected people should be arranged.
II. Supply of flood articles should be arranged.
III. Adequate medical facilities should be arranged.

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

Statement
The committee has criticized the institute for its failure to implement a dozen of regular programmers despite an increase in the staff strength and not drawing up a firm action plan for studies and researches.
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. if only I f0llows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion