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51.

Statement
Many pilgrims died in a stampede while boarding a private ferry to the holy place on the first day of the ten day long festival,
Courses of Action
I. The Government should immediately cancel the licenses of all the private ferry operators with immediate effect.
II. The Government should deploy an adequate number of its personnel to guide pilgrims on their journey to the holy place.

A. if only I f0llows
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
52.

Statement
Some students of the local college were caught traveling in the train without purchasing valid tickets.
Courses of Action
I. The parents of these students should be informed about the incident and requested to counsel their wards.
II. These students should be put behind bars for traveling without bonafide credentials.

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
53.

Statement
The world conference of 'Education for All' took place in 1990. Members who attended conference endorsed the frame-work of action for meeting the basic learning needs of all children.
Courses of Action
1. India should suitably implement the action points of this conference.
2. India should suitably immediately organize this type of conference.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II folllws
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
54.

Statement
The chairman stressed the need for making education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with 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. 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
55.

Statement
It is reported that vitamins and minerals in vegetables and fruits are beneficial for human body. Medicines do not have the same effect on human body.
Courses of Action
I. People should be encouraged to take fresh fruits and vegetables to meet human body's requirement of vitamins and minerals.
II. The sale of medicines of vitamins and minerals 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» B. if only II follows
Discussion
56.

Statement
Cases of road accidents are increasing constantly, particularly in the urban areas.
Courses of Action
I. Transport Authorities in the urban areas should impose stringent norms for maintenance of vehicles.
II. Traffic police should severely punish those found to be violating traffic rules.

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
57.

Statement
Despite good economic progress of the country, significant number of under-nourished children has been observed in the rural parts of the country.
Courses of Action
I. Government should increase Wealth Tax/ Income Tax and use that money for upliftment of the deprived class.
II. Government should introduce schemes like free meals in primary schools and make primary education compulsory.

A. if only I follows
B. If only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I nor II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
58.

Statement
There has been a spurt of robbery and house breaking incidents in one locality during the past fortnight.
Courses of Action
I. The local police station personnel should start patrolling the locality at regular intervals.
II. The residents in the locality should be asked by the police authority not to leave their houses during the night.

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
59.

Statement
The local college principal has ordered that all the students must strictly adhere to the dress code stipulated by college authority in the admission brochure.
Courses of Action
I. Those students who are found to violate the dress code should be terminated from the college.
II. Those student who are found to violate the dress code for the first time should be reprimanded and be warned against further violation.

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
60.

Statement
The Government has decided not to provided financial supports to voluntary organizations from next five years plan and has communicated that all such organizations should raise funds to meet their financial needs.
Courses of Action
I. Voluntary organizations should collaborate with foreign agencies.
II. They should explore other sources of financial support.

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
61.

Statement
The experts group on technical education has stressed that computer education should be provided to children from primary school itself. It should be implemented in urban and rural schools, simultaneously.
Courses of Action
I. Government should issue instructions to all schools for computer education.
II. At east one teacher of each school should be trained in computer operations for teaching children.

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
62.

Statement :
A large cache of live ammunition has been found in the scrap yard of a local steel factory.
Courses of action :
I. The steel factory should immediately be closed down till all these ammunition are located and shifted to safe places.
II. The government should immediately set up an inquiry to unearth the details and take corrective measures to avoid such incidence in future.

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 or II is follows.
E. if both course of action I and II are follows.
Answer» F.
Discussion
63.

Statement :
A group of school students was reported to be enjoying at a picnic sport during school hours.
Courses of action :
I. The principal of the school should contact the parents of those students and inform them with a real warning for future.
II. Some disciplinary action must be taken against those students for the awareness of all the other student.

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 bith course of action I and II are follows.
Answer» F.
Discussion
64.

Statement
Although the Indian economy is still heavily dependent on agriculture, its share in global agricultural trade is less than the share of agriculture exports to total exports.
Courses of Action
I. Efforts should be made to increased our agricultural production.
II. The exports of non- agricultural commodities should be reduced.

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
65.

Statement
Huge amount of resources are required to develop tourist places in a country like India,, which is endowed with vast coastline, rivers, forest temples etc.
Course of Action
I. More tourist resorts along the coastlines only should be started.
II. The tourist potential of India should be exploited.

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
66.

Statement
The dolphin populations in India has been decreasing sharply over the past few years.
Courses of Actions
I. Dolphins should be declared an endangered species ans bred in aquariums or protected areas.
II. Locals should be enlisted to protect dolphins.

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
67.

Statement
Heavy rains hit the the state during October, just before the State Assembly elections and caused heavy damage to standing crops in most parts of the state.
Courses of Action
I. Elections should be postponed to give candidates the opportunity to campaign.
II. The Government should announce a relief package for those who are affected.

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
68.

Statement :
There has been a significant drop in the water level of all the lakes supplying water to the city.
Courses of action:
I. The water supply authority should impose a partial cut in supply to tackle the situation.
II. The government should appeal to all the residents through mass media for minimal use of 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 either course of action I nor II is Follows.
E. if both course of action I and Iii are follows.
Answer» F.
Discussion
69.

Statement
A number of school children in the local schools have fallen ill after the consumption of their subsidized tiffin provided by the school authority,
Courses of Action
I. The tiffin facility of all schools should discontinued with immediate effect.
II. The Government should implement a system to certify the quality of tiffin provided by the school.

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
70.

Statement
An increasing number of graduates produced by Indian university are unemployable.
Courses of Action
I. Colleges and institutes of higher learning should be given greater autonomy to decided the course content.
II. World class foreign universities should be encouraged to set up campuses in India.

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
71.

Statement
Reports of steep and continued decline in the inflows into the Govindsagar reservoir of the Bhakhra Dam, coupled with a depleted stock of steam coal with the thermal power plants in the North, may lead to a serious power crisis in the region.
Courses of Action
I. The supply of steam coal to the thermal power plants needs to be immediately stepped up by the Government.
II. The Government should set up hydraulic power plants on other rivers in the region.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if eithe I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
72.

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

A. if only I f0llows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I not II follows
Answer» C. if either I or II follows
Discussion
73.

Statement
The police department has come under a cloud with recent revelations that at least two senior police officers are suspected to have been involved in the illegal sale of large quantity of weapons from the state police armory.
Courses of Action
I. A through investigation should be ordered by the State Government to find out all those who are involved in to the illegal sale of arms.
II. State police armory should be kept under central Government control.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II f0llows
C. if either I or II follows`
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» B. if only II f0llows
Discussion
74.

Statement
Millions of pilgrims are expected to take a dip in the Ganga at the holy place during the next fortnight.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should restrict the number of pilgrims who can take dip each day during the fortnight.
II. The Government should deploy an adequate number of security personnel to maintain law and order during the next fortnight at the holy place.

A. if only I f0llows
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
75.

Statement
The rate of inflation has reached its highest in last twenty years and there is no sing of its softening in the coming months.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should initiate steps like reducing Government taxes on essential commodities with immediate effect.
II. Farmers should be asked by the Government To sell their products at lower prices.

A. if only I f0llows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
76.

Statement
The state Government has decided to declare 'Kala Azar' as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Act. Under the Epidemic Act, 1897, 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 efficiently implement the Act.
II. The cases of punishment should be propagated through mass media, so that more people become aware of the stern action.

A. If only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if neither I nor II follows
D. If both I and II follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
77.

Statement
Every year, at the beginning or at the end of the monsoon, 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 measure should be taken after very four years to check the epidermic,
II. People should be advised to drink boiled water during the monsoon season.

A. if only I f0llows
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
78.

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 owner should be asked to cooperate with the employees.

A. Both I and II follow
B. None follows
C. All follow
D. Both II and III follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
79.

Statement
Many students of the local school fell ill for the fourth time in a row in the last six months after consuming food prepared by the school canteen.
Courses of Action
I. The school management should immediately terminate the contract of the school canteen and ask for compensation.
II. The school management should advise all the students not a eat food articles the canteen.
III. The owner of the canteen should immediately be arrested for negligence.

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

Statement
Two local passenger trains collided while running in opposite direction on the same track as the signalling system failed for a short period.
Courses of Action
I. The services of the motormen of the trains should immediately be terminated.
II. The government should immediately constitute a task force to review the functioning of the signalling system.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if neither I nor III follows
Answer» C. if either I or II follows
Discussion
81.

Statement
Almost 90% of the flights of one of the private airline company were cancelled for the fourth consecutive day as the pilots refused to join their duties in protest against sacking of two of their colleagues by the airline management.
Courses of Action
I. The management of the airline company should be ordered by the Government to immediately reinstate the sacked pilots to end the crisis.
II. The Government should immediately take steps to end the impasse between the management and the pilots to help the helpless passengers.

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
82.

Statement
A major part of the local market in the city was gutted due to a short circuit causing extensive damage to goods and property.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should issue strict guidelines for all establishment regarding installation and maintenance of electrical fittings.
II. The Government should relocate all the markets to the outskirts of 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» B. if only II follows
Discussion
83.

Statement
Air export volume has increased substantially over the past decade causing backlogs and difficulties for air cargo agents because of increased demand for space and service.
Courses of Action
I. Airlines and air cargo agent should jointly work out a solution to combat the problem.
II. The reasons for the increase in the volume of air export should be found out.

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
84.

Statement
The world conference of 'Education For All' took place in 1990. Members who attended conference endorsed the frame-work of action for meeting the learning needs of all children.
Courses of Action
I. India should suitably implement the action points of this conference.
II. India should also immediately organize this type of conference.

A. If only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if neither I nor II follows
D. If both I and II follow
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
85.

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

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
86.

Statement
A major railway accident involving a mail train was averted due the presence of mind of one signal man at a wayside cabin.
Courses of Action
I. The railway track for at least 50 km should be cleared off any traffic ahead of all mail trains.
II. The railway signaling systems should immediately be made automatic.
III. The signal man should be rewarded so as to encourage others.

A. All foloow
B. None Follows
C. Both I and II follows
D. Both II and III follows
Answer» B. None Follows
Discussion
87.

Statement :
Indigenous tribes living near Amazon forest are cutting down the trees to cover their basic needs, thus severely affecting the ecological balance in the computer.
Course of action :
I. All the tribes living near Amazon rain forest should be forced to shift to urban areas of the country.

A. if only I follows.
B. if only II follows.
C. if either I Or II follows.
D. if neither I nor II follows.
E. if both I and II follow.
Answer» E. if both I and II follow.
Discussion
88.

Statement :
A major part of the local market in the city was gutted due to a short circuit causing extensive damage to goods and property.
Course of action:
I. The Govt. should issue strict guidelines for all established regarding installation and maintenance of electrical fittings.
II. The Government should relocate all the markets to the outskirts of the city.

A. if only I follows.
B. if II follows.
C. if either I or II follows.
D. if neither I nor II follows.
E. if both I and II follow.
Answer» B. if II follows.
Discussion
89.

Statement :
An increasing number of farmers prefer to avail loans from local money leaders instead of the bank owing to complicated paperwork involved in banks.
Course of action :
I Local money leaders who charge interest rates lower than the bank should be punished
II. Bank should simplify the procedure to avail of loans so as to suit the farmers.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows.
C. if either I or II follows.
D. if neither I nor II follows.
E. if both I and II follow.
Answer» C. if either I or II follows.
Discussion
90.

Statement :
A major river in the city was reduced to a polluted and dirty canal after tonnes of sewage made way into it over the years.
Course of action :
I All those who dumped garbage and sewage into the river should be penalized.
II. The Government should modify the sewage system and find an alternate way to dump the city's waste.

A. if only I follows.
B. if only II follows.
C. if either I or II follows.
D. if neither I nor II follows.
E. if both I and II follow.
Answer» C. if either I or II follows.
Discussion
91.

Statement :
The number of dropouts in govt. schools has significantly increased in the urban area over the past years
Course of action :
The govt. should immediately close down all such schools in the urban area where the dropout goes beyond 20 percent
II. The parents off all the students who dropped out of govt. schools in urban areas should be punished.

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» E. if both course of action I and Ii are follows.
Discussion
92.

Statement :
Water table in most part of the State has gone sown to such a level that its extraction for irrigation purpose is not economical any more
Course of action :
I Extraction of ground water for any purpose in the state should be banned for some time in order to replenish the water table.
II. The Government should made provisions for alternative method of irrigation so that the farmers are not compelled to use ground water.

A. if only I follows.
B. if only II follows.
C. if either I or II follows.
D. if neither I nor II follows.
E. if both I and II follow.
Answer» C. if either I or II follows.
Discussion
93.

Statement :
A university librarian reported increase cases of theft of books from the library.
Course of action :
I Stricter security arrangements should be put in pace in order to prevent such incidents.
II. All the students in the university should be made to pay a hefty fine in order to replace the lost books.

A. if only I follows.
B. if only II follows.
C. if either I or II follows.
D. if neither I nor III follows.
E. if both I and II follow.
Answer» B. if only II follows.
Discussion
94.

Statement
There has been large number 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 check 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. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or III follows
D. if neither i nor II follows
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
95.

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. 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» F.
Discussion
96.

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.
Course 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 II follows
C. Only I and II follows
D. Only II and III follow
E. All follows
Answer» E. All follows
Discussion
97.

Statement:
Drinking water supply to New Bombay has been suspended till further orders from Maharashtra pollution Control Board following pollution of Patal Ganga 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. All follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I follows
D. Only III follows
E. none of these
Answer» B. Only II and III follow
Discussion
98.

Statement
There is an unprecedented increasing in the number of successful students 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 the existing colleges.
II. The Government should take active steps to open new colleges to accommodate all these successful students.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or III follows
D. if neither I nor III follows
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
99.

Statement :
There was a spurt in criminal activities in the city during the recent festival season.
Course of action :
I. The police should immediately investigate into the cause of this increases.
II. In future the police should take adequate precautions to avoid recurrence of such a situation during festivals.
III. The know criminals should be arrested before any such person.

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

Statement:
The Department of Education has recommended that the primary level admission to Government and Government aided schools should be done purely random selection and not by admission tests. This is necessitated as the number of admission seekers are much more than the available seats.
Courses of Action:
I. The Government should instruct the private school also to follow the same practice.
II. The Government should set up an independent body to regulate the primary level admissions.
III. The schools should be asked to select student only from those who stay in the neighboring areas of the school.

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