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101.

Statement:
A devastator earthquake has ravaged the city killing hundreds of people and rendering many more homeless.
Courses of Action:
I. The entry of outsiders into the city should be stopped.
II. The civic administration should immediately make alternate temporary hous in arrangement for the victims.
III. The affected people should immediately be shifted to a safer place.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only II and III follow
D. Either II or III follows
E. All follows
Answer» E. All follows
Discussion
102.

Statement:
Many schools buses fitted have CNG kit without observing the safety guidelines property. This result into some instances of these buses catching fire due to short circuit and endangering the lives of the school children.
Course of action:
I. The regional transport authority should immediately carry out checks of all the schools buses fitted with CNG kit.
II. The management of all the schools should stop hiring buses fitted with CNG kit.
III. The govt. should issue a notification banning school buses for the use of CNG kit

A. Only I follow
B. Only II follow
C. Only III follow
D. Only I and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» B. Only II follow
Discussion
103.

Statement :
There has been less than forty percent voter turn out 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. 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 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
104.

Statement:
A sudden cloud burst over the island city resulted into unpredicted rainfall causing flood-like situation in the entire area. A Large number of people were caught unaware and were stranded on the road.
Course of action:
I. The local administration should immediately put in place an action plan for a avoiding such a situation in future
II. The local administration should immediately deploy personnel to help the stranded people to move to safer place
III. The local administration should advice all the citizens not to venture out on the road till the situation improves.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only III follows
D. Only II and III follow
E. Al I, II and III follow
Answer» E. Al I, II and III follow
Discussion
105.

Statement:
It is reported that during the last fortnight there has been three cases of near-miss situation involving two aircraft came perilously close to each other and could avoid collision as the pilots acted just in time.
Course of action:
I. The pilots of all the six aircraft involved in this incident should be de-restored immediately
II. Some fight should be diverted to other airports for the next few month to decongest the sky over the city airport
III. The traffic controllers of the city should be sent the refresher courses in batches to prepare themselves to handle such a pressure situation.

A. Only I follow
B. Only II follow
C. Only III follow
D. Only II and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» B. Only II follow
Discussion
106.

Statement:
Due to cancellation of a huge export order for not adhering to the frame the company is likely to get into incurring losses in the current financial year.
Courses of Action:
I. The officer - in-charge of the production should be immediately suspended.
II. The goods manufactured for the export order should be sold to other party.
III. The company should change its machinery to maintain the time frame.

A. None follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only II and III follows
D. All follow
E. None of these
Answer» D. All follow
Discussion
107.

Statement :
The vehicular traffic has increased so much in the recent past that it takes at least two hours to travel between the city and airport during peak hours.
Courses of Action :
I. Non-airport bound vehicles should not be allowed to fly on the road connecting the city and the airport.
II. The departure and arrival of flights should be regulated so as to avoid congestion during peak hours.

A. Only I follows
B. Only I and II follow
C. Only II follow
D. All follow
E. None follows
Answer» D. All follow
Discussion
108.

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. Both II and III follow
C. All follow
D. Both I and III follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
109.

Statement
The company X has rejected first lot of valves supplied by company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and por 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 X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate the schedule of supply.

A. I and II follow
B. Only II follows
C. II and either I or III follow
D. All I, II and III follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
110.

Statement:
The member belonging to two local club occasionally fight with each other on the main road and block traffic movement.
Course 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 clubs with immediate effect.

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. All I, II and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» F.
Discussion
111.

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.
Course of action:
I. The schools management should immediately terminate the contract of the canteen and ask for compensation
II. The schools management should advice all the students not to eat food articles from 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. Only I and II follow
E. Only II and III follow
Answer» C. Only III follows
Discussion
112.

Statement
Large number of students have failed in the recently held SSC final examination due to their performance in the English language paper.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should immediately issue a circular to all the schools to appoint competent English language teachers.
II. The Government should immediately instruct all the schools to send their English language teachers for refresher courses to be conducted by the Government.
III. The Government should instruct the examining body to lower the difficulty level of the English language paper in the future examinations.

A. None follows
B. Only I follows
C. Only III follows
D. Both I and II follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
113.

Statement
Every year during monsoon quite a few people get drowned and die while swimming in the sea on various beaches in the city.
Courses of Action
I. The civic administration should deploy atleast two life guard on each of the beaches during monsoon.
II. The civic administration should make arrangements to caution people whole swimming in the sea during monsoon.
III. The civic administration should put up prominent sing posts near the treacherous parts of the beaches advising people not to venture into the sea in the monsoon season.

A. Both I and II follow
B. Both II and III follow
C. Both I and II follow
D. All follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
114.

Statement
Many people in the locality have fallen sick and admitted in the local hospital after consuming sweets served during a community meal.
Courses of Action
I. The police should immediately arrest all the people responsible for making the sweets
II. The people admitted in the local hospital should immedaitely be shifted to bigger hospitals.
III. The local food and drug authority should investigate to find out the cause of the sickness and take necessary action.

A. Both I and II follow
B. Both II and III follow
C. Only III follows
D. All follow
Answer» D. All follow
Discussion
115.

Statement
It is feared by the exports that there may be deficient rainfall in many parts of the country due to weak monsoon.
Courses of Action
I. This Government should immediately set up a committee of exports to study the amount of rainfall in various parts of the country.
II. The Government should make arrangements for providing relief supplies to the areas affected due to poor monsoon.
III. The farmers in the affected areas should be advised to the switch over to crops requiring less water during the Kharif season.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only III follows
D. Both I and III follow
Answer» C. Only III follows
Discussion
116.

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. All follow
C. Both I and II follow
D. Both II and III follow
Answer» C. Both I and II follow
Discussion
117.

Statement
Many school children died in few incidents caused due to poor maintenance of school buses during the last few months.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should set up an export group to inspect the condition of school buses to avoid such accidents.
II. The Government should suspend the license of all the school buses till these buses are properly checked.

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
118.

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

A. if only I
B. if only II
C. both I and II follow
D. if either I or II follows
Answer» B. if only II
Discussion
119.

Statement
In one of the accidents on a railways level crossing, fifty people died when a bus carrying them collided with 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 railways authorities should be asked to man all its level crossings.

A. None follows
B. Only III follows
C. Both I and II follows
D. All follow
Answer» C. Both I and II follows
Discussion
120.

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

A. None of follows
B. Both II and III follow
C. Both I and II follow
D. All follow
Answer» D. All follow
Discussion
121.

Statement
Two persons, while on their daily walks in the jogger's park were killed by unidentified miscreants early in the morning.
Courses of Action
I. The police authority should deploy police constables near the jogger's park to prevent such criminal acts in future.
II. The citizens of the locality should go for early morning walks in groups to avoid.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
122.

Statement
A huge tidal wave swept away many fishing boats and hutments of the fishermen living along the coastline.
Courses of Action
I. The fisherman should henceforth be restrained from constructing their huts along the coast line.
II. The local administration should send a team of officials to assess the extent of damage and suggest remedial meas.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. both I nor II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
123.

Statement
A large number of students studying in vernacular medium have not passed the Xth standard final examination.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should immediately review the situation and initiate measures to improve it.
II. All the teachers of these schools should be issued notices to improve performance of the students.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
124.

Statement
Researchers are feeling agitated as libraries are not well equipped to provide the right information to the right users at the right time in the required format. Even the users not aware about the various services available for them.
Courses of Action
I. All the information available in the libraries should be computerized to provide faster services to the users.
2. Library staff should be trained in computer operations.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
125.

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

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. if both I and II follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
126.

Statement
The prices of foodgrains and vegetables have substantially increased due to prolonged strike call given by the truck owners association.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should immediately make alternative arrangements to ensure adequate supply of foodgrains and vegetable in the market.
II. The Government should take steps to cancel the licence of all the vehicles belonging to the association.

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
127.

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 I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or follows
D. if both I and II follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
128.

Statement
As many as ten coaches of a passenger train have derailed and block both pairs of the railways 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 directions should be diverted to other routes.

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if either I or II follows
D. both I nor II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
129.

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. 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
130.

Statement :
Many medical and engineering graduates are taking up job in administrative services and in banks
Courses of action :
I. All the professionals should be advised to refrain form 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. 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
131.

Statement
A large number of invitees who attended the marriage function fell ill due to food poisoning and were rushed to various hospitals located in the area.
Course of Action
I. The Government should ban such marriage functions till further notice.
II. The local hospitals should be advised by the Government to provide best services to the affected people.

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
132.

Statement :
There is an alarming increase in the number of people suffering from malaria in many part of the city
Course of action :
I. The Municipal corporation has advised all the govt. hospitals to store adequate supply of malaria drugs
II. The Municipal corporation has urged people to use mosquito repellents and keep their premises clean.

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
133.

Statement :
Many people have encroached should take immediate steps to remove all unauthorized
Course of action :
I.The Municipal corporation has advised all the govt. hospitals to store adequate supply of malaria drugs
II. All the encroached should immediately be put behind bars and also be slapped with a hefty fine.

A. if only course of action I is follows.
B. if only course of action I is follows.
C. if ether 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» B. if only course of action I is follows.
Discussion
134.

Statement :
The meteorological department has predicated normal rainfall throughout the country the current monsoon
Course of action :
I. The govt. should reduce the procurement price of food grains for the current years
II. The govt. should reduce subsidy on fertilizers for the current years

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
135.

Statement :
Drinking water supply to many part of town has been disputed due to loss of water because of leakage in pipes supplying water.
Course of action :
I. The government should order an enquiry into the matter.
II. The civic body should set up a fact-finding team to access the damage and take effective steps.

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 follwss.
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 follwss.
Discussion
136.

Statement
Occurrences of natural calamities have now increased as compared to the situation five years ago.
Courses of Action
I. Government should always be ready with the action plan for disaster management.
II. Government should not permit development activities which are likely to cause harm to nature.
III. Government should appoint a committee of environmentalists and scientists to work out plans to handle various calamities.

A. Both I and II follow
B. Both I and III follow
C. Both II and III follow
D. All follow
Answer» E.
Discussion
137.

Statement
A large number of management institutes are mushrooming all over the country and not all the MBA's coming out are worth it.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should follow stringent norms for granting permission to the management institutes.
II. The students while taking admission should examine the market value for the degree they are going to get.
III. The employers should make MBA as an essential qualification only for the position where it is genuinely essential.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Both I and II follows
D. All follows
Answer» D. All follows
Discussion
138.

Statement
Many students at school and degree level are not able to master the subjects event if they have passed out with high scores.
Courses of Action
I. Education boards should examine and revise the examination system to tap the real talent.
II. Examination system at all levels should be so designed as to discourage the rote learning.
III. Difficulty level of the examination papers should be significantly increased.

A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Both I and II follow
D. Either I or II follows
Answer» D. Either I or II follows
Discussion
139.

Statement
Cases of asthama sufferers have been rising, particularly in the big cities.
Courses of Action
I. Civic authorities should ensure adequate supply of medicine at normal rates.
II. Civic authorities need to control the air pollution caused due to emission from vehicles.
III. Act of tree-cutting without permission should be severely punished.

A. Both I and II follow
B. Both II and III foolw
C. Only III follow
D. Only II follow
Answer» B. Both II and III foolw
Discussion
140.

Statement :
In one the worst accidents on a railway level crossing, fifty people died when a bus carrying them collided with 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 railways authorities should be asked to man all its level crossings.

A. None crossing
B. Only II follows
C. Only I and II follow
D. Only II and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» D. Only II and III follow
Discussion
141.

Statement :
A mass mortality of shrimps in ponds on entire Andhra coast has recently been reported due to the presence of a virus.
Course 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 temporaly be stopped.
III. The fishermen should be asked to watch for the onset of such phenomenon in nature.

A. Only I follows
B. All follows
C. Only I and II follows
D. Only II and III follow
E. None of these
Answer» D. Only II and III follow
Discussion
142.

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

A. Only II follows
B. Only I and II follows
C. Only III follows
D. Only I follows
E. None follows
Answer» D. Only I follows
Discussion
143.

Statement :
A very large number of people gathered outside the local police station to submit a memorandum on behalf of the residents highlighting police inaction in curbing incidents of theft and burglary in the neighborhood for the past few month.
Course of action:
I The police authority should form a team of officers to talk to the representatives of the residents and assure them that proper steps will be taken to stop the menace.
II. The police authority should advise the people gathered outside the police station to disburse and promise them quick action.

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» C. if either I or II follows.
Discussion
144.

Statement :
At least five students were killed due to a stampede in one city school as the student tried to leave the school building, fearing short circuit.
Course of action :
I. The principal of the school should be arrested immediately.
II. The Govt. should immediately order closure of the school permanently.

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» E. if both I and II follow.
Discussion
145.

Statement :
Two local passenger train collided while running of opposites directions on the same track as the signalling system failed for a brief period.
Course of action :
I. The services of the motormen of the train should immediately be terminated.
II. The Govt. should immediately constitute a task force to review the functioning of the functioning of signalling system

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» C. if either I or II follows
Discussion
146.

Statement :
Almost ninety per cent of the fights of one of the private airline companies were cancelling 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.
Course of action :
I. The management of the airline companies should be ordered by the Govt. to immediately reinstate the sacked pilots to end the crisis.
II. The Govt. should immediately take steps to end the impasse between the management and the pilots to help the hapless passengers.

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» C. if either I or II follows.
Discussion
147.

Statement
Although the Indian economy is still heavily dependent on agriculture, its share in global agriculture trade is less than be share of agriculture exports to total exports.
Courses of Action
I. Efforts should be made to increase 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 neither I nor II follows
D. if both I and II follow
Answer» B. if only II follows
Discussion
148.

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

A. if only I follows
B. if only II follows
C. if both I and II follow
D. if neither I nor II follows
Answer» E.
Discussion
149.

Statement
Despite increasing BPO jobs in our country, a large number of educated youth are unemployed.
Courses of action
I. Government should give unemployment allowance to all unemployed youth.
II. Government should introduce various schemes in different area that will generate employment opportunities.
III. Effort should be made by the society and the Government to encourage the youth for vocational education.

A. Both I and II follow
B. Both II and III follow
C. Both I and III follow
D. Only II follows
Answer» C. Both I and III follow
Discussion
150.

Statement
On an average, about twenty people are run over by trains and die everyday while crossing the railway tracks through the level crossings in India.
Courses of Action
I. The railway authorities should be instructed to close all the unmanned level crossings.
II. Those who are found crossing the tracks when gates are closed should be fined heavily.

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» C. if neither I nor II follows
Discussion