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In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.

Question 21
Statement : People residing in some tribal areas are far from education.

Courses of action :

I. Government should render all help to the NGOs to open schools there.

II. A mass awareness programme must be initiated in these areas.

III. Social workers should be entrusted with the job of educating them.

A
Only I and III follow
B
Only II and III follow
C
Only I and III follow
D
Only either I or III, and II follow
E
All follow
Correct Answer: Option A

Clearly, people in tribal areas ought to be made aware of the need of education and persuaded to send children to schools. But at the same time proper facilities to render education must also available. So, both I and II follow. However, education by social workers shall be a temporary remedy. Thus, III does not follow.

Question 22
Statement : The meteorological department has reported that a severe storm is likely to hit the city during the next forty-eight hours.

Courses of action :

I. The administration should advise all the business and educational establishments to close down for two days.

II. The administration should not make the information public as it could create panic among the residents of the city.

III. The administration should activate its disaster management program to tackle any possible emergency situation.

A
Only I and II follow
B
Only III follows
C
Only II and III follow
D
Only I and III follow
E
All follow
Correct Answer: Option D

The administration should arrive to prevent the president of the city from the ensuring danger. this can be done by persuading resident to stay indoors and putting emergency relief operation mechanism to work. Thus both I and III follow. further, the storm is likely to play havoc with the lives of general public if it comes as a surprise to them. So, II does not follow.

Question 23
Statement : The weather bureau has through a recent bulletin forecast heavy rainfall during 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
None follows
B
Only I and II follow
C
Only II follows
D
Only II and III follow
E
None of these
Correct Answer: Option D

The issue is not big as to be made public extensively. So, I doesn't follow. Besides, the authorities must be prepared to deal with problem effectively and persuade the people to stay indoors to avoid inconvenience arising out of water-logging. Thus both II and III follow.

Question 24
Statement : There are more than 200 villages in the hill area of Uttar Pradesh which are severely damaged due to cyclone and it cuases an extra burden of Rs 200 crore on State Government for relief and rehabilitation work.

Courses of action : 

I. People of hill area should be shifted to other safer places.

II. State Government should ask more financial support from Central Government.

III. Government should levy relief tax to the corporate sector to ease the additional burden.

A
None follows
B
Only I and II follow
C
Only II and III follow
D
Only I and III follow
E
None of these
Correct Answer: Option E

Since severe damage has been caused by cyclone, people in affected villages ought to be shifted to safer places. Also, since relief work entails huge amounts, the State Government needs to pool up funds by either of the ways given in II and III. So, I and either II or III follow.

Question 25
Statement : Over 27,000 bonded laborers identified and freed are still awaiting rehabilitation.

Courses of action : 

I. More cases of bonded laborers identified

II. Till the proper rehabilitation facilities are available, the bond labourers  should not be freed.

III. The impediments in the way of speedy and proper rehabilitation of bonded laborers should be removed.



A
None follows
B
Only I follows
C
Only II follows
D
Only III follows
E
Only II and III follow
Correct Answer: Option D

The problem discussed here clearly hints at the need for quick rehabilitation of bonded laborers. So, only III follows.

Question 26
Statement : Poverty is increasing because the people, who are deciding how to tackle it, know absolutely nothing about the poor.

Courses of action : 

I. The decision makers should go to the grass root levels.

II. The decision makers should come from the poorer sections of the society .

III. A new set of decision makers should replace the existing one.
 
A
Only I follows
B
Only II follows
C
Only I and III follows
D
All follow
Correct Answer: Option A

The statement indirectly asserts that the decision makers can work effectively to eliminate poverty, only if they get to know the basic problems afflicting the poor people through interaction with them. So, only I follows.

Question 27
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 river should be shifted to a safe place.

II. The people should be made aware about the imminent 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
None follows
B
Only I and II follow
C
Only II and III follow
D
Only I and III follow
E
All follow
Correct Answer: Option E

All the three given steps are ideal to save people's lives from the ensuing danger and hence, all of them follow.

Question 28
Statement : The Deputy Mayor of city Z has proposed to install a plant of mineral water and to supply citizens mineral water bottles at Rs. 6 per liter as against being sold by local private companies.

Courses of action : 

I.The local private companies of city Z will have to close their operation.

II. The Corporation of city Z will have to provide for losses in this project in its budget.

III. The tap water schemes of city Z will have to be stopped.

A
Only I and II follow
B
Only II and III follow
C
Only I and III follow
D
All follow
E
None of these
Correct Answer: Option E

The corporation has planned to install its plant so as to achieve cost-effective production of mineral water. Had there been a loss, it could also acquire water from private companies. So, II does not follow. Besides, the local private companies can survive cutting costs or by extending their sales network to other cities. Thus, I does not follow. Lastly, the Corporation seeks to provide healthy drinking water to the residents. Water for general use would still be delivered through taps. Hence, III also does not follow.

Question 29
Statement : There have been quite a few incidents of highway robbery on the super expressway between cities A and B during recent months.

Courses of action : 

I. The local administration should immediately set up police tickets along the expressway to prevent robbery.

II. The local administration should immediately close down the expressway till the robbers are apprehended.

III. More and more people should be given training on how tackle with the robbers.

A
Only I follows
B
Only I and II follow
C
Only I and III follow
D
All follow
E
None of these
Correct Answer: Option A

Clearly, incidents of robbery can be practically averted only by tightening security arrangements and increasing vigilance by police. So, I follows. Neither II nor III follows as none of them is practically viable.

Question 30
Statement : It has been reported by one of the TV channels that the answer papers of Board examination of one State are evaluated by students studying by the examiners.

Courses of action : 

I. All such examiners should be immediately suspended from their official positions.

II. All such papers evaluated by the students should be immediately confiscated and got evaluated by qualified teachers.

III. The Board should explore possibilities even though they are remote, of getting the answer papers of this examination evaluated by computerised machines.

A
Only I follows
B
Only I and II follow
C
Only I and III follow
D
All follow
E
None of these
Correct Answer: Option D

Students who work hard all the year round to perform well at the Board examination deserve to be evaluated correctly by experts, and not mechanically or by inexperienced people. Besides, examiners who shirk their duty of evaluating answer papers, ought to be punished. So, both I and II follow, while III does not.

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