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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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