Logical Reasoning

Statement and Course of Action - Base Level

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Statement and Course of Action - Base Level

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In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Give answer

  • (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.

Question 31
Statement : On an average, about twenty people are run over by trains and die everyday while crossing the railway tracks through the level crossing.

Courses of action : 

I. The railways authorities should be instructed to close all the level crossings.

II. Those who are found crossings the tracks, when the gates are closed, should be fined heavily.

A
Only I follows.
B
Only II follows.
C
Either I or II follows.
D
Neither I nor II follows.
E
Both I and II follow.
Correct Answer: Option B

The accidents can clearly be prevented by barring people from crossing the tracks when the gates are closed. So, only II follows.

Question 32
Statement : Most of the development plans develop in papers only.

Courses of action :

I. The incharges should be instructed to supervise the field-work regularly.

II. The supply of paper to such departments should be cut short.

A
Only I follows.
B
Only II follows.
C
Either I or II follows.
D
Neither I nor II follows.
E
Both I and II follow.
Correct Answer: Option A

Clearly, proper supervision alone can see the development in practice. So, only course I follows.

Question 33
Statement : A large number of people visiting India from country X have been tested positive for carrying viruses of a killer disease.

Courses of action :

I. The government of India should immediately put a complete ban on people coming to India from country X including those Indians who are settled in country X.

II. The government of India should immediately set up detection centres at all its airports and seaports to identify and quarantine those who are tested positive.

A
Only I follows.
B
Only II follows.
C
Either I or II follows.
D
Neither I nor II follows.
E
Both I and II follow.
Correct Answer: Option B

Clearly, the non-infected persons should not be debarred from visiting India. So, only course II follows.

Question 34
Statement : Some serious blunders were detected in the Accounts section of a factory.

Courses of action :

I. An efficient team of auditors should be appointed to check the Accounts.

II. A show cause notice should be issued to all the employees involved in the irregularity.

A
Only I follows.
B
Only II follows.
C
Either I or II follows.
D
Neither I nor II follows.
E
Both I and II follow.
Correct Answer: Option E

Clearly, the situation demands that the faults in Accounts be properly worked out and the persons involved be interrogated about the matter. So, both the courses follow.

Question 35
Statement : There is an unprecedented increase in migration of villagers to urban areas as repeated crop failure has put them into precarious financial situation.

Courses of action :

I. The villagers should be provided with alternate source of income in their villages which will make them stay put.

II. The migrated villagers should be provided with jobs in the urban areas to help them survive.
 
A
Only I follows.
B
Only II follows.
C
Either I or II follows.
D
Neither I nor II follows.
E
Both I and II follow.
Correct Answer: Option A

Clearly, increased migration would add to the burden on city's infrastructure. So, attempts should be made to make the villagers feel comfortable in the villages itself. So, only course I follows.

Question 36
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 products should be reduced and quality improved.

A
Only I follows.
B
Only II follows.
C
Either I or II follows.
D
Neither I nor II follows.
E
Both I and II follow.
Correct Answer: Option A

Clearly, a study of rival products in the market will help assess the cause for the lowering down of sales and then a suitable action can be taken.Thus, only I follows.

Question 37
Statement : The availability of imported fruits has increased in the indigenous market and so the demand for indigenous fruits has been decreased.

Courses of action : 

I. To help the indigenous producers of fruits, the Government should impose high import duty on these fruits, even if these are not of good quality.

II. The fruit vendors should stop selling imported fruits so that the demand for indigenous fruits would be increased.

A
Only I follows.
B
Only II follows.
C
Either I or II follows.
D
Neither I nor II follows.
E
Both I and II follow.
Correct Answer: Option D

The ideas suggested in both I and II represent unfair means to cut competition. The correct way would be to devise methods and techniques such that the indigenous producers could produce better quality fruits and make them available in the market at prices comparable with those of the imported ones. Hence, neither I nor II follows.

Question 38
Statement : Exporters in the capital are alleging that commercial banks are violating a Reserve Bank of India directive to operate a post shipment export credit denominated in foreign currency at international rates from January this year.

Courses of action :

I. The officers concerned in the commercial banks are to be suspended.

II. The RBI should be asked to stop giving such directives to commercial banks.

A
Only I follows.
B
Only II follows.
C
Either I or II follows.
D
Neither I nor II follows.
E
Both I and II follow.
Correct Answer: Option D

The statement mentions that the commercial banks violate a directive issued by the RBI. The remedy is only to make the banks implement the Act. So, none of the courses follows.

Question 39
Statement : A large number of students have been caught using unfair means during the final-year degree examination.

Courses of action :

I. All these students should be debarred permanently from appearing for any examination conducted by the authority.

II. The guardians of these students should be called by the authority to inform them that any such behavior in future will not be tolerated.

A
Only I follows.
B
Only II follows.
C
Either I or II follows.
D
Neither I nor II follows.
E
Both I and II follow.
Correct Answer: Option D

Merely a warning for the future won't help, and an extremely harsh punishment as debarring students from exams permanently would spoil their future. So,none of the courses follows.

Question 40
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
Only I follows.
B
Only II follows.
C
Either I or II follows.
D
Neither I nor II follows.
E
Both I and II follow.
Correct Answer: Option A

People cannot be deprived of going to a certain destination merely for lack of berths. Instead it is the duty of the railway authority to accommodate all the bookings by all means. So, only I follows.

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