Logical Reasoning

Statement and Course of Action - Expert Level

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.

11.  Statement : A large number of engineering graduates in the country are not in a position to have gainful employment at present and the number of such engineers is likely to grow in the future.

Courses of action :

I. The government should launch attractive employment generation schemes and encourage these graduates to opt for such schemes to use their expertise and knowledge effectively.

II. This happened due to the proliferation of engineering colleges in the country and thereby lowered the quality of the engineering graduates. Those colleges which are not equipped to impart quality education should be closed down.

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.
12.  Statement : There have been many instances  of derailment of trains due to landslide in the hilly areas which caused loss of many lives.

Courses of action :

I. The railway authority should arrange to deploy pilot engines before the movement of passenger trains in the hilly areas to alert the trains in case of any landslide.

II. The railway authority should strengthen the hill slopes by putting iron meshes so that the loose boulders do not fall on the track.

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.
13.  Statement : The police department has come under a cloud with recent revelations than at least two senior police officials are suspected to have been involved in the illegal sale of large quantity of weapons from the state policy armoury.

Courses of action :

I. A thorough investigation should be ordered by the State Government to bring out all those who are involved in the illegal sale of arms.

II. State police armoury should be kept under Central Government's control. 

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.
14.  Statement : The State Government has decided to declare 'Kala Azar' as a notifiable disease under the Epidemics Act. Family members or neighbours of the patient are liable to punished in case they did not inform the State authorities.

Courses of action :
I. Efforts should be made to effectively implement the Act.
II.The cases of punishment become aware of the stern actions.

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 follows.
15.  Statement : Three persons were caught with huge arms and ammunition in the city.

Courses of action :

I. Police should be instructed for night patrolling.
II. The three persons should be set free and their movements should be carefully watched to nab the other criminals.

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.
16.  Statement : India today is midstream in its demographic transaction. In the last 60 years there has been an almost continuous decline in the mortality; while fertility has declined over the last 20 years. The consequence is that there has been a rapid growth in  population over the last 50 years.

Courses of action :

I. India should immediately revitalise its family planning programme.

II. The Government should immediately launch a massive education programme through mass media highlighting the implication of population growth at the present rate.

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.
17.  Statement : The Secretary lamented that the electronic media was losing its credibility and that it should try to regain it by establishing better communications with the listeners and the viewers. He also emphasised the need for training to improve the functioning.

Courses of action :

I. Efforts should be made to get organised feed back on the programme.

II. The critical areas in which the staff requires training should be identified.

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.
18.  Statement : Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have agreed in principle to set up a joint control board for better control, management and productivity of several inter-state multipurpose projects.

Courses of action :

I. Other neighbouring states should set up such control boards.
II. The proposed control board should not be allowed to function as such joint boards are always ineffective.

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.
19.  Statement : Researchers are feeling agitated as libraries are not equipped to provide the right information to the right users at the right time in the required format. Even the users are not aware about the various services available for them.

Courses of action :

I. All the information available to the libraries should be computerised to provide faster services to the users.

II. Library staff should be trained in computer operations.

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.
20.  Statement : The car dealer found that there was a tremendous response for the new XYZ's car-booking with long queues of people complaining about the duration of business hours and arrangements.

Courses of action : 
I.People should make their arrangement of lunch and snacks while going for car-booking and be ready to spend  several hours.

II.Arrangement should be made for more booking desk and increased business hours to serve more people in less time.

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 follows.