Logical Reasoning - Courses of Action
Exam Duration: 60 Mins Total Questions : 30
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.
Statement: As many as ten coaches of a passenger train have derailed and blocked both pairs of the railway 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 the directions should be diverted to other routes.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows,
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If either I or II follows;
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If neither I nor II follows and
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If both I and II follow.
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.
Statement: Inspite of the Principal's repeated warnings, a child was caught exploding crackers secretly in the school.
Courses of action: I. All the crackers should be taken away from the child and he should be threatened not to do it again.
II. The child should be severely punished for his wrong act.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: Certain mining industries in Gujarat may come to a standstill because of the notification issued by the Department of Environment and Forest banning mining operations and industries alike within 25 km's of National Park, the game sanctuary and reserve forest areas.
Courses of action: I. The Department should be asked to immediately withdraw the notification.
II. The Government should make effort to shift the parks, sanctuaries and reserve forests to other non-mining areas.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of successful candidates in this year's School Leaving Certificate Examination.
Courses of action: I. The government should make arrangements to increase number of seats of intermediate courses in existing colleges.
II. The government should take active steps to open new colleges to accommodate all these successful candidates.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
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 product should be reduced and quality improved.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: If the retired Professors of the same Institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organisation, their contribution may be beneficial to the Institute.
Courses of action: I. Management may seek opinion of the employees before calling retired professors.
II. Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organisation.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: A recent study shows that children below five die in the cities of the developing countries mainly from diarrhea and parasitic intestinal worms
Courses of action: I. Governments of the developing countries should take adequate measures to improve the hygienic conditions in the cities.
II. Children below five years in the cities of the developing countries need to be kept under periodic medical check-up.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: Every year large number of devotees die due to severe cold on their way to the shrine located at the top of the mountain range.
Courses of action: I. The devotees should be discouraged to visit the shrine without having proper warm clothes and other amenities.
II. The government should provide warm clothes and shelter to all the devotees visiting the shrine.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: The minister said that the teachers are still not familiarized with the need, importance and meaning of population education in the higher education system. They are not even clearly aware about their role and responsibilities in the population education programme.
Courses of action: I. Population education programme should be included in the college curriculum.
II. Orientation programme should be conducted for teachers on population education.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: There has been large number of cases of internet hacking in the recent months creating panic among the internet users.
Courses of action: I. The government machinery should make an all out effort to nab those who are responsible and put them behind bars.
II. The internet users should be advised to stay away from using internet till the culprits are caught.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
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.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: Financial stringency prevented the State Government from paying salaries to its employees since April this year.
Courses of action: I. The State Government should immediately curtail the staff strength at least by 30%.
II. The State Government should reduce wasteful expenditure and arrange to pay the salaries of its employees.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
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.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.
Courses of action: I. Government should immediately make arrangement for providing financial assistance to those affected.
II. Food, water, and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and cattle.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: The Union Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has fixed an annual target of Rs. 10,000 crores by way of tourism earnings towards the end of the current decade.
Courses of action: I. There is no need of development of further new tourist spots to meet the target.
II. The ministry should evolve attractive packages to woo the foreign tourists to meet the target.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
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 XYZ's booking and be ready to spend several hours.
II. Arrangement should be made for more booking desks and increased business hours to serve more people in less time.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: Majority of the students in many schools fo not pass in the final examination.
Courses of action: I. These schools should be closed down as these have become unproductive.
II. Tthe teachers of these schools should immediately be retrenched.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: The Kharif crops have been affected by the insects for consecutive three years in the district and the farmers harvested less than fifty percent of produce during these years.
Courses of action: I. The farmers should seek measures to control the attack of insects to protect their crops next year.
II. The Government should increase the support price of Kharif crops considerably to protect the economic in the Parliament.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the three given suggested coureses of action logically follows for purusing.
Statement: A train derailed near a station while moving over a bridge and fell into a river, resulting in the death of 65 people.
courses of action: I The railway Authorities should clarify the reason of the accident to the Government.
II The Government should allocate funds to compensate the destruction caused.
III. The protection walls of the bridge should be made strong enough to avoid such accidents.
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Only I and II follow
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Only II and III follow
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Only III follows
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All follow
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None of these
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.
Statement: A large number of students who have passed their XII std. terminal examination in the country could not get admission to colleges as the number of seats available are grossly inadequate.
Courses of action: I. The evalution system of XII std. terminal examination should be made more tough so that fewer students pass the examination.
II. The Government should encourage the private sector to open new colleges by providing them land at chapter rate.
III. The rich people should be asked to send their wards to foreign countries for higher studies enabling the needy students to get admission in colleges within the country.
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Only I follows
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Only II follows
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Only I and II follow
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Only II and III follow
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None of these
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.
Statement: Any further increase in the pollution level in the city by way of industrial effluents and automobile exhaustions would pose a severe threat to the inhabitants.
Courses of action: I. All the factories in the city should immediately be closed down.
II. The automobiles should not be allowed to play on the road for more than four hours a day.
III. The Government should restrict the issue of fresh licenses to factories and automobiles.
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None follows
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Only II follows
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Only III follows
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All follow
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None of the these
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.
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 precaution to avoid recurrence of such situation during festival.
III. The known criminals should be arrested before any such season.
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None follows
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Only I and II follow
- (c)
Only II and III follow
- (d)
All follow
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None of these
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.
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 the airport during peak hours.
Courses of action: I. Non-airport bound vehicles should not be allowed to play on the road connecting the city and the airport.
II. The load of vehicular traffic should be diverted through various link roads during peak hours.
III. The departure and arrival of flights should be regulated on as to avoid congestion during peak hours.
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Only I follows
- (b)
Only II follows
- (c)
Only I and II follow
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All follow
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None of these
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.
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 vocational courses to equip students for taking up their vocation after completing their school education.
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Only I follows
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Only II and III follow
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Only I and III follow
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All follow
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None of these
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.
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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Only I follows
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Only II follows
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Only either I or III follows
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All follow
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.
Statement: Doordarshan is concerned about the quality of its programmes particularly in view of stiff competition it is facing from STAR and other satellite TV channels and is contemplating various measures to attract talent for its programmes.
Courses of action: I. In an effort to attract talent, the Doordarshan has decided to revise its fee structure for the artists.
II. The fee structure should not be revised until other electronic media also revise it.
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If only I follows
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If only II follows
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If either I or II follows
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If neither I nor II follows
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If both I and II follow
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.
Statement: Over 27000 bonded laborers identified and freed are still awaiting rehabilitation.
Courses of action I. More cases of bonded laborers should be identified.
II. Till the proper rehabilitation facilities are available, the bonded laborers 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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None follows
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Only I follows
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Only II follows
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Only III follows
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Only II and III follow
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.
Statement: Residents from Model Colony coming under North Ward of City X have complained to the Ward Officer that for last three days the tap water in the ward is contaminated and no action is being initiated by municipal staff.
Courses of action: I. The ward Officer of North Ward should initiate action against residents who have lodged complaints against municipal staff.
II. The ward Officer should ask his junior officer to visit Model Colony to assess the actual condition of water with his staff and to get samples of water tested from laboratories.
III. The ward Officer should ask Ward Engineer to check water installations and pipelines in the Model Colony area.
- (a)
Only I and II follow
- (b)
Only I and III follow
- (c)
Only I and III follow
- (d)
Only euither I or III, and II follow
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None of these
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.
Statement: According to the officials, paucity of funds with the organisation has led to the pathetic condition of this brilliant architectural structure.
Courses of action: I. A new architectural structure for the building should be designed.
II. The reasons for the poor condition of the structure should be found out.
III. Grant should be given to improve the condition of the structure.
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Only I follows
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Only II follows
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Only III follows
- (d)
Only II and III follow
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Only I and III follows
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.
Statement: The Institute has fixed for the investors a validity period of one year for transfer forms for some of its listed schemes.
Courses of action I. The Institute should consult investors before fixing the duration of validity period.
II. The investors should be duly informed about the validity period.
III. List of scheme covered under this validity period should be communicated.
- (a)
Only I and II follow
- (b)
Only III follows
- (c)
Only II and III follow
- (d)
Only I and III follow
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All follow