Courses of Action
Exam Duration: 45 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: 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.
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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: India has been continuously experiencing military threats from its neighboring countries.
Courses of action: I. India should engage into an all-out war to stop the nagging threats.
II. India should get the neighbors into a serious dialogue to reduce the tension at its borders.
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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 Central Bureau the Investigation receives the complaint of an officer taking bribe to do the duty he is supposed to.
Courses of action: I. CBI should try to catch the officer red-handed and then take a strict action against him.
II. CBI should wait for some more complaints about the officer to be sure about the matter.
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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 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.
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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: Footpaths of a busy road are crowded with vendors selling cheap items.
Courses of action: I. The help of police should be sought to drive them away.
II. Some space should be provided to them where they can earn their bread without blocking footpaths.
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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 employees' union of the Municipal Corporation has decided to strike work for indefinite period in protest against the management's refusal to grant bonus.
Courses of action: I. The government should immediately pay ex-gratia grant to the Municipal Corporation to grant bonus to its employees.
II. The striking employees should be persuaded to defer the strike notice.
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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: India's performance in the recent Olympic Games was very poor. Not even a single medal could be bagged by the players. Government has spent Rs. 5 crores in training and deputing a team of players to participate in the Olympic Games.
Courses of action: I. India should stop sending players to the future Olympic Games.
II. Government should immediately set up an enquiry commission to find out the reason for India's dismal performance.
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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 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 behaviour in future will not be tolerated.
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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 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 be 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 should be propagated through mass media so that more people become aware of the stern actions.
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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 have failed in one paper in the first-semester examination.
Courses of action: I. All those students who failed should be asked to drop out of the course.
II. The faculty teaching the paper should be asked to resign.
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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, then decide which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement: The exodus from villages to cities is detrimental to both.
Courses of action: I. Rural postings must be made mandatory.
II. There should be fewer trains linking cities to smaller places.
III. Employment generation scheme should be launched in rural areas.
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only II follows
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Only I and II follow
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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: In the city, over 75 percent of the people are living in slums and sub standard houses which is a reflection on the housing and urban development policies of the Government.
Courses of action: I. There should be a separate department looking after housing and urban development.
II. The policies in regard to urban housing should be reviewed.
III. The policies regarding rural housing should also be reviewed so that such problems could be avoided in rural areas.
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Only I follows
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Only I and II follow
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Only II follows
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Either II or 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.
Statements: Besides looks and appearances, it is also important to develop oneself from within.
Courses of action: I.One should not pay attention to fashion.
II. One should pay attention to fashion.
III. Books on self-development should be encouraged.
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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 I 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: Major part of the rabi crop in the district is damaged due to unseasonal heavy rains during the last few days.
Courses of action: I. The government should grant relief to the affected farmers to compensate their loss.
II. The government should provide free seed and fertilizer to the formers for the Kharif season.
III. The government should waive all the loans taken for the rabi crop by the affected farmers.
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Only I and II follow
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Only II follows
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Only II and III follow
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Only III follows
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All 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: There has been unprecedented increase in the prices of essential commodities during the past few days due to the strike call given by the transporters' association.
Courses of action: I. The transporters association should be ordered by the governments to immediately withdraw strike call or else they will face servers consequences.
II. The government should immediately make alternative arrangements to ensure adequate supply essential commodities in the market.
III. The government should immediately declare the strike illegal and put all those responsible for the strike behind the bars.
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Only I and II follow
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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: Lack of coordination between the university, its colleges and various authorities has resulted in students ousted from one college seeking migration to another.
Courses of action: I.If a student is ousted from a college, the information should be sent to all the other colleges of the university.
II. The admissions to all the colleges of the university should be handled by the university directly.
III. A separate section should be made for taking strict action against students indulging in anti-social activities.
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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 I and III follow.
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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: Drinking water supply to New Bombay has been suspended till further orders from Maharashtra pollution control Board following pollution of patalganga river, caused by discharge of effluents form some chemical industries.
Courses of action: I. The industries responsible for discharging effluents into the river should be asked to close down immediately.
II. The river water should immediately be treated chemically before resuming supply.
III. The pollution control Board should check the nature of effluents being discharged into the river by industries at regular intervals.
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Only I follows
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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: The day time temperatures in this summer have been four to five degree clesius above the normal temperature across the country.
Courses of action: I. All the district headquarters should be alerted to send prompt reports of death due to heat waves in their jurisdiction.
II. The Government machinery should be put on high alert and provided with necessary equipments to prevent any untoward incident.
III. The Government should make necssary arrangements to provide drinking water in all the areas affected due to extreme heat waves.
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Only I follows
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Only I and II follow
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All follow
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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 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 Finance Minister submits his resignation a month before the new budget is to be presented in the Parliament.
Courses of action: I. The resignation should be accepted and another person should be appointed as the Finance Minister.
II. The resignation should not be accepted.
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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: India today is midstream in its demographic transaction. In the last 60 years, there has been an almost continuous decline in 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.
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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 alert villagers caught a group of dreaded dacoits armed with mouderous weapons.
Courses of action: I. The villagers should be provided sophisticated weapons.
II. The villagers should be rewarded for their courage and unity.
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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: 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.
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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: 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 libraries should be computerized to provide faster services to the users.
II. Library staff should be trained in computer operations.
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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: 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
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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: Nuclear power cannot make a country secure.
Courses of action: I. We must stop further expenses on increasing our nuclear power.
II. We must destroy our nuclear capability.
III. We must concentrate on improving our diplomatic relations.
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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 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: A large number of students are reported to be dropping out of school in villages as their parents want their children to help them in farms.
Courses of action: I. The government should immediately launch a programme to create an awareness among the farmers about the value of education.
II. The government should offer incentives to those farmers whose children remain in schools.
III. Education should be made compulsory for all children up to the age of 14 and their employment banned.
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Only I and II follow
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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: The weather bureau has through a recent bulletin forecast heavy rainfall during the 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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None follows
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Only I and II follow
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Only II follows
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Only II and III follows
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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 condition of all the major roads in the city has deteriorated due to incessant rain during the last two months.
Courses of action: I. The city civic authority should deploy additional traffic staff to regulate the vehicular movement.
II. The city civic authority should immediately make arrangments for repairs of the damaged roads.
III. Motorists should be alerted at various places by putting up sign boards about the bad patches of the roads to enable them to plan their journey accordingly.
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Only I and II follow
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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