Logical Reasoning - 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: There has been a significant drop in the water level of all the lakes supplying water to the city.
Courses of action: I. The water supply authority should impose a partial cut in supply to tackle the situation.
II. The government should appeal to all the residents through mass media for minimal use of water.
- (a)
If only I follows;
- (b)
If only II follows
- (c)
If either I or II follows;
- (d)
If neither I nor II follows and
- (e)
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 is a substantial increase in the number of accidents causing deaths and severe injuries due to malfunctioning of the traffic signals.
Courses of action: I. The traffic police should immediately post traffic personnel at the junctions.
II. The signal system should immediately be repaired or replaced.
- (a)
If only I follows
- (b)
If only II follows,
- (c)
If either I or II follows;
- (d)
If neither I nor II follows and
- (e)
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.
- (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
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.
- (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
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.
- (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
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 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 government such schemes to use their expertise and knowledge effectively.
II. This happened due to 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)
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
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 people in ward X of the city are diagnosed to be suffering from a fatal malaria type.
Courses of action: I. The city municipal authority should take immediate steps to carry out extensive fumigation in ward X.
II. The people in the area should be advised to take steps to avoid mosquito bites.
- (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
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.
- (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
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.
- (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
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 police department has come under a cloud with recent revelations that at least two senior police officials are suspected to have been involved in the illegal sale of a large quantity of weapons from the state police armoury.
Courses of action: I. A thorough investigation should be ordered by the State Government to bring out all those who are involved into the illegal sale of arms.
II. State police armoury should be kept under Central Government's control.
- (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
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.
- (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
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.
- (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
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: Mr. X, an active member of the Union, often insults his superiors in the office with his rude behaviour.
Courses of action: I. He should be transferred to some other department.
II. The matter should be referred to the Union.
- (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
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.
Statement: As stated in the recent census report the female to male ratio is alarmingly low.
Courses of action: I. The government should conduct another census to verify the results.
II. The government should immediately issue orders to all the departments to encourage people to improve the ratio.
- (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
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.
- (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
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.
- (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
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.
- (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
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 is a considerable increase in the number of persons affected by water - borne diseases during monsoon period.
Courses of action: I. The question should be raised in the Legislative Assembly.
II. The Government should disseminate adequate information regarding the pure drinking water to people.
III. All the hospitals in the city should be equipped properly for the treatment of patients during monsoon period.
- (a)
All follow
- (b)
Only I and II follw
- (c)
Only II and III follow
- (d)
Onlt I and III follow
- (e)
None 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 purusing.
Statement: Some Strains of mosqutio have become resistant to chloroquine - the widely used medicine for malaria patients.
Courses of action: I. selling of chloroquine should be stopped.
II. Researchers should develop a new medicine for patients affected by such mosquitoes.
III. All the patients suffering from malaria should be checked for identification of causal mosquito.
- (a)
None follows
- (b)
Only I and III follow
- (c)
All follow
- (d)
Only II and III follow
- (e)
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: Number of dropouts from the municipal schools have significantly increased after withdrawal of mid-day meal scheme.
Courses of action: I. The government should reconsider its decision of withdrawl of mid - day meal scheme.
II. The goverment shouls close down some of the municipal schools.
III. The goverment should carry out a detailed study to find out the reasons for school dropouts.
- (a)
None follows
- (b)
Only I follows
- (c)
Only I and III follow
- (d)
Only II and III follow
- (e)
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.
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.
- (a)
only I follows
- (b)
Only II follows
- (c)
Only III follows
- (d)
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: There is an unprecedented increase in the production of wheat this price of wheat.
Courses of action: I The goverment should immediately lower down the procurement price of wheat.
II. The farmers should be asked to store the excess produces with themselves to be used for future.
III. The government should make its best efforts to export wheat to augment its presence in international market.
- (a)
Only I and II follow
- (b)
Only II and III follow
- (c)
Only I and III follow
- (d)
All follow
- (e)
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 purusing.
Statement: The company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.
Courses of action: I. The company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The company A should inspect all the valves rejected by company X.
III.The Company A should inform company X that steps have been taken, for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
- (a)
Only I and II follow
- (b)
Only II follows
- (c)
II, and either I or III follow
- (d)
All I,II and III follow
- (e)
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: Many private sector banks have reduced interest rate on housing loans in comparison to public sector banks.
Courses of action: I. The case should be raised before the regulatory authority for investigation by the public sector banks as they cannot follow such reduction.
II. public sector bank must adopt such policy to remain in competition.
III. The public sector banks should advertise their special feature repeatedly so that they do not lose their future customers.
- (a)
All follow
- (b)
Only I and II follow
- (c)
Only I and III follow
- (d)
Only either II or III follows
- (e)
None of these
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 people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer.
Courses of action: I. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.
II. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.
- (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
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.
- (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
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.
- (a)
Only I follows
- (b)
Only II follows
- (c)
Only III follows
- (d)
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 Deputy Mayo of city Z has proposed to install a plant of mineral water and to supply citizens mineral water bottles at Rs.6 per Litre as against Rs.10 per litre 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.
- (a)
Only I and II follow
- (b)
Only II and III follow
- (c)
Only I and III follow
- (d)
All follow
- (e)
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 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.
- (a)
Only I and II follow
- (b)
Only II and III follow
- (c)
Only I and III follow
- (d)
All follow
- (e)
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.
- (a)
None follows
- (b)
Only I and II follow
- (c)
Only II follows
- (d)
Only II and III follows
- (e)
None of these
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