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Unit-4
4-Course of Action
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Question 1 of 20
1. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: The Chairman stressed the need for making education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.
Course of action:
I. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.
II. System of education should be made more flexible.Correct
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Clearly, the situation demands making the education system more flexible and changing it periodically according to the needs of the time. So, both the courses follow.
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Clearly, the situation demands making the education system more flexible and changing it periodically according to the needs of the time. So, both the courses follow.
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Question 2 of 20
2. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: It is necessary to adopt suitable measures to prevent repetition of bad debts by learning from the past experiences of mounting non-performing assets of banks.
Course of action:
I. Before granting loan to customers, their eligibility for loan should be evaluate strictly.
II. To ensure the payment of instalments of loan, the work, for which loan was granted, should be supervised minutely on regular basis.Correct
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To ensure that debts taken are repaid promptly, the customers requirements and future prospects ought to be studied and their work constantly checked. Thus, both the courses follow.
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To ensure that debts taken are repaid promptly, the customers requirements and future prospects ought to be studied and their work constantly checked. Thus, both the courses follow.
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Question 3 of 20
3. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: It is reported that though Vitamin E present in fresh fruits and vegetables is beneficial for human body, capsuled Vitamin E does not have the same effect on human body.
Course of action:
I. The sale of capsuled Vitamin E should be banned.
II. People should be encouraged to take fresh fruits and vegetables to meet the body’s requirement of Vitamin E.Correct
Incorrect
The statement implies that capsuled Vitamin E does not function so effectively as natural Vitamin E. Since no negative effect of capsuled Vitamin E is mentioned, so I does not follow. Hence, only II follows
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The statement implies that capsuled Vitamin E does not function so effectively as natural Vitamin E. Since no negative effect of capsuled Vitamin E is mentioned, so I does not follow. Hence, only II follows
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Question 4 of 20
4. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: 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 emphasized the need for training to improve the functioning.
Course of action:
I. Efforts should be made to get organized feedback on the programme.
II. The critical areas in which the staff requires training should be identified.Correct
Incorrect
Clearly, both the courses directly follows from the pre-requisites mentioned in the statement.
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Clearly, both the courses directly follows from the pre-requisites mentioned in the statement.
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Question 5 of 20
5. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country
Course 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.Correct
Incorrect
In the break-out of natural calamity, the basic duty of the government becomes to provide the basic amenities essential to save the lives of people and cattle. Providing financial assistance to all would put undue burden on the country’s resources. So, only II follows
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In the break-out of natural calamity, the basic duty of the government becomes to provide the basic amenities essential to save the lives of people and cattle. Providing financial assistance to all would put undue burden on the country’s resources. So, only II follows
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Question 6 of 20
6. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: The alert villagers caught a group of dreaded dacoits armed with murderous weapons.
Course of action:
I. The villagers should be provided sophisticated weapons
II. The villagers should be rewarded for their courage and unity.Correct
Incorrect
Clearly, I is not practically viable. However, Villagers should be rewarded for their courage, to keep up their spirits in future. Thus, II follows.
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Clearly, I is not practically viable. However, Villagers should be rewarded for their courage, to keep up their spirits in future. Thus, II follows.
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Question 7 of 20
7. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement:A train met an accident near a station while moving over a bridge and fell into a river, resulting in the injuries of 65 people.
Courses of action
I. The Government should allocate funds to railway authorities.
II. The protection walls of the bridge should be made strong enough to avoid such accidents.Correct
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What is necessary is the preventive measures to protect the passengers, steps to avoid re-occurrence of such events and pay the sufferers adequate compensation. So, only course II follows.
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What is necessary is the preventive measures to protect the passengers, steps to avoid re-occurrence of such events and pay the sufferers adequate compensation. So, only course II follows.
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Question 8 of 20
8. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement:It is estimated that about twenty lakh people will visit the city during the upcoming festival.
Courses of action
I. The local police authority should be put on high alert to maintain law and order during the festival.
II. All the hospitals in the city should be put on high alert in case of any eventuality.Correct
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Clearly, people cannot be deprived of enjoying the festival for lack of arrangements. Also, it becomes necessary to deploy police to regulate big crowds and avert any mishap in public gatherings. Further, it costs nothing but might prove useful to put hospitals on alert to be ready to provide quick medical aid to patients in case of any eventuality. So, both I and II follow
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Clearly, people cannot be deprived of enjoying the festival for lack of arrangements. Also, it becomes necessary to deploy police to regulate big crowds and avert any mishap in public gatherings. Further, it costs nothing but might prove useful to put hospitals on alert to be ready to provide quick medical aid to patients in case of any eventuality. So, both I and II follow
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Question 9 of 20
9. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement:The exodus from villages to cities is detrimental to both.
Courses of action
I. There should be fewer trains linking cities to smaller places.
II. Employment generation scheme should be launched in rural areas.Correct
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Clearly, the exodus cannot be stopped byreducing the number of trains. So, I does not follow. The exodus occurs primarily due to better employment opportunities and facilities in the cities. Hence, it can be prevented not by compulsion but by making conditions favourable for those residing in villages. So, I does not follow while II follows
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Clearly, the exodus cannot be stopped byreducing the number of trains. So, I does not follow. The exodus occurs primarily due to better employment opportunities and facilities in the cities. Hence, it can be prevented not by compulsion but by making conditions favourable for those residing in villages. So, I does not follow while II follows
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Question 10 of 20
10. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: A group of school students was reported to be enjoying at a picnic spot during school hours.
Course of action:
I. The principal of the school should contact the parents of those students and inform them.
II. Some disciplinary action must be taken against those students for the awareness of all the other student.Correct
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Clearly, such students who bunk school should be punished so that other students do not indulge in the same. Also, their parents should be informed about the same so that they will not be free in future thus both I and II follow.
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Clearly, such students who bunk school should be punished so that other students do not indulge in the same. Also, their parents should be informed about the same so that they will not be free in future thus both I and II follow.
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Question 11 of 20
11. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: There has been less than forty percent voter turnout in the recent assembly elections.
Course of action:
I. The election commission should cancel the entire election process as the votes cast are not adequate to represent people.
II. The election commission should take away the voting rights of those who did not exercise their rights.Correct
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Re-election would demand repeated expenses and following course II would reduce the voter base permanently. Instead, awareness should be created among the people to use their right to vote effectively. So, neither I nor II follows.
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Re-election would demand repeated expenses and following course II would reduce the voter base permanently. Instead, awareness should be created among the people to use their right to vote effectively. So, neither I nor II follows.
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Question 12 of 20
12. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: The cinema halls are incurring heavy losses these days as people prefer to watch movies in home on TV than to visit cinema halls.
Course of action:
I. The cinema halls should be demolished and residential multi-storey buildings should be constructed there.
II. The cinema halls should be converted into shopping malls.Correct
Incorrect
Doing away with cinema halls is no solution. Hence, none of the courses follows. Instead, certain incentives and promotional schemes should be awarded to cinema hall owners so that they could manage to draw in crowds.
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Doing away with cinema halls is no solution. Hence, none of the courses follows. Instead, certain incentives and promotional schemes should be awarded to cinema hall owners so that they could manage to draw in crowds.
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Question 13 of 20
13. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: Footpaths of a busy road are crowded with vendors selling cheap items.
Course 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.Correct
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Crowding on footpaths is a great inconvenience for walkers. So, stern action needs to be taken to remove the vendors. But at the same time these people ought to be provided alternative means of livelihood. So, both the courses follow.
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Crowding on footpaths is a great inconvenience for walkers. So, stern action needs to be taken to remove the vendors. But at the same time these people ought to be provided alternative means of livelihood. So, both the courses follow.
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Question 14 of 20
14. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement:
The sale of a particular product has gone down considerably causing great concern to the company.
Course 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.Correct
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Company should carry out market research carefully and plan accordingly further marketing strategy and plan to give tough competition to the rival product without reducing quality of the product. they should work on expanding customer base of the product.Thus, only option I follows.Hence, Option A is correct.
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Company should carry out market research carefully and plan accordingly further marketing strategy and plan to give tough competition to the rival product without reducing quality of the product. they should work on expanding customer base of the product.Thus, only option I follows.Hence, Option A is correct.
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Question 15 of 20
15. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement:
Financial stringency prevented the Provincial Government from paying salaries to its employees since April this year.
Course of action:
I. The Provincial Government should immediately curtail the staff strength at least by 30%.
II. The Provincial Government should reduce wasteful expenditure and arrange to pay the salaries of its employees.Correct
Incorrect
Clearly, curtailing of the staff strength will only increase the panic and discontent, and the satisfaction of the employees is a must. So, the Government should arrange for payment of wages. Thus, only course II follows.
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Clearly, curtailing of the staff strength will only increase the panic and discontent, and the satisfaction of the employees is a must. So, the Government should arrange for payment of wages. Thus, only course II follows.
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Question 16 of 20
16. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: The State Government has decided to declare Kala Azar as a notifiable disease under the Epidemics Act. Family members or neighbors of the patient are liable to be punished in case they did not inform the State authorities.
Course 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.Correct
Incorrect
Since this disease is of great concern for people surrounding the patient. Main motive of the act is to eradicate the disease, so all these are measures for better awareness among population.Thus both I and II follows. Hence, Option E is correct.
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Since this disease is of great concern for people surrounding the patient. Main motive of the act is to eradicate the disease, so all these are measures for better awareness among population.Thus both I and II follows. Hence, Option E is correct.
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Question 17 of 20
17. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: 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 Punjab police armory.
Course of action:
I. A thorough investigation should be ordered by the Punjab Government to bring out all those who are involved into the illegal sale of arms
II. Punjab should be kept under Federal Government’s control.Correct
Incorrect
Clearly, the situation demands finding out the real culprits first. So, only I follow.
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Clearly, the situation demands finding out the real culprits first. So, only I follow.
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Question 18 of 20
18. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement:
The killer entric fever has so far claimed 100 lives in some tribal villages during the past three weeks.
Course of action:
I. The residents of these villages should immediately be shifted to a non-infected area.
II. The Government should immediately send a medical squad to this area to restrict spread of the killer disease.Correct
Incorrect
Clearly, I is vague because if infected people are shifted to a non-infected area, the infection will spread there as well The remedy is only to fight the disease and restrict its spread. So, only II follows.
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Clearly, I is vague because if infected people are shifted to a non-infected area, the infection will spread there as well The remedy is only to fight the disease and restrict its spread. So, only II follows.
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Question 19 of 20
19. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement:
The availability of imported fruits has increased in the indigenous market and so the demand for indigenous fruits has been decreased.
Course 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.Correct
Incorrect
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
Unattempted
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
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Question 20 of 20
20. Question
1 pointsCategory: Logical ReasoningStatement: A large number of employees have gone on a mass casual leave in protest against the company’s new recruitment policy.
Course of action:
I. The company should immediately withdraw the new recruitment policy.
II. All these employees should immediately be suspended from their service.Correct
Incorrect
Here, the problems is one of mutual disagreement. So, extreme measures as getting rid of the policy or employees protesting against it, won’t help. It can best be solved by finding a middle path via mutual talks. Thus, neither I nor II follows.
Unattempted
Here, the problems is one of mutual disagreement. So, extreme measures as getting rid of the policy or employees protesting against it, won’t help. It can best be solved by finding a middle path via mutual talks. Thus, neither I nor II follows.
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