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Statement : One of the problems facing the food- processing industry is the irregular supply of raw material to other industries also.

Courses of Action :

I) The government should regulate the supply of raw material for the food processing industry.

II) The government should annouce an attractive Package to ensure regular supplly of raw material. The producers of raw material are not getting a reasonable price.

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

Correct Answer :

B. if only II follows


I is an absurd suggestion. When one industry is facing trouble because of regulations, it talks of regulating the supply of other industrial raw materials too. II is a better action because it would tend to solve the problem.

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Statement: Most of the development plans develop in papers only.


Courses of Action:


 I. The in-charges should be instructed to supervise the field-work regularly.
II. The supply of paper to such departments should be cut short.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement: 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.


Courses of Action:


 I. Before granting loan to customers their eligibility for loan should be evaluated strictly.
II. To ensure the payment of instalments of loan, the work, for which loan was granted, should be supervised minutely on regular basis.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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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. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement: Corruption has become rampant in our society.

Courses of Action :

I) All corrupt persons should be brought to book.

II) We should all strive to make our society corruption free.

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

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Statement : One of the problems facing the food- processing industry is the irregular supply of raw material to other industries also.

Courses of Action :

I) The government should regulate the supply of raw material for the food processing industry.

II) The government should annouce an attractive Package to ensure regular supplly of raw material. The producers of raw material are not getting a reasonable price.

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

What is the correct answer?

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Statement : Most the development plans develop on paper only.

Courses of Action :

I) The incharge should be instructed to supervise the field - work regularly.

II) the supply of paper to such departments should be cut short.

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

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


Courses of Action:


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

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement: The Government has decided not to provide financial support to voluntary organisations from next Five Year Plan and has communicated that all such organisations should raise funds to meet their financial needs.


Courses of Action:


I. Voluntary organisations should collaborate with foreign agencies.
II. They should explore other sources of financial support.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement : Floods may create havoc in the country this year too.

Courses of Action :

I) The Government should be on the alert to evacuate flood-affected victims.

II) People should not be afraid of floods.

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

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Statement: Every year large number of devotees dies 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.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement : A recent study shows that children below five die in the cities of the developing countries mainly of diarrhoea 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 brought under constant medication.

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

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Statement: The vegetable traders feel that the prices of onion will again go up shortly in the State 'P'


Courses of Action:


 I. The 'P' State Government should purchase and store sufficient quantity of onion in advance to control prices.
II. The 'F' State Government should make available network of fair price shops for the sale of onions during the period of shortage.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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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

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement : Power supply on state X is terribly poor.

Courses of Action :

I) The concerned authorities should immediately take measures to protect power theft. pilferage etc.

II) The government should buy excess power from the neighboring states.

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

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Statement : The State Government has decided to declare "Kala Azar" as a notifiable disease under the Epidemics Act. 1987 . Family members or neighbours of the patient are liable to be punished in case they do 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 action.

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

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Statement : The inmates of Jail X are very dangerous people.

Courses of Action :

I) More security personnel should be deployed to guard the Jail.

II) Some inmates should be shifted to a different jail.

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

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Statement: In spite 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. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement: A large number of people visiting India from country X have been tested positive for carrying viruses of a killer disease.


Courses of Action:


 I. The government of India should immediately put a complete ban on people coming to India from country X including those Indians who are settled in country X.
II. The government of India should immediately set up detection centres at all its airports and seaports to identify and quarantine those who are tested positive.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement: Every year, at the beginning or at the end of the monsoons, we have some cases of conjunctivitis, but this year, it seems to be a major epidemic, witnessed after nearly four years.


Courses of Action:


 I. Precautionary measures should be taken after every four years to check this epidemic.
II. People should be advised to drink boiled water during rainy season.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement: The teenager was arrested by the police for taking drugs.

Courses of Action :

I) The teenager should be meted with corporal punishment by the police.

II) The teenager should be sent to a drug rehabilitation centre.

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

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Statement: It is reported that though Vitamin E present in fresh fruits and vegetables is beneficial for human body, capsule Vitamin E does not have the same effect on human body.


Courses of Action:


 I. The sale of capsule 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.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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


Courses of Action:


 I. The government should launch attractive employment generation schemes and encourage these graduates to opt for such schemes to use their expertise and knowledge effectively.
II. This happened due to proliferation of engineering colleges in the country and thereby lowered the quality of the engineering graduates. Those colleges which are not equipped to impart quality education should be closed down.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement: The Indian electronic component industry venturing into the West European markets faces tough competition from the Japanese.


Courses of Action:


 I.India should search for other international markets for its products.
II. India should improve the quality of the electronic components to compete with the Japanese in capturing these markets.

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

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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. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement: There has been less than forty percent voter turnout in the recent assembly elections.


Courses 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.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement : Every year, at the beginning or at the end of the monsoons, we have some cases of conjunctivitis, but this year it seems to be a major epidemic witnessed after nearly four years.

Courses of Action :

I) Precautionary measures should be taken after every four years to check this epidemic.

II) People should be advised to drink boiled water during winter season.

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

What is the correct answer?

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Statement: Majority of the students in many schools do not pass in the final examination.


Courses of Action:


 I. These schools should be closed down as these have become unproductive.
II. The teachers of these schools should immediately be retrenched.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement: On an average, about twenty people are run over by trains and die every day while crossing the railway tracks through the level crossing.


Courses of Action:


 I. The railway authorities should be instructed to close all the level crossings.
II. Those who are found crossing the tracks, when the gates are closed, should be fined heavily

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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Statement: A very large number of students have failed in the final high school examination due to faulty questions in one of the subjects.


Courses of Action:


 I. All the students who have failed in the subject should be allowed to take supplementary examination.
II. All those who are responsible for the error should be suspended and an enquiry should be initiated to find out the facts

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

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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.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow