1. 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 interests of farmers.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Both I and II follow
Explanation: Clearly, the problem demands taking extra care and adequate precautions to protect crops from insects and extending help to farmers to prevent them from incurring huge losses. Thus, both the courses follow.
2. 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.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Neither I nor II follows
Explanation: Seeing the tremendous response, the dealer must make suitable arrangements and deploy more personnel to take care of customers so that they don't have to wait excessively long for booking. So, only course II follows.
3. 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.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Both I and II follow
Explanation: The Act is aimed at eradication of the disease and so it needs to be proclaimed and promoted. So, both the courses follow.
4. Statement : 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.
Courses of Action :
I. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.
II. System of education should be made more flexible
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Both I and II follow
Explanation: 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.
5. Statement : The Central Bureau of 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) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Neither I nor II follows
Explanation: Clearly, one complaint is enough for a wrong doing. This should be confirmed by catching the guilty red-handed and then strict action taken against him. So, only course I follows.
6. Statement : 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 emphasised the need for training to improve the functioning.
Courses of Action :
I. Efforts should be made to get organised feed back on the programme.
II. The critical areas in which the staff requires training should be identified.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Both I and II follow
Explanation: Clearly, both the courses directly follow from the pre-requisites mentioned in the statement.
7. Statement : Courts take too long in deciding important disputes of various departments.
Courses of Action :
I. Courts should be ordered to speed up matters.
II. Special powers should be granted to officers to settle disputes concerning their department.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Both I and II follow
Explanation: Clearly, either the work in the court needs to be speeded up or the system be reorganised so that more number of problems can be resolved at the lower levels itself, to provide speedy justice to the people. So, both the courses follow.
8. 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 kms 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.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Neither I nor II follows
Explanation: Clearly, none of the courses of action follows because firstly, the notification is issued to protect the natural environment and so cannot be withdrawn and secondly, the sanctuaries etc. cannot be shifted.
9. Statement : There have been many instances of derailment of trains due to landslide in the hilly areas which caused loss of many lives.
Courses of Action :
I. The railway authority should arrange to deploy pilot engines before the movement of passenger trains in the hilly areas to alert the trains in case of any landslide.
II. The railway authority should strengthen the hill slopes by putting iron meshes so that the loose boulders do not fall on the track.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Neither I nor II follows
Explanation: Clearly, either something should be done to alert the trains well in advance in case of a landslide or some means should be adopted to prevent blockage of tracks during landslides. Thus, either I or II follows.
10. 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.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Both I and II follow
Explanation: Clearly, to face the problem of the ever-growing population, an effective family planning programme, for the people to have small families, is a must. Education shall further stress the advantages of having lesser number of children and the disasters of the fast growth in population. Thus, both the courses follow.