Logical Reasoning :: Course of Action
In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. 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.
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Statement: There was a spurt in criminal activities in the city during the recent festival season.
Courses of Action:
- The police should immediately investigate into the causes of this increase.
- In future the police should take adequate precaution to avoid recurrence of such situation during festival.
- The known criminals should be arrested before any such season.
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Statement: A large number of students who have passed their XII Std. terminal examination in the country could not get admission to colleges as the number of seats available are grossly inadequate.
Courses of Action:
- The evaluation system of XII Std. terminal examination should be made more tough so that fewer students pass the examination.
- The Government should encourage the private sector to open new colleges by providing them land at cheaper rate.
- The rich people should be asked to send their wards to foreign countries for higher studies enabling the needy students to get admission in colleges within the country.
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Statement: It has been reported by one of the TV channels that the answer papers of Board examination of one State are evaluated by students studying in the same standard with the help of model answers as instructed by the examiners.
Courses of Action:
- All such examiners should be immediately suspended from their official positions.
- All such papers evaluated by the students should be immediately confiscated and got evaluated by qualified teachers.
- The Board should explore possibilities even though they are remote, of getting the answer papers of this examination evaluated by computerised machines.
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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:
- The city civic authority should deploy additional traffic staff to regulate the vehicular movement.
- The city civic authority should immediately make arrangements for repairs of the damaged roads.
- 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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Statement: There have been quite a few incidents of highway robbery on the super expressway between/cities A and B during recent months.
Courses of Action:
- The local administration should immediately set up police tickets along the expressway to prevent robbery.
- The local administration should immediately close down the expressway till the robbers are apprehended.
- More and more people should be given training on how to tackle with the robbers.
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Statement: The Institute has fixed for the investors a validity period of one year for transfer forms for some of its listed schemes.
Courses of Action:
- The Institute should consult investors before fixing the duration of validity period.
- The investors should be duly informed about the validity period.
- List of schemes covered under this validity period should be communicated.
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Statement: The vehicular traffic has increased so much in the recent past that it takes at least two hours to travel between the city and the airport during peak hours.
Courses of Action:
- Non-airport bound vehicles should not be allowed to ply on the road connecting the city and the airport.
- The load of vehicular traffic should be diverted through various link roads during peak hours.
- The departure and arrival of flights should be regulated so as to .avoid congestion during peak hours.
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Statement: There is a considerable increase in the number of persons affected by water-borne diseases during monsoon period.
Courses of Action:
- The question should be raised in the Legislative Assembly.
- The Government should disseminate adequate information regarding the pure drinking water to people.
- All the hospitals in the city should be equipped properly for the treatment of patients during monsoon period.
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Statement: Residents from Model Colony coming under North Ward of City X have complained to the Ward Officer that for last three days the tap water in the ward is contaminated and no action is being initiated by municipal staff.
Courses of Action:
- The Ward Officer of North Ward should initiate action against residents who have lodged complaints against municipal staff.
- The Ward Officer should ask his junior officer to visit Model Colony to assess the actual condition of water with his staff and to get samples of water tested from laboratories.
- The Ward Officer should ask Ward Engineer to check water installations and pipelines in the Model Colony area.
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Statement: People residing in some tribal areas are far from education.
Courses of Action:
- Government should render all help to the NGOs to open schools there.
- A mass awareness programme must be initiated in these areas.
- Social workers should be entrusted with the job of educating them.
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