Directions (Q.Nos. 1 – 5): Ineach question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow up or further action in regard to the problem, policy etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement, to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
1. Statement: Many political activists have decided to stage demonstrations and block traffic movement in the city during peak hours to protest against the steep rise in prices of essential commodities.
Courses of action: I. The Government should immediately ban all forms of agitations in the country.
II. The police authority of the city should deploy additional forces all over the city to help traffic movement in the city.
III. The state administration should carry out preventive arrests of the known criminals staying in the city. (4)
(1) Only I
(2) Only II
(3) Only III
(4) I and II
(5) None of these
2.Statement: The school dropout rate in many districts in the state has increased sharply during the last few years as the parents of these children make them work in the fields owned by others to earn enough for them to get atleast one meal a day.
Courses of action: I. The Government should put up a mechanism to provide foodgrains to the poor people in these districts through public distribution system to encourage the parents to send their wards to school.
II.The Government should close down some of these schools in the district and deploy the teachers of these schools to nearby schools and also ask remaining students to join these schools.
III. The Government should issue arrest warrants for all the parents who force their children to work in fields instead of attending classes. (1)
(1) Only I
(2) Only II
(3) Only III
(4) 1 and II
(5) None of these
3.Statement: A large private bank has decided to retrench one-third of its employees in view of the huge losses incurred by it during the past three quarters.
Courses of action: I. The Government should issue a notification to general public to immediately stop all transactions with the bank.
II. The Government should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its employees.
III. The Government should ask the central bank of the country to initiate. an enquiry into the bank’s activities and submit its report. (3)
(1) I and III
(2) Only I
(3) Only II
(4) Only III
(5) None of these
4.Statement: One aspirant was killed due to stampede while participating in a recruitment drive of police constables.
Courses of action: I. The officialsincharge of the recruitment process should immediately be suspended.
II. A team of officials should be asked to find out the circumstances which led to the death of the aspirant and submit its report within a week.
III. The Government should ask the home department to stagger the number of aspirants over more number of days to avoid such incidents in future. (4)
(1) Only I
(2) Only II
(3) Only III
(4) II and III
(5) None of these
5.Statement: A heavy unseasonal downpour during the last two days has paralysed the normal life in the state in which five persons were killed but this has provided a huge relief to the problem of acute water crisis in the state.
Courses of action: I. The State Government should set up a committee to review the alarming situation.
II. The State Government should immediately remove all the restrictions on use of potable water in all the major cities in the state.
III. The State Government should send relief supplies to all the affected areas in the state. (3)
(1) Only III
(2) Only I
(3) II and III
(4) All of these
(5) None of these
