Exercise: Course Of Action

Questions for: Course Of Action

Statement: A large number of students are reported to be dropping out of school in villages as their parents want their children to help them in farms.

Courses of Action:

  1. The government should immediately launch a programme to create awareness among the farmers about the value of education.
  2. The government should offer incentives to those farmers whose children remain in schools.
  3. Education should be made compulsory for all children up to the age of 14 and their employment banned.

A:
Only I and II follow
B:
Only II and III follow
C:
Only I and III follow
D:
All follow
Answer: D
Literacy at basic level is the utmost need to prepare good future citizens. So, all children need to be educated. This can be achieved by creating awareness, providing incentives, enforcing education and banning employment of children. Thus, all the three courses follow.

Statement: There is an unprecedented increase in the production of wheat this kharif season in most parts of the country.

Courses of Action:

  1. The government should immediately lower down the procurement price of wheat.
  2. The farmers should be asked to store the excess produces with themselves to be used for future.
  3. The government should make its best efforts to export wheat to augment its presence in international market.

A:
Only I and II follow
B:
Only II and III follow
C:
Only I and III follow
D:
All follow
Answer: E
Clearly, both steps I and II are not commercially viable for the farmers. So, none of them follows. The only solution lies in the government attempting to export the excess produce of wheat. Thus, only III follows.

Statement: Besides looks and appearances, it is also important to develop oneself from within.

Courses of Action:

  1. One should not pay attention to fashion.
  2. One should pay attention to fashion.
  3. Books on self-development should be encouraged.

A:
Only I follows
B:
Only II follows
C:
Only III follows
D:
Only I and III follow
Answer: C
The statement stresses the need for all-round personality development of an individual. So, only III follows.

Statement: Poverty is increasing because the people, who are deciding how to tackle it, know absolutely nothing about the poor.

Courses of Action:

  1. The decision makers should go to the grass root levels.
  2. The decision makers should come from the poorer sections of the society.
  3. A new set of decision makers should replace the existing one.

A:
Only I follows
B:
Only II follows
C:
Only either I or III follows
D:
All follow
Answer: A
The statement indirectly asserts that the decision makers can work effectively to eliminate poverty, only if they get to know the basic problems afflicting the poor people through interaction with them. So, only I follows.

Statement: A train derailed near a station while moving over a bridge and fell into a river, resulting in the death of 65 people.

Courses of Action:

  1. The Railway Authorities should clarify the reason of the accident to the Government.
  2. The Government should allocate funds to compensate the destruction caused.
  3. The protection walls of the bridge should be made strong enough to avoid such accidents.

A:
Only I and II follow
B:
Only II and III follow
C:
Only III follows
D:
All follow
Answer: C
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 III follows.
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