Q: Statement: A large number of people in ward X of the city are diagnosed to be suffering from a fatal malaria type. Courses of Action: I. The city municipal authority should take immediate steps to carry out extensive fumigation in ward X. II. The people in the area should be advised to take steps to avoid mosquito bites
Solution: Clearly, prevention from mosquitoes and elimination of mosquitoes are two ways to prevent malaria. So, both the courses follow.
Q: Statement: Since its launching in 1881, Vayudoot has so far accumulated losses amounting to Rs 153 crore. Courses of Action: I. Vayudoot should be directed to reduce wasteful expenditure and to increase passenger fare. II. An amount of about Rs 300 crore should be provided to Vayudoot to make the airliner economically viable.
Solution: Clearly, for better economic gain, losses should be reduced and income increased. So, only course I follows.
Q: Statement: Exporters in the capital are alleging that commercial banks are violating a Reserve Bank of India directive to operate a post shipment export credit denominated in foreign currency at international rates from January this year. Courses of Action: I. The officers concerned in the commercial banks are to be suspended. II. The RBI should be asked to stop giving such directives to commercial banks
Solution: The statement mentions that the commercial banks violate a directive issued by the RBI. The remedy is only to make the banks implement the Act. So, none of the courses follows
Q: Statement: A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer. Courses of Action: I. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens. II. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water
Solution: The situation demands creating awareness among people about the dangers of drinking polluted water so that they themselves refrain from the same, and at the same time taking steps to provide safe drinking water. So, both the courses follow.
Q: Statement: Most of those who study in premier engineering colleges in India migrate to developed nations for better prospects in their professional pursuits. Courses of Action: I. All the students joining these colleges should be asked to sign a bond at the time of admission to the effect that they will remain in India at least for ten years after they complete education. II. All those students who desire to settle in the developed nations should be asked to pay entire cost of their education which the government subsidises.
Solution: Clearly, no student can be bound to live and work in the country against his wish. So, I does not follow. However, it is quite right to recover the extra benefits awarded to students if they do not serve their own country. So, II follows.
Q: Statement: As stated in the recent census report the female to male ratio is alarmingly low. Courses of Action: I. The government should conduct another census to verify the results. II. The government should immediately issue orders to all the departments to encourage people to improve the ratio.
Solution: A census is always conducted with the utmost precision, leaving chances of only negligible differences. So, I does not follow. Further, the ratio can be improved by creating awareness among the masses and abolishing female foeticide. Thus, only course II follows.
Q: Statement: Four districts in State A have been experiencing severe drought for the last three years resulting into exodus of people from these districts. Courses of Action: I. The government should immediately start food for work programme in the district to put a halt to the exodus. II. The government should make since efforts to provide drinking/potable water to these districts
Solution: The exodus can be stopped by providing the people conditions conducive to living. So, both the courses follow.
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