Question 421. 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.

Question 422. 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.

Question 423. 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.

Question 424. 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.

Question 425. Statement : Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have agreed in principle to set up a joint control board for better control, management and productivity of several inter-state multipurpose projects.
Courses of Action :
I. Other neighbouring states should set up such control boards.
II. The proposed control board should not be allowed to function as such joint boards are always ineffective.

Question 426. Statement : The Indian electronic component industry venturing into the West European markets faces tough competition from the Japanese.
Courses of Action :
I. India should search for other international markets for its products.
II. India should improve the quality of the electronic components to compete with the Japanese in capturing these markets.

Question 427. Statement : The availability of imported fruits has increased in the indigenous market and so the demand for indigenous fruits has been decreased.
Courses of Action :
I. To help the indigenous producers of fruits, the Government should impose high import duty on these fruits, even if these are not of good quality.
II. The fruit vendors should stop selling imported fruits. So that the demand for indigenous fruits would be increased.

Question 428. Statement : There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of successful candidates in this year's School Leaving Certificate Examination.
Courses of Action :
I. The government should make arrangements to increase number of seats of intermediate courses in existing colleges.
II. The government should take active steps to open new colleges to accommodate all these successful candidates.

Question 429. Statement : The Government has decided not to provide financial support to voluntary organisations from next Five Year Plan and has communicated that all such organisations should raise funds to meet their financial needs.
Courses of Action :
I. Voluntary organisations should collaborate with foreign agencies.
II. They should explore other sources of financial support.

Question 430. Statement : The Meteorology Department has forecast that a severe cyclonic storm would hit coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa in the next forty-eight hours.
Courses of Action :
I. The local administration should advise the fishermen not to go to dangerous area in the sea.
II. The local administration should alert the people of coastal areas of these two states and they should be prepared to shift to safer places.