Question 51. 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.

Question 52. 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.

Question 53. Statement : There is an unprecedented increase in migration of villagers to urban areas as repeated crop failure has put them into precarious financial situation.
Courses of Action :
I. The villagers should be provided with alternate source of income in their villages which will make them stay put.
II. The migrated villagers should be provided with jobs in the urban areas to help them survive.

Question 54. 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.

Question 55. 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.

Question 56. Statement : If the retired Professors of the same Institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organisation, their contribution may be beneficial to the Institute.
Courses of Action :
I. Management may seek opinion of the employees before calling retired professors.
II. Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organisation.

Question 57. Statement : The sale of a particular product has gone down considerably causing great concern to the company.
Courses of Action :
I. The company should make a proper study of rival products in the market.
II. The price of the product should be reduced and quality improved.

Question 58. Statement : The Asian Development Bank has approved a $285 million loan to finance a project to construct coal ports by Paradip and Madras Port Trusts.
Courses of Action :
I. India should use financial assistance from other international financial organisations to develop such ports in other places.
II. India should not seek such financial assistance from the international financial agencies.

Question 59. Statement : Doordarshan is concerned about the quality of its programmes particularly in view of stiff competition it is facing from STAR and other satellite TV channels and is contemplating various measures to attract talent for its programmes.
Courses of Action :
I. In an effort to attract talent, the Doordarshan has decided to revise its fee structure for the artists.
II. The fee structure should not be revised until other electronic media also revise it.

Question 60. Statement : The Minister said that the teachers are still not familiarised with the need, importance and meaning of population education in the higher education system. They are not even clearly aware about their role and responsibilities in the population education programme.
Courses of Action :
I. Population education programme should be included in the college curriculum.
II. Orientation programme should be conducted for teachers on population education.