Reasoning Aptitude
STATEMENT AND COURSE OF ACTION MCQs
which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement : A devastating earthquake has ravaged the city killing hundreds of people and rendering
many more homeless.
Courses of : I. The entry of outsiders into the city should be stopped immediately.
II. Th e civic administration should immediately make alternate temporary housing arrangement
for the victims.
III. The affected people should immediately be shifted to a safer place, action
which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement : Due to cancellation of a huge export order for not adhering to the time frame, the company
is likely to get into incurring losses in the current financial year .
Courses of : I. Th e officer in charge of the production should be immediately suspended.
action II. Th e goods manufactured for the export order should be sold to other party.
III. Th e company should change its machinery to maintain the time frame .
which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement : The vehicular traffic has increased so much in the recent past that it takes at least two hours totravel between the city and the airport during peak hours.
Courses of : I. Non-airport bound vehicles should not be allowed to ply on the road connecting the city action and the airport.
II. The load of vehicular traffic should be diverted through various link roads during peak hours.
III. The departure and arrival of flights should be regulated so as to avoid congestion during
peak hours.
which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement : The Department o f Education has recommended that the primary level admissionto Government and Government aided schools should be done purely by random
selection and not by admission tests. This is necessitated as the number of admission
seekers are much more than the available seats.
Courses of : I. The Government should instruct the private schools also to action follow the same practice.
II. The Government should set up an independent body to regulate the primary level admissions.
III. The schools should be asked to select students only from those who stay in the neighbouring area of the school.
which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement : Drinking water supply to New Bombay has been suspended till further orders fromMaharashtra Pollution Control Board following pollution of Patalganga river , caused
by discharge of effluent s from some chemical industries.
Courses of : I. Th e industries responsible fo r discharging effluent s into the river should be asked
action to close down immediately .action
II. The river water should immediately be treated chemically before resuming supply.
III. The Pollution Control Boar d should check the nature o f effluent s being discharged
into the river by industries at regular intervals.
which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement : Over 27,000 bonded labourers identified and freed are still awaiting rehabilitation. Courses of I.Courses of : l. More cases of bonded labourers should be identified, action ll. Til l the proper rehabilitation facilities are available , the bonded labourers should not be freed.
III. Th e impediments in the wa y of speedy and proper rehabilitation of bonded labourers should be removed,
which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement : Higher disposal costs encourage those who produce wast e to look for cheaper waysto get rid of it.
Courses of : I. Th e disposal costs should be made higher ,
action II.Th e disposal costs should be brought down.
III. A committee should be set up to study the details in this respect,
which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement : Faced with a serious resource crunch and a depressing overall i economic scenario,Orissa is unlikely to achieve the targetted percent compound annual growth rate during
during the 8th plan.
Courses of : I. Relief to flood affected people should be arranged,
action II. Suppl y of food articles should be arranged.
III. Adequate medical facilities should be arranged,
which of the three given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement : If the faculty member s also join the strike, there is going to be a serious problem.Courses of : l. Th e faculty member s should be persuaded not to g o on strike,
action II. Those faculty members who join the strike should be suspended.
III. Th e management should not worry about such small things,
Statement : The world will have to feed more than 10 billion people in the next century of
whom half will be in Asia and will eat rice as their staple.
Courses of : I. More funds should immediately be allocated for rice research to action help
ensure adequate suifiitra.
II. Th e people in Asia should be.Encouraged to change their food habit.
III. The rice should be grown in countries outside Asia to meet the demand.