Question No
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Question
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Correct Ans
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31
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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 31 to 35): In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered (A), (B) and (C). A course of action is a step or
administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
Statement: A heavy unseasonal downpour during the last two days has paralysed the
normal life in the state in which five persons were killed but this has provided a huge
relief to the problem of acute water crisis in the state
Courses of action:
(A) The state government should set up a committee to review the alarming situation.
(B) The state government should immediately remove all the restrictions on use of
potable water in all the major cities in the state.
(C) The state government should send relief supplies to all the affected areas in the state.
(a) None
(b) Only (A)
(c) Only (B) and (C)
(d) Only (C)
(e) All (A), (B), (C)
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Correct Ans: D
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32
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Statement: A large private bank has decided to retrench one-third of its employees in view of the huge losses incurred by it during the past three quarters.
Courses of action:
(A) The Govt should issue a notification to general public to immediately stop all transactions with the bank.
(B) The Govt should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its employees.
(C) The Govt should ask the central bank of the country to initiate an enquiry into the bank’s activities and submit its report.
(a) None
(b) Only (A)
(c) Only (B)
(d) Only (C)
(e) Only (A) and (C)
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Correct Ans: A
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33
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Statement: Many political activists have decided to stage demonstrations and block traffic movement in the city during peak hours to protest against the steep rise in prices of essential commodities.
Courses of action:
(A) The Govt should immediately ban all forms of agitations in the country.
(B) The police authority of the city should deploy additional forces all over the
city to help traffic movement in the city.
(C) The state administration should carry out preventive arrests of the known
criminals staying in the city.
(a) Only (A)
(b) Only (B)
(c) Only (C)
(d) Only (A) and (B)
(e) None of these
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Correct Ans: B
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34
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Statement: The school dropout rate in many districts in the state has increased sharply during the last few years as the parents of these children make them work in the fields owned by others to earn enough for them to get at least one meal a day.
Courses of action:
(A) The Govt. should put up a mechanism to provide foodgrains to the poor people in these districts through public distribution system to encourage the parents to send their wards to school.
(B) The Govt. should close down some of these schools in the district and deploy the teachers of these schools to nearby schools and also ask remaining students to join these schools.
(C) Govt should issue arrest warrants for all the parents who force their children to work in fields instead of attending classes.
(a) Only (A) (b) Only (B)
(c) Only (C)
(d) Only (A) and (B)
(e) None of these
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Correct Ans: A
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35
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Statement: One aspirant was killed due to stampede while participating in a
recruitment drive of police constables.
Courses of action:
(A) The officials in charge of the recruitment process should immediately be suspended.
(B) A team of officials should be asked to find out the circumstances which led to the death of the aspirin and submit its report within a week.
(C) The Govt should ask the home department to stagger the number of aspirants over more number of days to avoid such incidents in future.
(a) Only (A)
(b) Only (B)
(c) Only (C)
(d) Only (B) and (C)
(e) None of these
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Correct Ans: D
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36
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Effect: Majority of the employees of the ailing organization opted for voluntary
retirement scheme and left the organization with all their retirement benefits within a fortnight of launching the scheme. Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect ?
(a) The company has been making huge losses for the past five years and is
unable to pay salary to its employees in time.
(b) The management of the company made huge personal gains through unlawful activities.
(c) One of the competitors of the company went bankrupt last year.
(d) The company owns large tracts of land in the state which will fetch huge sum to its owners.
(e) None of these
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Correct Ans: A
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37
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Statement: Most of the companies in IT and ITES sectors in India have started hiring from engineering college campuses this year and are likely to recruit much more than yearly recruitment of the earlier years.
Which of the following substantiates the facts stated in the above statement ?
(a) IT and ITES are the only sectors in India which are hiring from engineering
college campuses.
(b) Govt has stepped up recruitment activities after a gap of five years.
(c) The IT and ITES companies have now decided to visit the engineering
college campuses for tier-II cities in India as well.
(d) The availability of qualified engineers will substantially increase in the near
future.
(e) None of these
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Correct Ans: C
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38
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Cause: The Govt has recently increased it taxes on petrol and diesel by about 10 percent.
Which of the following can be a possible effect of the above cause?
(a) The petroleum companies will reduce the prices of petrol and diesel by about 10 per cent.
(b) The petroleum companies will increase the prices of petrol and diesel by
about 10 per cent.
(c) The petroleum companies will increase the prices of petrol and diesel by
about 5 per cent.
(d) The petrol pumps will stop selling petrol and diesel till the taxes are rolled
back by the Govt.
(e) None of these
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Correct Ans: B
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39
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Statement: The Govt has decided to instruct the banks to open new branches in such a way that there is one branch of any of the banks in every village of population 1000 and above or a cluster of villages with population less than 1000 to provide banking services to all the citizens.
Which of the following will weaken the step taken by the Govt?
(a) The private sector banks in India have stepped up their branch expansion
activities in rural India.
(b) Many Govt-owned banks have surplus manpower in its urban branches.
(c) All the banks, including those in private sector, will follow the Govt directive.
(d) Large number of branches of many Govt-owned banks in the rural areas are
making huge losses every year due to lack of adequate business activities.
(e) None of these
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Correct Ans: D
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40
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DIRECTORS (Qs. 40 to 42): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
The Centre reportedly wants to continue providing subsidy to consumers for cooking gas and kerosene for five more years. This is not good news from the point of view of reining in the fiscal deficit. Mounting subventions for subsidies means diversion of savings by the government from investment to consumption, raising the cost of capital in the process. The government must cut expenditure on subsidies to create more fiscal space for investments in both physical and social infrastructure. It should outline a plan for comprehensive reform in major subsidies including petroleum, food and
fertilizers and set goal posts.
40. Which of the following is a conclusion which can be drawn from the facts stated in the above paragraph?
(a) Subsidy provided by the government under various heads to the citizen
increases the cost of capital.
(b) Govt is unable to withdraw subsidies provided to various items.
(c) Govt subsidy on kerosene is purely a political decision.
(d) Govt does not have enough resources to continue providing subsidy on
petroleum products.
(e) None of these
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Correct Ans: A
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