Q181.

Directions : In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. 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, then decide which of the two given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing. Give answer

1) if only I follows;

2) if only II follows;

3) if either I or II follows;

4) if neither I nor II follows; and

5) if both I and II follow

Statement: According to the public health department of State ‘X’, the supply of contaminated water by the municipality is the main reason of the spread of the disease ‘A’ in the state.

Courses of action:

I. State government should replace the head of the water supply department immediately.

II. State government should provide free water filter to its residents.

Q182.

Directions : In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. 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, then decide which of the two given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing. Give answer

1) if only I follows;

2) if only II follows;

3) if either I or II follows;

4) if neither I nor II follows; and

5) if both I and II follow

Statement: The state ‘K’ is expecting bumper crop of rice this year under its ‘Rice Purchase Guarantee Scheme’.

Courses of action:

I. Other farmers should also start cultivation of rice from the next year.

II. The price of rice will increase in the open market.

Q183.

Directions : In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. 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, then decide which of the two given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing. Give answer

1) if only I follows;

2) if only II follows;

3) if either I or II follows;

4) if neither I nor II follows; and

5) if both I and II follow

Statement: The company ‘X’ has decided to give 10% increase in salary to its employees from next month.

Courses of action:

I. The accounts department will have to prepare new salary statement for all employees before due date.

II. Employees’ association should ask for more rise in the salary considering the market condition.

Q184.

Directions : In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. 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, then decide which of the two given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing. Give answer

1) if only I follows;

2) if only II follows;

3) if either I or II follows;

4) if neither I nor II follows; and

5) if both I and II follow

Statement: The ‘M’ state government has decided henceforth to award the road construction contracts through open tenders only.

Courses of action:

I. The ‘M’ state will not be able to get the work done swiftly as it will have to go through tender and other procedures.

II. Henceforth the quality of roads constructed may be far better.

Q185.

Directions : In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. 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, then decide which of the two given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing. Give answer

1) if only I follows;

2) if only II follows;

3) if either I or II follows;

4) if neither I nor II follows; and

5) if both I and II follow

Statement: The vegetable traders feel that the prices of onion will again go up shortly in the state “X”.

Courses of action:

I. The “X” state government should purchase and store sufficient quantity of onion in advance to control price.

II. The “X” state government should make available network of fair price shops for the sale of onions during period of shortage.

Q186.

Directions : In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. 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, then decide which of the two given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing. Give answer

1) if only I follows;

2) if only II follows;

3) if either I or II follows;

4) if neither I nor II follows; and

5) if both I and II follow

Statement: The car dealer found that there was a tremendous response for the new X’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 X’s booking and be ready to spend several hours.

II. Arrangement should be made for more booking desks and increase business hours to serve more people in less time.

Q187.

Directions : In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. 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, then decide which of the two given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing. Give answer

1) if only I follows;

2) if only II follows;

3) if either I or II follows;

4) if neither I nor II follows; and

5) if both I and II follow

Statement: The district administration has agreed to provide necessary infrastructural facilities to the proposed NRI-funded Trust’s project of supply of clean water to city ‘Z’

Courses of action:

I. The district administration should provide necessary land to the trust by completing due formalities.

II. The district administration should facilitate obtaining electricity and other permissions to the trust.

Q188.

Directions : In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between "Strong" arguments and "Weak" arguments in so far as they relate to the question. "Strong" arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. "Weak" arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.

Instructions: Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a strong argument and which is a weak argument. Give answer

1) if only argument I is strong.

2) if only argument II is strong.

3) if either I or II is strong.

4) if neither I nor II is strong and

Q189.

Directions : In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between "Strong" arguments and "Weak" arguments in so far as they relate to the question. "Strong" arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. "Weak" arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.Each of the following questions consists of a statement followed by two arguments I and II.

Give answer:

1) If only argument I is strong

2) If only argument II is strong

3) If either I or II is strong

4) If neither I nor II is strong and

Q190.

Directions : Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below :

H 9 T E % K 1 J P 4 3 D @ F 2 © M A W 5 I * V 7 U 8 6 R $ Y Q

How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceeded by a letter but not immediately followed by a letter ?