Course Of Action — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations
Practice high-yield Analytical & Logical Reasoning MCQs on Course Of Action — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for NTS, CSS, PPSC, FPSC, PMS, HEC-HAT.
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Question 1 of 40
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Question 2 of 40
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Statement : One of the problems facing the food processing industry is the irregular supply of raw material. The producers of raw material are not getting a reasonable price. Courses of Action : I. The government should regulate the supply of raw material to other industries also. II. The government should announce an attractive package to ensure regular supply of raw material for food processing industry.
Question 3 of 40
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Statement : The Committee has criticized the Institute for its failure to implement a dozen of regular programmes despite an increase in the staff strength and not drawing up a firm action plan for studies and research. Courses of Action : I. The broad objectives of the Institute should be redefined to implement a practical action plan. II. The Institute should give a report on reasons for not having implemented the planned programmes.
Question 4 of 40
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Statement : India has been continuously experiencing military threats from its neighbouring countries. Courses of Action : I. India should engage into an all out war to stop the nagging threats. II. India should get the neighbours into a serious dialogue to reduce the tension at its borders.
Question 5 of 40
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Statement : As many as ten coaches of a passenger train have derailed and blocked both pairs of the railway tracks. Courses of Action : I. The railway authorities should immediately send men and equipment to the spot to clear the railway tracks. II. All the trains running in both the directions should be diverted to other routes.
Question 6 of 40
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Statement : There has been a significant drop in the water level of all the lakes supplying water to the city. Courses of Action : I. The water supply authority should impose a partial cut in supply to tackle the situation. II. The government should appeal to all the residents through mass media for minimal use of water.
Question 7 of 40
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Statement : The police department has come under a cloud with recent revelations that at least two senior police officials are suspected to have been involved in the illegal sale of a large quantity of weapons from the state police armoury. Courses of Action : I. A thorough investigation should be ordered by the State Government to bring out all those who are involved into the illegal sale of arms. II. State police armoury should be kept under Central Government's control.
Question 8 of 40
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Statement : Financial stringency prevented the State Government from paying salaries to its employees since April this year. Courses of Action : I. The State Government should immediately curtail the staff strength at least by 30%. II. The State Government should reduce wasteful expenditure and arrange to pay the salaries of its employees.
Question 9 of 40
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Statement : The cinema halls are incurring heavy losses these days as people prefer to watch movies in home on TV than to visit cinema halls. Courses of Action : I. The cinema halls should be demolished and residential multi-storey buildings should be constructed there. II. The cinema halls should be converted into shopping malls.
Question 10 of 40
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Statement : Duty free technology parks where foreign firms can manufacture electronic hardware components are proposed to be established at various places in the country. Courses of Action : I. Government should immediately implement the proposal to augment the foreign currency reserve by exporting the products. II. Government should not implement the proposal as it will hinder indigenous production of hardware components.
Question 11 of 40
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Statement : The Secretary lamented that the electronic media was losing its credibility and that it should try to regain it by establishing better communications with the listeners and the viewers. He also emphasised the need for training to improve the functioning. Courses of Action : I. Efforts should be made to get organised feed back on the programme. II. The critical areas in which the staff requires training should be identified.
Question 12 of 40
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Statement : Courts take too long in deciding important disputes of various departments. Courses of Action : I. Courts should be ordered to speed up matters. II. Special powers should be granted to officers to settle disputes concerning their department.
Question 13 of 40
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Statement : Certain mining industries in Gujarat may come to a standstill because of the notification issued by the Department of Environment and Forest banning mining operations and industries alike within 25 kms of National Park, the game sanctuary and reserve forest areas. Courses of Action : I. The Department should be asked to immediately withdraw the notification. II. The Government should make effort to shift the parks, sanctuaries and reserve forests to other non-mining areas.
Question 14 of 40
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Statement : There have been many instances of derailment of trains due to landslide in the hilly areas which caused loss of many lives. Courses of Action : I. The railway authority should arrange to deploy pilot engines before the movement of passenger trains in the hilly areas to alert the trains in case of any landslide. II. The railway authority should strengthen the hill slopes by putting iron meshes so that the loose boulders do not fall on the track.
Question 15 of 40
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Statement : India today is midstream in its demographic transaction. In the last 60 years there has been an almost continuous decline in mortality; while fertility has declined over the last 20 years. The consequence is that there has been a rapid growth in population over the last 50 years. Courses of Action : I. India should immediately revitalise its family planning programme. II. The Government should immediately launch a massive education programme through mass media highlighting the implication of population growth at the present rate.
Question 16 of 40
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Statement : Footpaths of a busy road are crowded with vendors selling cheap items. Courses of Action : I. The help of police should be sought to drive them away. II. Some space should be provided to them where they can earn their bread without blocking footpaths.
Question 17 of 40
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Statement : Some serious blunders were detected in the Accounts section of a factory. Courses of Action : I. An efficient team of auditors should be appointed to check the Accounts. II. A show cause notice should be issued to all the employees involved in the irregularity.
Question 18 of 40
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Statement : Researchers are feeling agitated as libraries are not equipped to provide the right information to the right users at the right time in the required format. Even the users are riot aware about the various services available for them. Courses of Action : I. All the information available to the libraries should be computerised to provide faster services to the users. II. Library staff should be trained in computer operations.
Question 19 of 40
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Statement : Many medical and engineering graduates are taking up jobs in administrative services and in banks. Courses of Action : I. All the professionals should be advised to refrain from taking up such jobs. II. The government should appoint a committee to find out the reasons for these professionals taking up such jobs and to suggest remedial measures.
Question 20 of 40
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Statement : Due to substantial reduction in fares by different airline services, large number of passengers so far travelling by upper classes in trains have switched over to airline services. Courses of Action : I. The railways should immediately reduce the fare structure of the upper classes substantially to retain its passengers. II. The railways should reduce the capacity of upper classes in all the trains to avoid loss.
Question 21 of 40
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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.
Question 22 of 40
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Statement : There has been large number of cases of internet hacking in the recent months creating panic among the internet users. Courses of Action : I. The government machinery should make an all out effort to nab those who are responsible and put them behind bars. II. The internet users should be advised to stay away from using internet till the culprits are caught.
Question 23 of 40
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Statement : The Union Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has fixed an annual target of Rs 10,000 crores by way of tourism earnings towards the end of the current decade. Courses of Action : I. There is no need of development of further new tourist spots to meet the target. II. The Ministry should evolve attractive packages to woo the foreign tourists to meet the target.
Question 24 of 40
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Statement : A large number of students have been caught using unfair means during the final-year degree examination. Courses of Action : I. All these students should be debarred permanently from appearing for any examination conducted by the authority. II. The guardians of these students should be called by the authority to inform them that any such behaviour in future will not be tolerated.
Question 25 of 40
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Statement : The alert villagers caught a group of dreaded dacoits armed with murderous weapons. Courses of Action : I. The villagers should be provided sophisticated weapons. II. The villagers should be rewarded for their courage and unity.
Question 26 of 40
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Statement : The employees union of the Municipal Corporation has decided to strike work for indefinite period in protest against the management's refusal to grant bonus. Courses of Action : I. The government should immediately pay ex-gratia grant to the Municipal Corporation to grant bonus to its employees. II. The striking employees should be persuaded to defer the strike notice.
Question 27 of 40
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Statement : The killer entric fever has so far claimed 100 lives in some tribal villages in M.P. during the past three weeks. Courses of Action : I. The residents of these villages should immediately be shifted to a non-infected area. II. The Government should immediately send a medical squad to this area to restrict spread of the killer disease.
Question 28 of 40
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Statement : There is a substantial increase in the number of accidents causing deaths and severe injuries due to malfunctioning of the traffic signals. Courses of Action : I. The traffic police should immediately post traffic personnel at the junctions. II. The signal system should immediately be repaired or replaced.
Question 29 of 40
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Statement : India's performance in the recent Olympic Games was very poor. Not even a single medal could be bagged by the players. Government has spent Rs. 5 crores in training and deputing a team of players to participate in the Olympic Games. Courses of Action : I. India should stop sending players to the future Olympic Games. II. Government should immediately set up an enquiry commission to find out the reason for India's dismal performance.
Question 30 of 40
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Statement : Three persons were caught with huge arms and ammunition in the city. Courses of Action : I. Police should be instructed for night patrolling. II. The three persons should be set free and their movements should be carefully watched to nab the other criminals.
Question 31 of 40
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Statement : Majority of the students have failed in one paper in the first semester examination. Courses of Action : I. All those students who failed should be asked to drop out of the course. II. The faculty teaching the paper should be asked to resign.
Question 32 of 40
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Statement : Mr. X, an active member of the Union, often insults his superiors in the office with his rude behaviour. Courses of Action : I. He should be transferred to some other department. II. The matter should be referred to the Union.
Question 33 of 40
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Statement : The weather bureau has through a recent bulletin forecast heavy rainfall during the next week which may cause water logging in several parts of the city. Courses of Action : I. The bulletin should be given wide publicity through the mass media. II. The civic authority should keep in readiness the pumping system for removal of water from these parts. III. The people should be advised to stay indoors during the period.
Question 34 of 40
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Statement : A train derailed near a station while moving over a bridge and fell into a river, resulting in the death of 65 people. Courses of Action : I. The Railway Authorities should clarify the reason of the accident to the Government. II. The Government should allocate funds to compensate the destruction caused. III. The protection walls of the bridge should be made strong enough to avoid such accidents.
Question 35 of 40
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Statement : Poverty is increasing because the people, who are deciding how to tackle it, know absolutely nothing about the poor. Courses of Action : I. The decision makers should go to the grass root levels. II. The decision makers should come from the poorer sections of the society. III. A new set of decision makers should replace the existing one.
Question 36 of 40
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Statement : Besides looks and appearances, it is also important to develop oneself from within. Courses of Action : I. One should not pay attention to fashion. II. One should pay attention to fashion. III. Books on self-development should be encouraged.
Question 37 of 40
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Statement : There is an unprecedented increase in the production of wheat this kharif season in most parts of the country. Courses of Action : I. The government should immediately lower down the procurement price of wheat. II. The farmers should be asked to store the excess produces with themselves to be used for future. III. The government should make its best efforts to export wheat to augment its presence in international market.
Question 38 of 40
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Statement : A large number of students are reported to be dropping out of school in villages as their parents want their children to help them in farms. Courses of Action : I. The government should immediately launch a programme to create awareness among the farmers about the value of education. II. The government should offer incentives to those farmers whose children remain in schools. III. Education should be made compulsory for all children up to the age of 14 and their employment banned.
Question 39 of 40
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Statement : Without the active cooperation between the proprietor and the employees of the mill, it cannot remain a profitable concern for long. Courses of Action : I. The mill should be closed down. II. The workers should be asked to cooperate with the owners. III. The owners should be asked to cooperate with the employees.
Question 40 of 40
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Statement : The air and rail services have been severely disrupted due to thick fog in the northern part of the country. Courses of Action : I. The rail and air services should be temporarily suspended in the region. II. People should be advised to make their travel plan keeping in mind the probable disruption resulting in delay or cancellation of services. III. The government should immediately install modern machines which will enable it to guide the rail and air services even if the thick fog develops.
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