Practice One statement two course of action questions - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)  

• Statement:
• A number of school children in the local schools have fallen ill after the consumption of their subsidised tiffin provided by the school authority.
• Courses of Action:
• I. The tiffin facility of all schools should be discontinued immediate effect.
• II. The Government should implement a system to certify the quality of tiffin provided by the school.

(a) If only I follows

(b) If only II follows

(c) I either I or II follows

(d) If neither I nor II follows

(e) If both I and II follow

Q-2)  

• Statement:
• Heavy rains hit the state during October, just before the State Assembly elections, and caused heavy damage to standing crops in most parts of the state.
• Courses of Action:
• I. Elections should be postponed to give candidates the opportunity to campaign.
• II. The Government should announce a relief package for those who are affected.

(a) If only I follows

(b) If only II follows

(c) I either I or II follows

(d) If neither I nor II follows

(e) If both I and II follow

Q-3)  

• Statement:
• Cases of road accidents are increasing constantly, particularly in urban areas. 

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• Courses of Action:
• I. Transport Authorities in the urban areas should impose stringent norms for the maintenance of vehicles.
• II. Traffic police should severely punish those found to be violating traffic rules.

(a) If only I follows

(b) If only II follows

(c) If either I or II follows

(d) If neither I nor II follows

(e) If both I and II follow

Q-4)  

• Statement:
• Despite the good economic progress of the country, a significant number of undernourished children have been observed in the rural parts of the country.

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• Courses of Action:
• I. Government should increase Wealth Tax/ Income Tax and use that money for the upliftment of the deprived class.
• II. The government should introduce schemes like free meals in primary schools and make primary education compulsory.

(a) If only I follows

(b) If only II follows

(c) If either I or II follows

(d) If neither I nor II follows

(e) If both I and II follow

Q-5)  

• Statement:
• There has been a spurt of robbery and housebreaking incidents in one locality during the past fortnight.

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• Courses of Action:
• I. The local police station personnel should start patrolling the locality at regular intervals.
• II. The residents in the locality should be asked by the police authority not to leave their houses during the night.

(a) If only I follows

(b) If only II follows

(c) If either I or II follows

(d) If neither I nor II follows

(e) If both I and II follow

Q-6)  

• Statement:
• The local college principal has ordered that all the students must strictly adhere to the dress code stipulated by college authority in the admission brochure.

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• Courses of Action:
• I. Those students who are found to violate the dress code should be terminated from the college.
• II. Those students who are found to violate the dress code for the first time should be reprimanded and be warned against further violations.

(a) If only I follows

(b) If only II follows

(c) If either I or II follows

(d) If neither I nor II follows

(e) If both I and II follow

Q-7)  

• Statement:
• The railway has decided to repair the main tracks within the city on the following Sunday and has decided to suspend operations for the whole day.

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• Courses of Action:
• I. The railway authority should issue public notification well in advance to cause inconvenience to the passengers.
• II. All the long-distance trains entering the city during the repair hours should be terminated outside the city limit.

(a) If only I follows

(b) If only II follows

(c) If either I or II follows

(d) If neither I nor II follows

(e) If both I and II follow

Q-8)  

• Statement:
• Despite child labour laws, children can be seen working in hotels, shops, houses very frequently.

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• Courses of Action:
• I. The Government should not make such laws that cannot be enforced.
• II. A proper education system for the primary level particularly for the lower caste community may eradicate this problem.

(a) If only I follows

(b) If only II follows

(c) If either I or II follows

(d) If neither I nor II follows

Q-9)  

• Statement:
• There has been a significant drop in the water level of all the lakes supplying water to the city.

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• 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.

(a) If only I follows;

(b) If only II follows;

(c) If either I or II follows;

(d) If neither I nor II follows

(e) If both I and II follow.

Q-10)  

• Statement:
• There is an unprecedented increase in migration of villagers to urban areas as repeated crop failure has put them into precarious financial situations.

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• Courses of Action:
• I. The villagers should be provided with an alternate source of income in their villages which will make them stay put.
• II. The migrated villagers should be provided with jobs in urban areas to help them survive.

(a) If only I follows;

(b) If only II follows;

(c) If either I or II follows;

(d) If neither I nor II follows

(e) If both I and II follow.