Practice Question and answers set 3 - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Directions:
Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation.
Q-1) Threat to air-safety is high due to poor maintenance. In the current global airline passenger boom, competition is intense which compels airline to minimise cost and maximise revenue. What you will do to reduce the threat of under maintenance?
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Directions:
Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation.
Q-2) You are the principal of a public school. Accident of a private van transporting children from your school has angered both parents and teachers. What is the first step that you would take. You would:
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Govt-vehicles are safe and obey traffic rules.
Directions:
Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation.
Q-3) You are the Municipal Commissioner of Delhi. It has been decided by the government to withdraw the mid-day meal scheme from primary schools. As a result the number of dropouts have increased. To rectify the problem you would:
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It is not right to jump to conclusions and initiate hasty action. It is better to go to the root cause of the problem and then offer solutions.
Directions:
Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation.
Q-4) Government has raised the retirement age of the public sector workers. The young educated people protest as the government's plan to raise the retirement age will reduce the job opportunities open to them. The situation is out of control. In your opinion government should:
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Directions:
Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation.
Q-5) You are patrolling, and come across two boys fighting. You go towards them but when you reach there, they are laughing and patting each other. It appears that they were just joking. What should to do?
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You should be aware of the total situation.
Directions:
Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation.
Q-6) You, as an administrative authority, have been approached, by the daughter-in-law of an influential person regarding harassment by her in-laws on account of insufficient dowry. Her parents are not able to approach you because of social pressures. You would
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[TIP : In the type of question involving two parties the role of a peace maker. So you must play your cards in such a way that you do hurt the interest of either party](a) Counselling the lady to adjust would be the most foolish thing to do. If she had been able to adjust she would not have come to you in the first place. No woman in her senses would like to break her own home. Especially not a newly-wed bride.(b) Her parents may not want to approach you at all. They would not want to spoil their daughter's married life. Considering the amount of money that is spent in traditional Indian marriages. It is only natural that parents expect their daughters to adjust and do not want to approach any one for help.(c) As an administrative authority one has to resort to the course of law. In this case the views of both parties must be taken into consideration before resorting to any action.(d) If she had to lodge a complaint with the police she need not have approached you. The idea is to arbitrate between both parties.
Directions:
Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation.
Q-7) Inflation in price of food items continues unabated in the capital. As Chief Minister of Delhi you are a worried. You would :
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(b)
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This can be done by reducing the rate of sales tax which is a state subject.
Directions:
Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation.
Q-8) You are the block development officer. The district has many matchbox factories. There is a report that the drinking water in a villages is contaminated with arsenic making it unfit for human consumption. You would:
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You have to take quick action as it is a question of drinking water which is a basic necessity.
Directions:
Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation.
Q-9) You are an administrative officer at MCD. The footpaths in your area are occupied by vendors. This is dangerous for pedestrians. Traffic jams are caused as vendor and shoppers spill over in the streets. To solve this problem you would:
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This would be the best option. It would benefit all.
Directions:
Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation.
Q-10) As the Education Minister you are worried as engineering graduates are not getting employment. Number of unemployed engineers is likely to grow in future. To stop this trend you would:
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Once people know which are the good college they will avoid others.