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Directions:
Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by three or four arguments numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to decide which of the arguments is/are 'strong' argument(s) and which is/are 'weak' argument(s) and accordingly choose your answer from the alternatives given below each question.

The following question based on statement & arguments topic of verbal reasoning

Questions :
  • Statement:
  • Should people with educational qualification higher than the optimum requirements be debarred from seeking jobs?
  • Arguments:
  • I. No. It will further aggravate the problem of educated unemployment.
  • II. Yes. It creates complexes among employees and affects the work adversely.
  • III. No. This goes against the basic rights of the individuals. IV. Yes. This will increase productivity.

(a) Only I and III are strong

(b) All are strong

(c) Only II and IV are strong

(d) Only III is strong

e) None of these

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

The issue discussed in the statement is nowhere related to increasing in unemployment, as the number of vacancies filled in will remain the same.

Also, in a working place, it is the performance of the individual that matters and that makes him more or less wanted, and not his educational qualifications.

So, neither I nor II holds strong. Besides, the needs of a job are laid down in the desired qualifications for the job. So, the recruitment of more qualified people cannot augment productivity.

Thus, IV also does not hold strong. However, it is the right of an individual to get the post for which he fulfils the eligibility criteria, whatever be his extra merits. Hence, argument III holds strong.

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Question : 1

  • Statement:
  • Should all those who are convicted for heinous crimes like murder or rape, beyond all reasonable doubts be given capital punishment or death penalty?
  • Arguments:
  • I. No. The death penalty should be given only in very rare and exceptional cases.
  • II. Yes. This is the only way to punish such people who take others' lives or indulge in inhuman activities.
  • III. Yes. Such severe punishments only will make people refrain from such heinous acts and the society will be safer.
  • IV. No. Those who are repentant for the crime they committed should be given a chance to improve and lead a normal life.

a) Only II and IV are strong

b) All are strong

c) Only III is strong

d) Only II and III are strong

e) Only I, II and III are strong

Answer: (c)

Clearly, a person committing a heinous crime like murder or rape should be so punished as to set an example for others not to attempt such acts in future.

So, argument III holds strong. The argument I is vague while the use of the word 'only’ in argument II makes it weak.

Also, it cannot be assured whether a criminal is really repentant of his acts or not, he may also exhibit so just to get rid of punishment.

So, argument IV also does not hold.

Question : 2

  • Statement:
  • Should mercy death be legalized, i.e., all those who are suffering from terminal diseases be allowed to end their lives if they so desire?
  • Arguments:
  • I. No. Nobody should be allowed to end his/her life at his/her will as this goes against the basic tenets of humanity.
  • II. Yes. Patients undergoing terrible suffering and having absolutely no chance of recovery should be liberated from suffering through mercy death.
  • III. No. Even mercy death is a sort of killing and killing can never be legalized.

a) None is strong

b) Only I and II are strong

c) Only II and III are strong

d) Only I and III are strong

e) All are strong

Answer: (e)

Clearly, mercy death will serve as liberation to those to whom living is more difficult and painful. But then, it is an inhuman act and does not appeal.

So, both arguments II and III hold strong.

Besides, it becomes our moral duty to encourage such people to live their lives to the fullest and support them through the crisis, and not demoralize them by allowing them to die if they wish to.

Hence, argument I also holds strong.

Question : 3

  • Statement:
  • Should all the school teachers be debarred from giving private tuitions? 
  • Arguments:
  • I. No. The needy students will be deprived of the expertise of these teachers.
  • II. Yes. This is an injustice to the unemployed educated people who can earn their living by giving tuitions.
  • III. Yes. Only then the quality of teaching in schools will improve. IV. Yes. Now the salary of these teachers is reasonable.

a) Only I and III are strong

b) Only I, II and III are strong

c) Only III and IV are strong

d) Only II, III and IV are strong

e) None of these

Answer: (e)

Only III is strong. The lure of earning private tuitions reduces the efforts and devotion of the teachers towards the students in schools. So, if tuitions are banned, students can benefit from their teachers' knowledge in the school itself.

So, argument III holds strong while I does not.

However, a person cannot be barred from earning more just because he already has a good salary. So, argument IV is vague.

Further, the unemployed people thriving on tuitions can survive with the school teachers holding tuitions too, if they are capable enough to guide the students well. So, argument II also does not hold strong.

Question : 4

  • Statement:
  • Should there be a reservation of jobs in the organizations in the private sector also as in the public sector undertakings in India?
  • Arguments:
  • I. Yes. This would give more opportunities for development to the weaker sections of the society and thus help reduce the gap between the affluent and the downtrodden in India.
  • II. No. The private sector does not get any government assistance and therefore they should not be saddled with such policies.
  • III. No. Nowhere else in the world such a practice is being followed.
  • IV. No. The management of the private sector undertaking would not agree to such compulsions.

a) Only I is strong

b) Only I and II are strong

c) Only I, II and IV are strong

d) Only I and IV are strong

e) All are strong

Answer: (a)

The reservation of jobs in the private sector too would surely increase opportunities for weaker sections to improve their economic plight.

Thus, argument I is strong enough. Also, private sector companies work on a good profit margin and they can and will have to accommodate such a policy if implemented.

So, neither II nor IV holds strong. Further, just imitating other countries holds no relevance.

So, argument III also does not hold.

Question : 5

  • Statement:
  • Should there be only a few banks in place of numerous smaller banks in India? 
  • Arguments:
  • I. Yes. This will help secure the investor's money as these big banks will be able to withstand intermittent market-related shocks.
  • II. No. A large number of people will lose their jobs as after the merger many employees will be redundant.
  • III. Yes. This will help consolidate the entire banking industry and will lead to healthy competition.

a) None is strong

b) Only I and II are strong

c) Only II and III are strong

d) Only I and III are strong

e) All are strong

Answer: (a)

The security of the investor's money is not related to the size of the bank.

Besides even after consolidation, the number of investors, their amounts and hence the duties shall remain the same and so no employees will be redundant.

Reducing the number of smaller banks will also not affect the mutual competition among the banks.

Thus, none of the arguments holds strong.

Question : 6

  • Statement:
  • Should all the students graduating in any discipline desirous of pursuing post-graduation of the subjects of their choice be allowed to enroll in the post-graduate courses?
  • Arguments:
  • I. Yes. The students are the best judge of their capabilities and there should not be restrictions for joining post-graduate courses.
  • II. No. The students need to study relevant subjects in graduate courses to enroll in post-graduate courses and the students must fulfil such conditions.
  • III. No. There are not enough institutes offering postgraduate courses which can accommodate all the graduates desirous of seeking post-graduate education of their own choice.

a) None is strong

b) Only I and II are strong

c) All are strong

d) Only I and III are strong

e) None of these

Answer: (e) 

Only argument II is strong. The students cannot be enrolled in the courses just on the basis of their interests, but their compatibility with the same also matters.

So, I do not hold. Besides, lack of institutes is no criteria to deny post-graduate courses to students.

So, argument III also does not hold. II provides a genuine reason and thus holds strong.

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