based on one statement & three or more arguments Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 16 [R.B.I. 2004]

• 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

Question : 17 [Bank P.O. 2004]

• 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

Question : 18 [S.B.I.P.O. 2005]

• 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

Question : 19 [Bank P.O. 2004]

• 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

Question : 20 [Bank P.O. 2003]

• 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