The central government has recently decided to end the rebate on farming
The central government face financial loss on account of giving rebate on farming for the last few years
STATEMENTS
Standard of living among the middle class society is constantly going up since past few years
Indian economy is observing remarkable growth
STATEMENTS
The meteorological department has issued a statement mentioning deficient rainfall during monsoons in many part of the country
The government has lowered the revised estimated GDP growth from the level of earlier estimates
STATEMENTS
The staff of airport authorities called off they strike they were observing in protest against privatization
The staff of airport authorities went on strike anticipating a threat on their jobs
STATEMENTS
A huge truck overturned on the middle of the road last night
The police had cordoned off the entire area in the locality this morning for half of the day
STATEMENTS
Importance of yoga and exercise is being realized by all sections of the society
There is an increasing awareness about health in the society particularly among middle aged group of people
STATEMENTS
The price of food grains and other essential commodities in the open market have risen sharply during the past three months
The political party in opposition has given a call for general strike to protest against the government economic policy
STATEMENTS
The GOVT. has decided to hold a single entrance test for admission to all medical colleges in India
The state GOVT. has debarred students from other states to apply for the seats in the medical college of the state
STATEMENTS
Large number of primary schools in rural areas are run by one teacher
There has been a huge drop out from the primary schools in rural areas
STATEMENTS
The employee of the biggest bank in the country has given an indefinite strike call starting from 3rd of next month
Employee of the central GOVT. have withdrawn their week long demonstrations
STATEMENTS
Police resorted to lathi charge to disperse the unlawful gathering of large number of people
The citizen forum called a general strike in protest against the police atrocities
STATEMENTS
The government has decided to give tax benefits for small savings for investment and benefit accrual. However, all withdrawals of such savings are to be taxed
People have been investing more in small savings than in equity market to avail maximum tax benefits
STATEMENTS
The price of the petrol and diesel in the domestic market have remain unchanged for the past few months
The crude oil prices in the international market have gone up substantially in the last few moths
STATEMENTS
The government has recently fixed the fees for professional courses offered by the unaided institutions which are much lower than the fees charged last year
The parents of the aspiring students launched a severe agitation last year protesting against the high fees charged by the unaided institutions
STATEMENTS
The literacy rate in the district has been increasing for the last four years
The district administration has conducted extensive training program for the workers involved in the literacy drive
CHAPTER 16: COURSES OF ACTIONS.
ONLY 1 FOLLOWS
ONLY 2 FOLLOWS
EITHER 1 OR 2 FOLLOWS
NEITHER 1 NOR 2 FOLLOWS
BOTH 1 AND 2 FOLLOWS
A large number of people in ward X has been diagnosed to be suffering from a fatal malaria type.
The city municipal authorities should take immediate steps to carry out extensive fumigation in ward X
The people in area should be advised to take steps to avoid mosquito bites
Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country
Government should immediately make arrangements for providing financial assistance to those affected
Food, water and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save people and cattle
As stated in the recent census reports the female to male ratio is alarmingly low
The government should conduct another census to verify the results
The government should immediately issue orders to all the concerned departments to encourage people to improve ratio
Four districts in state A has been experiencing severe drought for last 3 years resulting into exodus of people from their districts.
The government should immediately start food for work program in the district to put a halt to the exodus
The government should make sincere efforts to provide drinking/portable water to these districts
A recent study shows that children below 5 years die in the cities of the developing countries mainly from diarrhea and parasitic intestinal worms
Government of the developing countries should take advance measures to improve the hygienic condition in the city
Children below 5 years in the cities of the developing countries need to be kept under a periodical medical check ups.
The sale of a particular product has gone down considerably causing great concern to the company
The company should make a proper study of rivals product in the market
The price of the product should be reduced and quality improved
The car dealer found that there was a tremendous response for the new XYZ’s car booking with long queues of people complaining about the duration of business hours and arrangements
People should make their arrangements of lunch and snacks while going for car XYZ booking and ready to spend several hours
Arrangements should be made for more booking desks and increased business hours to serve more people in less time
The state government has decided to declare ‘kala azar’as a notifiable diseases under the epidemic act. Family members or neighbors of the patient are liable to be punished in case they did not inform the state authorities
Efforts should be made to effectively implement the act
The cases of punishment should be propagated through mass media so that more people becomes aware of this stern action
The availability of imported fruits has increased in the indigenous markets and so the demand for the indigenous fruits has decreased
To help the indigenous producers of fruits, the government should impose high imports duty on theses fruits, even is these are not of good quality
The fruit vendors should stop selling imported fruits so that the demand for indigenous fruits would be increased
There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of successful candidates in this year’s school leaving certificate examinations
The government should make arrangements to increase number of seats of intermediate courses in the existing colleges
The government should take active steps to open new colleges to accommodate all these successful candidates
On an average, about twenty people are run over by train and die everyday while crossing the railway tracks through the level crossing
The railway authorities should be instructed to close all the level crossings
Those who are found crossing the tracks when the gates are closed should be fined heavily
Majority of the student in many schools do not pass in the final examinations
These schools should be closed down as they have become unproductive
The teachers of these schools should immediately be retrenched
Every year large number of devotees dies due to severe cold on their way to shrine located at the top of the mountain ranges
The devotees should be discouraged to visit the shrine without having proper warm clothes and other amenities
The government should provide warm clothes and shelter to all the devotees visiting the shrine
There has been unprecedented increase in the number of requests for berths in most of the long distance trains during the current holiday season
The railway authorities should immediately increase the capacity in each of these trains by attaching additional coaches
The people seeking accommodations should be advised to make their ravel plan after holiday
It is reported that capsule of vitamin E does not have the same effect on human body as that of vitamin E present in fresh fruits and vegetables
The sale of capsules of vitamin E should be banned
People should be encouraged to take fresh fruits and vegetables to meet the body’s requirements of vitamin E
A large no of people visiting India from country X have been tested positive for carrying viruses of killer diseases
The GOVT of India should immediately put a complete ban on people coming to India from country X including those Indians who are settled in country X
The government of India should immediately set up detection centers at all air ports and sea ports to identify and quarantine those who are tested positive
One of the problems faced by the food processing industry is the irregular supply of raw materials. The productions of raw materials are not getting a reasonable price.
The government should regulate the supply of raw materials to other industry also
The government should announce an attractive package to ensure regular supply of raw materials for food processing
The committee has criticized the institute for its failure to implement a dozen of regular program despite an increase in the staff strength and not drawing up a firm action plan for studies and research.
The broad objective of the institute should be redefined to implement a practical action plan
The institute should give a report on reason for not having implemented the planned program
The cinema halls are incurring heavy losses these days as people prefer to watch movies at home on TV, rather than visiting a cinema hall
The cinema halls should be demolished and residential multistory buildings should be constructed there
The cinema halls should be converted into shopping malls
Duty free technology parks where foreign firms can manufacture electronic hardware components are proposed to be established at various places in the country
Government should immediately implement the proposal to augment the foreign currency reserve by exporting the product
Government should not implement the proposal as it will hinder indigenous production of hardware components
The secretary lamented that the electronic media was losing its credibility and that it should try to regain it by establishing better communication with the listeners and the viewers. He also emphasized the need for training to improve their functioning
Efforts should be made to get organized feedback of the programme
The critical area in which the staff require training should be identified
Courts takes too long in deciding important disputes of various departments
Courts should be ordered to speed up the matter
Special power should be granted to officers to settle disputes concerning their departments
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 not aware about the various services available to them
All the information available to the libraries should be computerized to provide faster services to the users
Library staff should be trained in computer operations
Many medical and engineering graduates are taking up jobs in administrative services and in banks
All the professionals should be advised to refrain from taking up such jobs
The government should appoint a committee to find out the reason for these professionals taking up such jobs and suggest remedial measures
The alert villagers caught a group of dreaded dacoits armed with murderous weapons
The villagers should be provided sophisticated weapon
The villagers should be rewarded for their courage and unity
The meteorology department has forecast that a severe cyclone storm would hit coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa in the next 48 hours
The local administration should advise the fisherman not to go to dangerous area in the sea
The local administration should alert the people of coastal areas of these two states and they should be prepared to shift to safer places
The killer fever has so far claimed 100 lives in some tribal villages in MP during the past three weeks
The residents of these villages should immediately be shifted to non infected areas
The government should immediately send a medical team to this area to restrict spread of the killer disease
There is a substantial increase in the number of accidents causing deaths and severe injuries due to malfunction of the traffic signals
The signal system should immediately be repaired and replaced
The weather bureau has through a recent bulletin forecast heavy rain fall during the next week which may cause water logging in several parts of the city
The bulletin should be given wide publicity through the mass media
The civic authority should keep In readiness the pumping system for removal of water from these parts
The people should be advised to stay indoors during the period
A train derailed near a station while moving over a bridge and fell into the river, resulting in the death of 65 people
The railway authorities should clarify the reason of the accident to the government
The government should allocate funds to compensate the destruction caused
The protection wall of the bridge should be made strong enough to avoid such accidents
The air and rail services have been severely disrupted due to the thick fog in the northern parts of the country
The air and rail services should be temporarily suspended in the region
People should be advised to make their travel plan keeping in mind the probable disruptions resulting in the delay or cancellation of services
The government should immediately install modern machine which will enable it to guide the rail and air services even if thick fog develops
There are more than 200 villages in the hill area of Uttar Pradesh which are severely damaged due to cyclone and it causes an extra burden of 200 crore on state government for relief and rehabilitation work
People of hill area should be shifted to other safer places
State government should ask for more financial support from central government
Government should levy relief tax to the corporate sector to ease additional burden
A large number of students studying in municipal schools could not pass the 10th standard board examinations causing frustration among the students and their parents
The municipal authority should immediately review the position and initiate measures to improve the situation
The municipal authority should immediately fill up the teachers vacancies in the municipal schools
The municipal authority should close down some of their schools and concentrate their attention on remaining schools to improve conditions
Lack of coordination between the university, its colleges and various authorities has resulted in student ousted from one college seeking migration to another
If a student is ousted from a college the information should be sent to all other colleges of the university
The admissions to all the colleges of the university should be handled by the university directly
A separate section should be made for taking strict action against student indulging in anti social activities
Some strains of mosquito have become resistant to chloroquine- the widely used medicine for malaria patients
Selling of chloroquine should be stopped
Researchers should develop a new medicine for patient affected by such medicines
All the patients suffering from malaria should be checked for identification of causal mosquito
Many private sector banks have reduced interest rates on housing loans in comparison to public sector banks
The case should be raised before the regulatory authority for investigation by the public sector banks as they cannot follow such reduction
Public sector banks must adopt such policy to remain in competition
The public sector banks should advertise their special features repeatedly so that they do not loose their future customers
The conditions of all the major roads in the city has deteriorated due to incessant rains during the last 2 months.
The city civic authority should deploy additional traffic staff to regulate the vehicular movement
The city civic authority should immediately make arrangements for repair of the damaged roads
Motorists should be selected at various places by putting up sign board about the bad patches of the roads to enable them to plan their journey accordingly
There have been quite a few incidents of highway robbery on the super express way between cities A and B during recent months
The local administration should immediately set up police tickets along the expressway to prevent robbery
More and more people should be given training on how to tackle with the robbery
The institute has fixed for the investors a validity period of 1 year for transfer forms for some of its listed schemes
The institute should consult investor before fixing the duration of the validity period
The investor should be duly informed about the validity period
List of schemes covered under the validity period should be communicated
The vehicular traffic has increased so much in the recent past that it takes at least two hours to travel between the city and the airport during the peak hours
Non airport bound vehicle should not be allowed to ply on the road connecting the city and the airport
The load of vehicular traffic should be diverted through various link road during peak hours
The departure and arrival of flights should be regulated so as to avoid congestions during peak hours
CHAPTER 17: STATEMENT AND CONCLUSIONS.
IF ONLY 1
IF ONLY 2
EITHER
NEITHER
BOTH
In a one day cricket match the total runs made by a team were 200. Out of these 160 runs were made by the spinner
80% of the team consists of spinners
The opening batsmen were spinners
The old order changed yielding place to new
Change is the law of nature
Discard old ideas because they are old
Monitoring has become an integral part in the planning of social development programs. It is recommended that management information system be developed for all program. This is likely to give a feedback on the performance of the functionaries and efficacy with which services are being delivered
All the social development program should be evaluated
There is a need to monitor the performance of workers
The TV program, telecast specially for women are packed with a variety of recipes and household hints. A major portion of magazines for women also contain the items mentioned above
Women are interested in other things
An average women’s primary interest lies in home and specially in the kitchen
National aluminum company has moved India from a position of shortage to self sufficient in the metal
Previously India had to import aluminum
With this speed it can soon become a foreign exchange earner
The manager humiliated sachin in the presence of his colleagues
The manager did not like sachin
Sachin was not popular with his colleague
Use ‘kraft’ colors. They add color to our life- an advertisement
Catchy slogan do not attract people
People like dark colors
All these political prisoners were released on bail who had gone to jail for reasons other than political dharnas. Bail was not granted to person involved in murders
The serious accidents in which a person was run down by a car yesterday had again focused attention on the most unsatisfactory state of roads
The accident that occurred was fatal
Several accidents have so far taken place because of unsatisfactory state of road
In a recent survey report, it has been stated that those who undertake physical exercise for at least half an hour a day are less prone to have any heart ailment
Moderate levels of physical exercise is necessary for leading a healthy life
All people who do desk bound jobs definitely suffer from heart ailment
Only good singers are invited in the conference. No one without sweet voice is a good singer
All invited singer in the conference ahs sweet voice
Those who do not have a sweet voice are not invited in the conference
To cultivate interest in reading, the school has made it compulsory from June this year for each students to read two books per week and submit a weekly report on the books
Interest in reading can be created by force
Some student will eventually develop interest in reading
Company X has marketed the product. Go ahead, purchase it if price and quality are your considerations
The product must be good in quality
The price of the product must be reasonable
Recent trend also indicates that the number of child migrants in large cities is increasing. Theses children leave their families to join the ranks of urban and poor doing odd jobs in markets, workshops, hotels or in service sectors.
Migration to big cities should be checked
The plight of poor children should be thoroughly studied
Although we have rating agencies like CRISIL, ICRA, there is demand to have a separate agencies for IT companies to protect their investors
Assessment of financials worth of IT companies calls for separate set of skills, insights and competencies
Now the investor investing in IT companies will get protection of their investments
The standard of education in private schools is much better than municipal and zila parishad run school.
The municipal and zila parishad should make serious efforts to improve standard of their schools
All municipal and zila parishad schools should be closed immediately
Soldiers serve their country
Men generally serve their country
Those who serve their country are soldiers
Some men who are soldiers serve their country
Women do not serve their countries because they are not soldiers
A factory worker has 5 children. No one else in the factory has five children.
No one in the factory has more than 5 children
All workers in the factory has five children each
Some of the factory workers has more than five children
Only one worker in the factory ahs exactly 5 children
Every body in the factory has children
Many business offices are located in buildings having tow to eight floors. If a building has more than three floors it has a lift
All floors may be reached by lift
Only floors above the third floor has lift
Seventh floor has a lift
Second floor do not have lift
Every library has books
Books are only in library
Libraries are meant for books only
No library is without book
Some libraries do not have readers
Hitesh told mohit a ghost lived by the peepal tree on the outskirts of the village
Peepal trees grow on the outskirts of village
Ghost lives on peepal trees
Hitesh perhaps believed in the stories of ghost
Mohit must be afraid of ghost
Every man should have his identity card with him. That card should mention his blood group, complete address and telephone number for contact in case, some serious accident takes place
Blood cannot be transformed unless its group is mentioned in the card
The police needs this information specially when this accident is fatal
In case of emergency, he may forget his address and may need the card to contact his house
None is supposed to forget his phone number under any circumstances
When the seriously injured person is helpless to tell his blood group this information would suffice to indicate the required blood group
To pass the examination one must work hard
Examination is related with hard work
All those who work hard pass
Examination causes some anxiety and those who work hard overcomes it
Without hard work one does not pass
Hard working person is a satisfied person
The data given by the U.S labor ministry indicates that till the year 2000, there will be a shortage of 1 Lakh programmer. A spokesman from the industry said, “we should understand this thoroughly America needs Indian programmers. This is not only the question of investment but also the talent with which the Indian programmers are equipped”
In other sector also there will be a shortage of talented labor till the year 2000
Indian programmers are most talented in the world
Indian programmers are available on comparatively less salary in comparison from the programmers from other countries
In spite of entering with huge capital in the software training U.S would not be able to meet its own need fully
The Indian software market is well equipped to send programmers to other countries
All guilty persons were arrested kishan and chander were among those arrested
Some candidates of this examination write in hindi
Mostly candidates with hindi medium appears in this examination
In this examination no candidates write answers in medium other than hindi
All the candidates who appear in this examination writes answers in hindi
The best evidence of India’s glorious past is the growing popularity of Ayurvedic medicine in the west
Ayurvedic medicine are not popular in India
Allopathic medicines are more popular in India
Death keeps no calendar
Man must die one day
Death can come at any time
It is almost impossible to survive and prosper in this world without sacrificing ethics and morality
World appreciates some concept but may not uphold it
Concepts of morality and ethics is not practicable in life
The use of non conventional sources of energy will eliminate the energy crisis in this world
Modern technology is gradually replacing the conventional sources of energy
The excessive exploitation of environment has led to depletion of conventional sources of energy
It has been decided by the government to withdraw 33% of the subsidy on cooking gas from the beginning of next month. A spokesman of the government
People now no more desire or need such subsidy from government as they can afford increased price of coking gas
The price of coking gas will increase at least by 33% from the next month
A man must be wise to be a good wrangler
All the wise persons are boring
All the wise persons are good wrangler
CHAPTER 18: STRONG AND WEAK ARGUMENTS
IF ONLY I IS SRONG
IF ONLY II IS STRONG
IF EITHER I OR II IS STRONG
IF NEITHER I NOR II IS SRONG
IF BOTH I AND II IS STRONG
Should India encourage exports, when most things are sufficient for internal use itself?
Yes we have to earn forex to pay for our imports
No even selective encouragement will lead to shortage
Should all the drugs patented and manufactured in western countries be first tried out on a sample basis before giving license for sale to general public in India?
Yes many such drugs require different doses and duration for Indian population and hence it is necessary
No, this is just not feasible and hence cannot be implemented
Should all the annual examination up to STD V be abolished?
Yes the young students should not be burdened with such examination which hampers their natural growth
No the students will not study seriously as they will get automatic promotion to the next class and this will affect them in future
Should Indian scientist working abroad be called back to India?
Yes they must serve the motherland first and forget about discoveries, honors, facilities at all
No we enough talent let them stay where they want
Should articles of only deserving authors be allowed to be published?
