R. S. Aggarwal Solutions for Chapter: Statement - Courses of Action, Exercise 3: Exercise

In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II, and III:

A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow - up or further action in regard to the problem policy, etc.

Statement:

Many school buses have fitted CNG kit without observing the safety guidelines properly. This results into some instances of these buses catching fire due to short circuit and endangering the lives of the school children.

Course of Action:

I. The regional transport authority should immediately carry out checks of all the school buses fitted with CNG kit.

II. The management of all the schools should stop hiring buses fitted with CNG kit.

In the question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Statement : A sudden cloud burst over the island city resulted into unpredicted rainfall causing flood like situation in the entire area. Large number of people were caught unaware and were stranded on the road.
Courses of action:
I. The local administration should immediately put in place an action plan for avoiding such situation in future.
II. The local administration should immediately deploy personnel to help the stranded people to move to safer places.
III. The local administration should advise all the citizens not to venture out of the road till situation improves.

In the question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Statement : It is reported that during the last fortnight there has been three cases of near miss situation involving two aircraft over the busy city airport. In all these cases both the aircrafts came perilously close to each other and could avoid collision as the pilots acted just in time.
Courses of action :
I. The pilots of all the six aircrafts involved in these incidents should immediately be derostered.
II. Some flights should be diverted to other airports for the next few months to decongest the sky over the city airport.
III. Air traffic controllers of the city airport should be sent for refresher courses in batches to prepare themselves to handle such pressure situation.

In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered (A), (B), and (C). A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow up, or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc:

Statement:

Many political activists have decided to stage demonstrations and block traffic movements in the city during peak hours to protest against the step rise in prices of essential commodities.

(A) The government should immediately ban all forms of agitations in the country.

(B) The police authority of the city should deploy additional forces all over the city to help traffic movement in the city.

In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered (A), (B), and (C). A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow up, or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc:

Statement:

The school dropout rate in many districts in the state has increased sharply during the last few years as the parents of these children make them work in the fields owned by others to earn enough for them to get at least one meal a day.

Course of Action:

A. The government should put up a mechanism to provided food grains to the poor people in these districts through the public distribution system to encourage the parents to send their wards to school.

B. The government should close down some of these schools in the district and deploy the teachers of these schools to nearby schools and also ask the remaining students to join these schools.

In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered (A), (B), and (C). A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow up, or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc:

Statement:

A large private bank has decide to retrench one-third of its employees in view of the huge losses increased by it during the past three quarters.

Course of Action:

A. The government should issue a notification to the general public to immediately stop all transactions with the bank.

B. The government should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its employees.

In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered (A), (B), and (C). A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow up, or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc:

Statement:

One aspirant was killed due to a stampede while participating in a recruitment drive of police constables.

Course of Action:

A. The officials in charge of the recruitment process should immediately be suspended.

B. A team of officials should be asked to find out the circumstances which led to the death of the aspirant and submit its report within a weak.

In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered (A), (B), and (C). A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow up, or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc:

Statement:

A heavy unseasonal downpour during the last two days has paralyzed the normal life in the state in which five persons were killed but this has provided a huge relief to the problem of acute water crises in the state.

The course of Action:

A. The state government should set up a committee to review the alarming situation.

B. The state government should immediately remove all the restrictions on the use of potable water in all the major cities in the state.